Kiki Bertens

I thought I was really a player who really didn't like to be on the big stage.

I believe now that I can win tournaments, and before I was just hoping.

That's how tennis is sometimes: You can have good days, you can have bad days, your opponents can play really well.

I'm just trying to do my best, and we'll see if it's enough or not.

If a couple of people are watching I feel better than in a full stadium.

I keep things mostly to myself. I'm more of an introvert.

I have always demanded the maximum of myself, but the tank is quite empty. The balance of the hard work I put in day in and day out and the satisfaction I get out of it at the end of the day is no longer there.

Well every year I'm saying I'm going to put in a lighter schedule, but every year it's not really happening.

It's always a relaxing time before my match.

I told myself, you're in the Wimbledon third round, never reached the fourth round so you have nothing to lose so go for your shots.'

In the beginning I wasn't playing as well and had to feel the court and got better and better as I tried to play aggressively and it turned out pretty well.

It's unbelievable. To be in the semis, it's just crazy. To play Serena it will be a great match.

I like the clay courts more, everyone knows that.

At the end of the 2017 season I was on the brink of retirement and I had a decision to make: quit playing or do things differently. I chose to do things differently - with my approach to practice, recovery, nutrition and many other things.

Why was I considering retirement at the age of just 25? Because I really wasn't having fun on court.

Going through the tour every year and just focusing so intensely on tennis all the time was not working for me.

I have realized it is more important to be happy and enjoying the life you are living - win or lose.

I simply can't dance, so an opening dance at our wedding is a no-go.

I found my wedding dress about a week after we got engaged.