Karolina Pliskova

“It's good to have someone on the tour so close to you - I mean, like, my sister. There is no one closer to me on the tour, so I don't need any other friends than her. We always talk about everything; not only about tennis, but about all the other stuff around tennis.”

“It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.”

“I have a different game than most of the players.”

“I'm always so hard on myself.”

“Me, I don't want to put the pressure on myself.”

“When you get to a tournament, everybody wants to do well, especially against a seeded player.”

“You can see, even the best players, they can lose in the first round.”

“Our dad used to take us fishing, and I still love it.”

“Sometimes I play good shots, good rallies, and then there is hundreds of mistakes and not a good shot.”

“Normally, my goal is to get past the first round, because that's the hardest.”

“Obviously, to win title, go in Grand Slam semi-final, is always super positive and good.”

“I know all the opponents are behind me, so I should win every match, which is tough.”

“I know the world is mean, that there is so much suffering on the planet that none of us can imagine. I often think of those who have nothing, who have to suffer every day, so a winner, a game, set, match will never give me immense joy, only satisfaction.”

“I'm not studious at all. I'm really far from that. I have been better at everything else. I find school terribly tiresome and boring.”

“Tennis is a big thing in the Czech Republic.”

“Before, I was a little bit skeptical about women coaching, because I don't know if maybe they are different, and not every woman can be strict to take the best out of you. I was worried about this, but so far I see that some women can be much stronger than men, actually.”

“It is definitely an advantage to have someone on tour with you for company.”

“Serena is tough to beat; to get over her in the rankings is hard.”

“When I'm on court, I just worry about my half. Whatever is on the other half, I just don't care.”

“Maybe America hates me.”