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That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

Being stronger really helped my game.

I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique.

I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.

I'm happy I was able to stick through it and was being very disciplined with what I had to do, because I know eventually hard work will pay off. It's only a matter of now just trying to make sure I get matches under my belt and I feel more and more comfortable playing matches.

Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

If people had told me that I would have the stamina to conduct 'Ring Cycles,' I would have been amazed. I still am.

It was important to have a similar energy in my performance. To make the character too different would have just been about my ego because it didn't need to be drastically different.