Karolina Pliskova Quotes

Tennis is basically a game where you try to create an opportunity for yourself to finish the point, because you can't wait for the opponent to miss anymore. Well, if you create an opportunity and don't take advantage of it, you let the opponent back to even, then you are just starting the point over, so you have to take advantage of them.

You kind of live and die by the serve.

Sometimes you can really serve well and win the match because of the serve. I have the opposite thing now, so it's kind of hard. I can just really play with my forehand and backhand.

I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I serving well, but I was also breaking these other guys, and they felt the pressure.

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

If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

Tennis is a running game, not a hitting game - it's not golf.

Against Serena, you never know how she's serving.

I would like to not lose the first set all the time and not get hit off the court.

When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.

My serve - it's really important for me.

In the past, I've played where I only just rely on my serve.

My father loved the single-handed backhand, so to him, that was the main goal; we were always fascinated by that shot. He taught me all the technique and how to structure my game. I was really privileged to have a father like that.

Of course I don't have a big serve. I have other weapons. That's why tennis is a nice sport.

I think I'm a very powerful player; I can hit good groundstrokes.

Your game is only as good as your second serve

Obviously, football and soccer seem to clash a lot, but soccer was great for me. It's a game that you play with triangles. You make a pass thinking that the person you pass the ball to is going to make the next pass.

In soccer, you have to be sly.

Mikhail Youzhny likes the grass and has plenty of weapons to hurt you with.

I always have been comfortable with my opinions and how I feel about the play on the field, and how it should be done and how teams should go about playing the game.

There's no extra significance on beating a certain player. It's kind of like golf. You're just out there playing, and whatever ends up happening ends up happening.

I always try to outsmart my defender.

I'm feeling good about my movement on grass courts; I can serve a little bit better. This makes me much more dangerous than on hard.

My serve is my biggest weapon.