Quotes from Angelique Kerber

I know how to win big matches.

First-round matches are always tough.

Against Serena, you never know how she's serving.

I am trying to be nice to everybody, and then, of course, everybody's nice to me.

Patience, discipline - giving everything on court... This is what I'm trying to bring in every single match.

To see that hard work paying off is very good.

The hard work pays off.

Everybody knows I'm not a clay-court specialist. I'm not feeling so well on this surface.

Clay is not my surface; everyone knows that.

I just remember celebrating my 18th birthday at home, so that was a big party.

At the end, I have to take the court I get scheduled on.

My game was always about good defence.

Just do what you love. This is what I am doing.

To play against Serena in a final is something special. You know you must play your best tennis.

My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.

I just go out and play my best tennis.

Of course it's tough to reach the number one place and also winning grand slams.

Just having what's important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That's the most important thing when you are a professional athlete.

On clay, you know that you have much longer rallies, and you must run for maybe two or three hours.

The Germans must be together.

I feel German, that's for sure. I grew up in Germany, I went to school in Germany and most of my friends are there. I play for Germany.

Germany is, of course, my country.

I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.

We have a good relationship, but she is completely different than me. My sister, she is not sporty at all.