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Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.

Tennis is a big puzzle. It's not any more physical or mental; you have to have all the pieces first, and then you have to put all the pieces together. For me, it took me time.

I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.

Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

When you are very little tennis should be fun, it should be a game.

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

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