Tennis Experience Quotes

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

Davis Cup helped me a lot. Being in that great atmosphere and having the chance to hit with top 50 guys everyday, being on the practice courts, that gave me a lot of confidence.

When Hoad and Rosewall were at their best, and I was a youngster, they had no qualms about saying, 'Hey kid, let's go and play.' That helped me to get up the ladder.

I've had good results on clay during my junior years and I enjoy playing on clay to the opposite of what many media can say.

Tennis doesn't owe me anything. Tennis is one of the fairest sports. It's given me so many extraordinary feelings.

I played a lot of tennis when I was young.

I'm at the French Open right now and enjoyable as that is, it's only really Wimbledon that I miss from when I played elite tennis. I love that place so much, it's so special. That's when I say, yeah, I wish I was out there again. But then the moment passes.

I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level.

If you're a good experienced player, you wknow what it takes to do. If you're in trouble, you know how to change. One hundred percent of my game is instinct. I never stop and think I'm going to hit a ball crosscourt or down the line. I just do it.

We have been playing every summer on clay since I was five years old, so it is an easy surface for us in Belgium.

Age is nothing, can still win the Grand Slam, pretty happy about my age, more experience.

I'm really lucky to have Lindsay Davenport as my coach. She was number one in the world, and she's won Grand Slams, so if there's any person who can help me get through, it's her. Getting her advice is very special for me.

A lot of what I enjoy about tennis is the cheering crowd.

I've been athletic since I was a kid. My parents got me playing tennis when I was seven years old and I started to play competitively.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to.

The whole idea is to propose an immersive experience. When you watch tennis, you watch from the outside, you're far from the court, the camera is far away and the whole story is about two persons hitting a tennis ball and trying to win.

Every time I go out onto a tennis court, I know what to expect.

I played pretty well in my twenties, don't get me wrong! But my consistency is better [in my thirties], my momentum is better, my wins are quicker.

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

You never know how many times you're going to be able to come out on Rod Laver Arena and just play.

Do I play tennis? Man, I had one of the baddest overhead rights of anyone. Bam!

Tennis was more than a passing interest, but I found my ability didn't measure up to these West Coast kids who had played 12 months a year and taken it much more seriously than I.

The problem is not the claycourt. The problem is, you know, rather something to do with the conditions on center court. Because I've played well on Suzanne Lenglen, on the other courts. But the Chatrier court is really, really big, and I just haven't had enough play on it. Maybe I come here next year and play a week on this court, if I can, if the French Federation lets me. We'll see. I've been playing well in other tournaments, in Davis Cup on clay. So for me it's not the surface, it's rather maybe the court.

Especially at Indian Wells, Miami, the hard courts are what I grew up on, so I'm probably most used to it.