Quotes from Kiki Bertens

I believe now that I can win tournaments, and before I was just hoping.

I would like to see a rule change - or at least a discussion around the issue - where you can have an injury timeout but then you lose a point. I think it needs something to make players consider if they really need the timeout.

Going through the tour every year and just focusing so intensely on tennis all the time was not working for me.

I keep things mostly to myself. I'm more of an introvert.

I started to do yoga. It helps for the body to be more flexible but also for the mind - it calms me down a lot, so I really like to do that.

Once you move into the second week of a Grand Slam, you know you are getting closer to playing on some of the world's biggest courts.

Even though I never really liked watching tennis too much when I was growing up, it is fair to say Kim Clijsters was my idol.

Melbourne is a great city and one of the favorites place on tour for many players.

It's unbelievable. To be in the semis, it's just crazy. To play Serena it will be a great match.

If a couple of people are watching I feel better than in a full stadium.

On the clay, I am used to sliding so much and I move really well, but I can't slide on the hard courts.

That's how tennis is sometimes: You can have good days, you can have bad days, your opponents can play really well.

One thing I really love doing is an escape room.