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My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.

Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.