I said in my mind, 'keep fighting.'

I’ve worked really hard, but it’s definitely not been easy.

You can wake me up now – these last four weeks in America have been incredible.

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.

You know, it doesn’t happen that often that you have the crowd support behind you straightaway from the beginning of the match.

You don’t have to hate your opponents to beat them.

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can’t do.

I'm sick of all these injuries, tired of talking about them as well. My ankle will be taped very well. My mobility won't be a normal 100 percent, but I can see and hit the ball perfectly. I won't be using my spread that much. At this stage, it is important to find the right balance between resting and training. In my head I feel fine and that is what counts the most. I take it the fans will guide me through more difficult moments.

I'm still not moving like I normally can, but a lot better. I just have to do a lot of treatment and everything and that's what I'm doing. I'm not going to hit tomorrow and just keep my routine going so that I'm fresh when I have to be out there. That's why I was wearing my tape today because I felt in my previous match, with the serve, I was just compensating my back a little bit. It started to hurt my left leg, my left hamstring, that's why it's taped today.

I think I will quit at the end of 2007. My body already has a lot of problems now.