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

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school.

If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.

I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.

When I came on the tour, I thought, 'Why don't they treat tennis players the same way they look at football players?' Because I've got news for you: when they are on the pitch, they are not saying, 'Hello, how are you?' out there.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.