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I have a daughter and a family.
Well, there's no monkey on my back.
When I marry my name will not change.
People get so stressed and nervous and mad.
It's been a year of many more downs than ups.
You don't have to hate your opponents to beat them.
I've worked really hard, but it's definitely not been easy.
When I was younger I used to be devastated if I would lose.
Physically, I feel extremely well, perhaps fitter than ever.
All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.
I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.
There have been many moments over the last year when I thought it was all over.
You can wake me up now - these last four weeks in America have been incredible.
So far, and today, everything felt really great. Now I am good to get on the plane and fly to Australia.
I've been practicing for a while now and physically trying to get in better shape as well after the injuries.
Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.
Obviously I'm very disappointed. I trained very hard this summer and felt in a good shape to play the U.S. Open.
I'm not really playing for the money, ... I just want to go out there and have fun. I really missed it so much last year.
I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics.
We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season.
You know, it doesn't happen that often that you have the crowd support behind you straightaway from the beginning of the match.
But I have been hitting for a week now and trying to get back into some sort of routine because I need to play well at tournaments.
It was tough, I gave everything I had on those match points but she just came up with better shots. I still find it very hard to believe. Its amazing.
It makes you also realize, 'OK, I'm excited to play tennis, and I work really hard to be the best tennis player I think I can be,' but I don't waste my time on stupid stuff, you know what I mean.
These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again.
Obviously over the years, it's been America, it's been Europe. It's all been very kind of divided between those two continents. It's nice to kind of see that Asia is starting - and especially China - starting to get recognized in this sport, too.
I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.
"I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, "I'm back." I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know."
I'm happy I was able to stick through it and was being very disciplined with what I had to do, because I know eventually hard work will pay off. It's only a matter of now just trying to make sure I get matches under my belt and I feel more and more comfortable playing matches.