There Is No Way Around The Hard

With All The Injury Problems We Have In Men's Tennis At The Moment, I'm Happy To Still Be Standing.

I've Done So Many Interviews Over The Years In So Many Different Languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There's Always Another Interview To Do. It's Quite Something, I Have To Say.

The Serve, I Was Too Young And Too Small And... Not Enough Powerful To Have A Good Serve When I Was Young, So My Forehand Was Always My Signature Shot. So I Used To Always Run Around My Backhand, You Know, Use My Forehand As Much As I Could, And So That's Why I Think It's My Strength Also Today, You Know.

Obviously, Matches And All That Stuff Takes Its Toll On Your Body And So Forth. But As You Get Sort Of A Bit Older, A Bit Wiser, And A Bit More Experienced, You Know Also How To Handle It.

I Never Expected I, In The First Place, When I Started Playing Tennis, That I Would Ever Carry The Flag Into The Olympic Stadium For An Olympic Games... So For Me That Was A Surprise And A Huge Honor In My Life To Be Able To Represent Switzerland.