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My brother is a musician and I'm in tennis.
I find a way to have stress because I need it.
Young kids do not see tennis as a 'fun' sport.
I think coaches sometimes think it's always their way.
I don't think any player will miss a grand slam if they can play.
We must have options to make tennis more attractive emotions-wise.
If you look at the figures, the average age of the tennis fan is 62 years old.
Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.
American and French culture are really, really different, but in a way it's funny.
After a certain point I know my players so well, I can anticipate their reactions.
I couldn't connect with people so I developed other senses. I had no other option.
So I don't see any stress from players or coaches with coaching during the matches, to be honest.
But my team is great. I think the spirit we have and the quality of the people make it what it is.
My reality was that I would become a tennis player. I never had any doubt about it. It was my life.
Tennis is failing to renew its fanbase. And that's very worrying, because the future doesn't look bright.
You kill the emotion by standardising the behaviours on court. I want authenticity. I want people to be free.
My job is called adaptation. It's always about adapting to new situations, but the core team is going to be the same.
My role is to think about tennis and to help Serena Williams be the best she can be and do what she wants to achieve.
I think that the ATP and the WTA are doing a good job because they're satisfying their fans, and I am one of their fans.
I think tennis needs to be reinvented. I think there is a space for two different tours. This exists in many other sports.
But I think there is a space for a second league, which is UTS, that is more modern, and is targeting a difference audience.
He was feeling totally lost, leaving his family and country for a place where he knew nobody and didn't even speak the language.
Tennis is fake. We have real characters, but they don't dare to be themselves, and the code of conduct has a lot to do with that.
You can have the nicest academy in the world, it doesn't make any difference, it's all about the people. Our job is all about the people.
The tennis world is constantly changing. What's true today may be wrong tomorrow. If you don't make progress, others will and you will be overtaken.
My goal is to help make tennis transition to what's coming next and to be able to continue to grow rather than falling down, because no new fans come to our sport.
I think I had a lot of impact on every player. Maybe it sounds cocky, but if I don't feel I have an impact or a big impact, I wouldn't be able to be excited about my work every day.
I think we have great personalities in tennis, but I think they don't dare anymore expressing their emotions and expressing who they are. It's all about being politically correct all the time.
I think a tennis match is a marathon. You have to sit down and have food for the next three hours, if not more. And to ask a 15 or 20 or even 25 or 30-year-old to do that, this is not gonna happen.
What we know is that probably the face of tennis post Covid-19 will not be the same anymore. The economic crisis probably is going to strike us really hard. All the business in general, but also the tennis business.
If we don't know who is who because everyone is behaving the same then it's boring. We don't think it's boring because we love tennis. But bring someone who doesn't love tennis and they will think it's incredibly boring.
A game is a game. I don't think we will change... should have shorter sets. No, do simple things to let people enter through a door that makes them be excited. If you let all the players express themselves, show who they are.
It's time to realise that tradition is fantastic but if because of tradition and only tradition you lose everyone it's less fantastic so you have to keep some tradition to this sport of course but you also have to live in your century.
A very good leader is someone who has a great team, it's all about the team. You only have 12 hours or 14 hours a day, if the people that are with you are doing a great job, you can have a great business. If not, it's not going to work.
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.
The way we score is complicated. The rules are strict. The goal on the court is to show nothing, and then when you show something you are a bad person. Getting angry is not allowed. The show that you see on TV is not exciting, like the NFL or NBA, because you are seeing robots.
Some sports give a lot of emotions because you know the people well, not personally but they express their passion and their emotion on the field so you have an attraction. In tennis, because of this code of conduct that is extremely strict, players do not show their personality.
Every time the ATP or WTA speak about changing something, you see the reaction. So I think they're doing a good job because those people are still watching tennis 40 years later and they are still fans so I'm not sure they should change because I don't know how the fans would feel.
When you watch the top guys, you know there will be no drama all match. They're gonna wipe their face between points, they're gonna ask for balls, they're gonna choose the ball, they're gonna bounce the ball 200 times, they're gonna hit the ball, and that's it. That's the whole story.
Who are the governing bodies to say what is a good and a bad behaviour? I think that's unacceptable, even from an ethical point of view. I don't think anyone on this planet should be able to point at people and say this. For example, if it's not dangerous for other people, you should be allowed to break a racket. It's my racket, it's my problem.