Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Stupidity cannot be controlled, only contained.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

My favourite dish is from Congo, the native country of my father. It's called Poulet a la Dakatine and is made from chicken, peanut butter and spinach.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I think my best friends are my team-mates in Davis Cup. We have been growing up together since we were 11 or 12.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Having a child changes your priorities. I am convinced, for me, it will be something very positive and give me even more motivation.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

When you play a big server, you are under enormous pressure on your own serve because you cannot afford to be broken. That causes a lot of players to panic: you see double faults or tentative serves. It's all in the mind, but it still happens.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

You can't really hit on grass. There are lots of bad bounces, so when the guy plays deep into the spot where the grass has been worn down and he doesn't leave you the time to play, you don't have time to play fast yourself.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I get some letters from a lot of people. Sometimes it's nice, with letters from kids or from parents of kids who want to be tennis players, but I also get racist letters. It's really painful to receive something like that because you're not ready for that. You think to yourself, 'That's really bad.' But I realise that there are people like that.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Facing a great server makes a match so much more difficult, even for the best players in the world.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Everybody's expecting a lot from me.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I have been regularly confronted with racism, very regularly, and since my earliest childhood.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I try to be consistent in my work, and I'm sure it will give me some rewards.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Janowicz is more than just a big server. He moves well, has a fantastic forehand and good hands.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I give a lot of myself every day. I never get rewards. That's why sometimes, it's tough.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Mikhail Youzhny likes the grass and has plenty of weapons to hurt you with.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

When you get on to fresh grass courts you always know that they might be a bit slippery but you have to adjust accordingly.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I've gotten tougher.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I've got a bit of the eccentricity of Africa and a bit of Western calm.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.