I've progressed in many areas.

It's quite a good feeling when you win against 10,000 people.

I enjoy playing on grass and I enjoy being in London.

My game is suited to grass because I'm really aggressive on the court. I have a big serve, I'm quick, I hit the ball hard, and I go to net so I have everything a player needs to do well on grass.

In regular life, I'm somebody pretty simple, pretty calm.

Yannick, for me, is an example, an example for all the French players. We all want to taste ourselves what he was able to taste first.

I don't need much to be happy.

It's something powerful to receive all this love. In the street. In Congo, everywhere. But it's also hellish at the same time. When all that comes at you from one day to the next, it's really destabilizing.

When I need to get into details, I like French. But when I want to do something stronger, English is better. The swear words are stronger in English. And on the court, 'Allez!' is light. 'Come on!' That's strong.

I have a bit two overlapping personalities. I have my African half that gives me the hot blood and the warmth and the exuberance, and then I have my French side, which is quite a bit more reserved. It's not always easy to reconcile the two.

It's not only what happens on the court that makes us the players we are; it's also everything that happens outside the court.

Sometimes I play against a player who has a lot of support and I win.

I travel so much that my idea of a good holiday is spending time at my home in Nyon, Switzerland.

Don't spend your time dreaming, live life now.

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I'm not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure I was not trying just to respond to other people's expectations and that I really wanted it myself. I realized that I just loved tennis, that it was something extraordinary, that I would really want to do that.

You need the life of a champion. It's always useful to have people around you who can help you doing that.

I think Roger Rasheed is helping me to be more serious. Also, he can convey his passion for tennis. He loves the game. Also he's enthusiastic about everything, about tactics, about what is happening on the court, and also physically he's really pushing me. He wants me to do my best every day.

I think the most important is to remain as stable and consistent as possible in terms of emotions, because when you're working, if you work well, you're always rewarded at some point.

Tennis runs in cycles. There are victories. There are disappointments.

The most important for me, it's to fight, give my best on court until the last point.

I have been working on my backhand since I was the age of five. And it's a disaster, my backhand, so I'm working on it.

Sometimes you go through a few tournaments without having a five-setter.