JOHANNA KONTA

Everyone is trying to make that breakthrough into the top 100.

I've always wanted to become a grand-slam champion and to become the best in the world. Without that, the victories aren't as sweet or the defeats as motivating.

I would love to get my parents a house somewhere or a place in the country.

When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world's number one tennis player.

When I was young, I associated playing tennis with being part of historic moments, being part of these epic battles and coming out victorious, having those trophy moments. That, for me, is what I saw and aspired to.

Australia is my birth home, so it will always be a home of some sort. But I'm very happy, very pleased to be representing Great Britain. That is my home, and that is where my heart is. That is where I grew up, essentially. So when people ask me where I'm from, where is home, that's where it is.

I had to experience many situations and emotions to develop, and I'm still striving to become the kind of competitor I want to be.

We have seen plenty of first-time semi-finalists go on and win grand slams.

I definitely think about lifting the big trophies, and I dream about winning slams or making it.

I was training in Spain for 15 months, and while I was there, my parents didn't want to be halfway around the world away from their 14-year-old daughter. So they migrated to the U.K. because they had Hungarian passports, and that's in the E.U., so they could work there.

Winning matches on any surface will definitely give you a much larger element of trust in what you're doing.

I'm very proud of my achievements, whatever they will be.

I've been raised with a decent head on my shoulders.

In my experience, most players act the way they do in their own self-interest, in getting their emotions out and basically working with their own demons on court.

I think it's important for me to keep adapting.

Not everybody gets a home slam; not everybody gets home events. I am part of a very select few who get that opportunity, so I can only really be grateful for that.

I'm out there to play my sport, to showcase my sport. I'm not an actress.

I try to stay very true to the kind of person that I want to be and the kind of athlete and the kind of professional I continually strive to be.

I don't look for a fight or look for animosity or tension where it's not needed.

I want to be at the end stages of every tournament that I play - every time.

As I've got older, I've really had to dig deep and find where my happiness comes from. Why do I play tennis? You get a lot of incredible highs, but it can be very lonely with some dark lows. So the biggest thing I've learned is finding the reasons for my enjoyment.

If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself.

Honestly, I am in love with my dog.

If you look at the likes of Agnieszka Radwanska and Svetlana Kuznetsova, they've been around a long time and been successful for a long time. That speaks volumes for them.

I definitely would like to go to university.