Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at my racket, reproaching it for playing so badly when I myself have been trying so hard.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I watch the ball fiercely to see its height and speed off my opponent's racket so I can decide how I want to hit it.
I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.
When I'm playing well because of my serve and trying to keep points shorter, I don't need to worry about my opponent. All I need to do is focus on myself and have them adjust to me rather than me adjust to them. That's when I play my best tennis.
I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.
You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.
Sometimes you're looking to play perfect tennis but it's not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it.
You hear a few people saying that, you know, maybe some of the past male players like to watch me play or whatever else, just because I play a bit differently and maybe they can relate to it a bit more with a bigger forehand rather than a backhand, good serve and whatnot.
It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.
I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.