Athlete

Before I started playing more on the WTA tour, I actually won most of my Challengers on the clay, especially at the very beginning.

Ultimately, I play for myself, and I take responsibility for my own actions.

I get quite stroppy if I lose - but I've developed skills with a mind coach to help deal with the highs and lows of tennis at this level.

I definitely would like to go to university.

There's a great group of people around me, and I think it's the way they all work together with me which makes me a very lucky girl.

I don't really listen to music before I go on court.

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 had a lot of ear infections when I was younger, so I didn't learn to swim until I was about 14.

I really enjoy representing my country and think the principles of what Fed Cup is about and the team environment is a great thing to be a part of.

I don't think circumstances change who you are as a person. I don't believe they change your values - unless you willingly would like them to.

I needed to go through certain life experiences, and not just on the court, to make me into the competitor that I am, and also the person.

When I play at my best is when I play with the least amount of inhibition, when I think less.

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

When I'm at home, I do get recognised more often, and I don't need to be in sports clothes to be recognised, which is different.

When someone doesn't have a sense of humour, it kills me.

What is best to hope for and what everyone is working towards is to elevate the quality of women's sport and to bring it to a level where it is seen as something that is very entertaining, something to be admired, to be looked up to, to put it in that level playing field as a product to be sold equal to the men.

It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.

I feel confident that no player can step on court against me and feel confident that they will come out the winner. Every match I take part in, I have an equal shot of coming through as the winner.

I would love a big family. I have this vision in my mind where I have four or five children, and then, when I'm in my 60s, it's Christmas, and all my kids come home with their spouses and lots of grandchildren. By the end of it, there are 40 to 50 people in my house, and I look around, feeling totally happy, surrounded by my family.