The sauna was also the unusual setting for Petkovic's interview with Austrian website Sportnet.at during her title run at last week's NÜRNBERGER Gastein Ladies.
How often do you take a sauna?
AP: I don't like it very much, so I go only for recovery purposes - probably three or four times a month. What's the hottest you've ever felt on court?
AP: This year at the Australian Open it was 44°C. It was so bad, because it was a dry heat and I was feeling like the skin of my face would be burning off! A year ago, you were having a hard time due to injuries and a drop down the rankings.
Did you ever consider giving up?
AP: When I lost at the French Open in the second round of qualifiers, I honestly considered quitting. I stopped enjoying the game, not because I had lost, but because I put too much pressure on myself to get back to where I used to be.
I was totally unsatisfied and was thinking that it doesn't make sense anymore. Is Roger Federer the best tennis player of all time?
AP: It's hard to answer that question, because it's hard to define what 'the best player of all time' means? I can only say that since I've been playing tennis, I have never seen anyone playing so naturally like Roger does. It's like art.
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