She is a dangerous player and also very experienced.

I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia.

As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year.

I made the second set very difficult for myself, but I managed to turn it around in the third. That was the best part of my match.

Definitely I felt like I always played well in Tokyo, I like the fast speed of the ball, it's very similar to grass.

It means a lot. Finally I can say that I'm able to play and beat anyone, and it just gives me so much confidence. I had so many matches like this where I was really close to beating the top players and finally I did it today. I'm just really extremely happy about that.