The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
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Being happy. I think that transcends the results of my matches, the so-called successes or failures. How would you like to be remembered? As someone who dedicated their life to what they were doing at the time. Right now, it’s tennis, but I want to have the same dedication for whatever I do after, whether it be motherhood or another career.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
Learning to surf - a 6ft frame is a real hindrance for the sport.
Being dad to my kids and having a family.
Being able to buy my parents a house.
Growing three brains.
Like when you get the giggles in a room full of people where you should be quiet.
When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world’s number one tennis player.
My parents, because they did what they did to give me the opportunities to do what I do. They left their lives behind in Australia and started again in their 40s in a new country.
When I was a young girl in Sydney, I used to go running with my dad. I would wake him up at the crack of dawn and we had this route to the top of a golf course – we’d usually make it there for sunrise.
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