When you start playing tennis, you don't imagine there's a whole bureaucracy behind the tournaments and all of that. You just think about winning the cups.
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The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.
Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.
Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.
Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.
I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.
My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.
There is this brutal side to tennis. It was invented as a game for kings and cardinals and people with a lot of power who didn't have to share the field with other players.
No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.
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