Dominic Thiem

My family are tennis coaches, and they always brought me to the tennis club. I basically had no other option than to start playing tennis.

Against Novak, it's really tough for me to play, I mean, because he doesn't give me any time. I don't really like to play against him because he has a game style which doesn't fit me at all.

I was never the person who came up with a boom somehow. I worked slowly and consistently, making my way up the rankings, so there wasn't one special moment.

I always wanted to be a professional player, but when I started playing well in Challengers and, for the first time, I did well at ATP tournaments, I saw that these guys are also beatable.

My strokes are safer when I hit full power. They are unsafe when I hold back; it's more that I force myself to go full power all the time.