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EXCLUSIVE 106 MIAMI LIVING M A : O F F T H E T E N N I S C O U R T, W H AT A R E S O M E O F T H E T H I N G S Y O U L I K E T O D O I N M I A M I ? AM: I don't really party that much. I like going to the beach and going to watch the Heat play. I have a box to watch the Miami Heat for the last 4 years, so I watch basketball a lot when I'm here. The only time I really go to South Beach is for food, but I live in the Brickell area and it is so different now from when I first came here. It has completely changed and there are so many restaurants and things to do. M A : I S T H E R E A N Y T H I N G T H AT A N N O Y S Y O U I N M I A M I ? I T H A S D E V E L O P E D Q U I T E A B I T A N D H A S B E C O M E M O R E C O M M E R C I A L . AM: I think it's very busy in the Brickell area and when I moved there it wasn't. So the traffic now is a bit of an issue sometimes, which it wasn't for us. There aren't many new roads around so there has been a huge sort of change. M A : Y O U H AV E W O N T H I S T O U R N A M E N T T W I C E H E R E . D O Y O U F E E L T H E R E I S A N A D D E D P R E S S U R E F O R Y O U T O P L AY A N D P E R F O R M I N A C E R TA I N WAY , B E C A U S E Y O U ' V E W O N I T T W I C E ? AM: Ha, not necessarily, but I think it's a place that I always feel comfortable at when I come back here because I practice on that court all the time, so I feel comfortable and that's why I think I played my best tennis. M A : H O W I S YO U R P A R T N E R S H I P W I T H C O A C H M A U R E S M O G O I N G ? AM: It has been good. This year obviously, the Australian Open, was a very good start for me and played some of my best tennis again after my back surgery. Much better than I played any stage last year, so that was good. MA: AND HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING NEW ABOUT YOURSELF BY HAVING A DIFFERENT COACH? AM: Not necessarily something different but it is, just you know, a lot of players work with many different people and the coach has to learn from the individual they are working with to try to get the best out of them and it has been different but good.