Occupation: Tennis Player Birth: January 27, 1980
I pay the bills, I pay for everything..
All in all, I think Kazan is Russia's sportiest city after Moscow, leaving all the others far behind..
But normally when you talk to yourself [on court] you say; 'I love you, you're a good guy, but don't miss next time, okay.'.
I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia..
It's too much pressure. You have to think match by match and moment by moment or it drives you to distraction. I'm tired of all the talk about it. Ev….
But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everyt….
If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts..
You cannot change me; this is the way I am..
I love tennis, but I just don't like grass..
You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play..
I'm not fighting with myself..
You know why I want to win? Because of 15,000 reasons inside of the tennis court..