Karolina Pliskova Quotes

My serve - it's really important for me.

I first started out by hitting a ball against a wall when I was four.

I have been working on my backhand since I was the age of five. And it's a disaster, my backhand, so I'm working on it.

You have to always work on your batting as you are never perfect. I am working on my batting every day and trying to perfect a few shots that will help me score all around the world.

My strokes come from a lot of different people. I personally take credit for my forehand. My uncle helped me a lot with my backhand.

I think hitting's just repetition. The more you hit, the better you're gonna get.

I think since I've focussed on my form more my shot has been better.

There's always ways to improve your game and be more dangerous and dynamic.

My serve is my biggest weapon.

The more balls that I hit, it's going to get better and better. Once I get a bit more confidence in my ball striking, that's when we can get down to the nitty gritty parts of the game.

There are lots of aspects to work on my game, which the coaches do with me every day.

It's not easy to serve, because I'm not that tall, but I'm trying to be more consistent and to deliver heavier serves.

We had a court in our backyard, and I would mess around with the players on my dad's team. I hit with two hands on both sides, which I didn't stop doing until I was about 8.

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.

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.

Whether it's learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me some balls, I made 50 backhands in a row - didn't miss a single one.

I worked a lot on my ball-handling and outside shooting during the off season.

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.

I like my groundstrokes, I can say. I like it. That's my game - I'm a groundstroke player and I play pretty aggressive.

I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot.

You try to figure out the best way to throw the shot put, or the perfect way to long jump, and you don't ever get it. You just chip away, chip away, chip away as time goes on.

As long as I'm playing week in week out, I'm going to become a better player.

I feel like there are a lot of positives in my swing. I'm really going to work around the rhythm of my swing, being able to keep my rhythm and being more consistent. Consistency is what I'm looking for, performance-wise.