I want my tennis to speak for everything.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

The more matches I play, the more confident I get.

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.

If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble. Because I'm all over that dog, all the time.

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.

I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

I'd like to have a family.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.

I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.

I'm just a very tough person when I go on the court, and I really don't want to lose.

Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.

I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.

My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

I owe a lot to my parents.

I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.

Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to communicate oneself.

I have a Russian heart.

A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.