Here are some key takeaways from @AnaIvanovic's interview with @sportklub:

- Was/Is inspired by Monica Seles

- Tennis was her “first love at first sight”

- Support from her parents and brother was essential for her, especially when she was younger
- Will remember winning Roland Garros for a lifetime

- Karolina Pliskova was one of her hardest opponents, also enjoyed playing against Patty Schnyder

- Iga Swiatek reminds Ana of herself game-wise

- Doesn’t see herself as a coach on the tour
- Is still in touch with a few players: especially Kerber, Cristea, Flipkens and sometimes Wozniacki

- Enjoys to help children as a UNICEF Ambassador since children “are our future”

- Being positive/grateful and making the most out of it can be helpful during this time
- Sometimes plays tennis with her husband Bastian Schweinsteiger

- Her children don’t use electronic media

- Her children speak Serbian with Ana, German with Bastian and English/Spanish with others

- Currently enjoys to read “self-help books”, e.g. Eckhart Tolle, Joe Dispenza
- About Roger and Rafa: "Both are great people, but completely different. Nadal is quite introverted, shy and doesn’t speak a lot. Roger is somehow dignified and takes care of himself. I appreciate them a lot. What they and Novak have achieved in sports is for the record books.”
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