The championship so far has been pretty irregular for Barcelona but we're hoping that the second half of the season proves more solid and we can turn a brighter cheek,

It's going to be a very big test because I haven't beaten her yet. I've done pretty well in the past few weeks. It's not always easy coming back from a Wimbledon win, and now I'm going to play a top seed on a hard court. I'm very much looking forward to it.

The interview process is pretty long. It took about six months from filling out the application until the actual selection was made.

was pretty much gutted.

I pretty much knew the guy wasn't going. I just didn't want to throw it soft.

It was pretty competitive. Kennedy has a good team. The whole team as a unit played well. From top to back, the team worked extremely well.