Quotes from Sofia Kenin

It's not easy to focus in practice when you don't have any matches coming up.

I think it's just a matter of matches and then confidence will come with matches.

Playing matches is definitely going to help me get ready for the U.S. Open.

Definitely I feel with more matches, I'm the type of player I win a match or few matches, then I get confidence right away and then I play better and better.

My dad plays every point with me. He sees the game so well, and knows exactly what to say to make me play better.

I want to show who I am, show my best tennis, show why I'm there, why I belong.

Yeah, I obviously do get nervous before the matches. I obviously have butterflies. I obviously want to do well.

I feel like the fans are the best at the slams. Everyone is coming, they're supporting you. It's really special, makes it really special for us to play in front of them.

I feel like I'm playing some of my best tennis on clay. I'm sliding a lot, moving a lot. I know how to adjust to the surface, so I'm loving the clay.

I know she's a true champion, and she's the best among the best. She's obviously Serena for a reason. I've always watched her, so it will be a little different to be actually playing against her.

Believe it or not, I used to really hate clay.

I usually don't play really good on clay.

I'm not a player that's going to grind at the baseline - I like to dictate and control the point and try to use my drop shot as a weapon.

Obviously I had great hand-eye coordination. I saw I was really different than other players.

I know what to expect now with the mask and the social distancing and no crowds. But honestly, I feel like this is something I can never get used to, because this is completely not normal, and I obviously want it to be back to normal how it used to be.

I wasn't the tallest kid when I was little.

I literally practiced every day except on the weekends.

I'm definitely happy that I get to experience being a defending champion. That's quite special.

I wanted to go pro, but having the option to go to college was important for me.

I would love to be a fashion designer, so we'll see how that goes.

It's not easy playing a fellow American. I obviously want all of us to do well.

I have part of Russian stuff inside me, fight and fierce that I have.

I'm fierce. I'm very determined, and always had that in me. I didn't have to train myself to be the way I am.

You've really got to, first of all, love the game, you got to love the competition, you got to love to compete.