This is something new for me and a different challenge. You know, loss of confidence and those sorts of things.

Yeah, it's been difficult, but, you know, I'm still enjoying everything that goes into preparing for the tournaments and preparing for the matches. Yeah, hopefully this turns around, but, you know, it's a good experience for me to go through, not just for my tennis career but for, yeah, for general life as well. Things aren't always perfect and everyone goes through difficult periods where things aren't going well for them.

You know, that's happening to me now. Obviously I hope that it changes, but I'm certainly learning from this and something that even when I do finish my tennis career, yeah, I have a different understanding and appreciation for a lot of the players on the tour go through this, you know, the majority of players go through periods in a year when they lose four, five first rounds in a row. Top players don't, but, you know, a huge amount of the players do. It's something that I'll be able to use in future, I think, you know, to my advantage. You know, if I do any coaching or anything, yeah, it will help with that.

But I think I'm, yeah, strong enough to take the punches or, like you said, the criticism and those things. I haven't lost any of my appetite for the sport or the training or the competition, so hopefully it turns around.