The hits are nice, but the important thing for me is I was hitting the ball hard, ... I had a rough night and I had to correct  things.

He was out-hitting me. I wasn't reacting well to the ball. He hits a heavy ball and a big forehand return.

I enjoy hitting the ball as hard as I can.

He's very explosive. When he's hitting the ball well, he hits frozen ropes.

I think she even scared herself today by hitting the ball so well. Megan (Smith) never usually hits the ball long and has to make up for the lack of distance in other areas. Right now, though, she's hitting the ball well.

As long as I was hitting the ball hard and hitting it deep, our rallies were not that long. ... There was one way to beat her, and that was to be aggressive first.