Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

“Well, we're working hard all the time. We have ambitions.”

“Everything can happen in tennis.”

“I like to play against Juan Monaco.”

“Well, I like characters, players with personality, I don't like flat people.”

“When I fly, it takes me two, three days to recovery, to be good physically.”

“My parents taught me not to complain, to always go forward. They taught me to always finish what I had on my plate. It seems ridiculous but these are little things that in the end make you stronger.”

“It is important to put pressure on Janowicz.”

“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.”

“Having a child changes your priorities. I am convinced, for me, it will be something very positive and give me even more motivation.”

“I like to be in Le Mans during the summer, of course because I have my family over there but also because the nature is just beautiful at this time and it's in the country. There is a relaxing spirit in this place.”

“I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity.”

“Yannick, for me, is an example, an example for all the French players. We all want to taste ourselves what he was able to taste first.”

“Sometimes I'm able to buy magazines like the GQ.”

“My favourite dish is from Congo, the native country of my father. It's called Poulet a la Dakatine and is made from chicken, peanut butter and spinach.”

“The court is where I can express something that I've got deep inside me.”

“Facing a great server makes a match so much more difficult, even for the best players in the world.”

“We can all play on the court and share the courts with the girls.”

“People have a different impression sometimes because of the way I'm on court, but outside, I'm nothing like that.”

“You know, the girls, they are more unstable emotionally than us. I'm sure everybody will say it's true, even the girls.”

“It is always something special to play Roger.”