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My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.
I don't really spend money like crazy. I buy what I need and what I really want, and if I'm buying expensive things I do think about the purchase many times before I buy it.
There are so many tough opponents out there and tough competitors so I've never liked to look ahead.
My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.
One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
I try to be myself and, of course, be a good role model. I don't really find it hard, but you think about what you do and that other people look up to you.
I feel like everything is possible.
With the depth of the women's game, the entertainment it gives, and the work we put into it, I think equal pay is right.
I don't know, I always get the question 'how do you feel after the game today?' and, of course, if you're winning you feel great and if you lose you don't feel good. I think that's a pretty obvious question.
On grass, it can be the small things that decide a match.
I never give up. Doesn't matter what the score is.
I start laughing every time because the media talks to me like I'm finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out.
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