Raise Your Game: What have been the proudest moments in your tennis career so far?

Ed Jones: Representing Great Britain. It's really nice, being able to go abroad and play in lots of tournaments. I've been to Spain, Portugal, the Azores, and Denmark.

I've played for Wales under 16s, and a couple of other age groups in Great Britain, and won a couple of tournaments. At the moment I'm number two in Wales for my age group and around number 14 in Great Britain.

RYG: You've even played with Pat Cash and Henri Leconte! How was that?

EJ: It was held in the Celtic Manor, and Josh Milton and I got to play doubles against each other. I was playing with Henri Leconte and he was with Pat Cash.

We played a doubles set. It was quite funny because Henri Leconte, funny guy as he is, kept on making jokes and taking the mick a bit. He gave us a couple of pointers, what to do on a tennis court and stuff.

RYG: Who do you admire?

EJ: At the moment, someone like Marat Safin. But I also follow British players like [Tim] Henman and [Andy] Murray. Murray is doing very well at the moment, so I like watching him play. He's quite emotional - he goes a bit nuts sometimes - in a good way. I'm sure it helps him, it looks as if it does anyway.

RYG: What are your goals for the future?

EJ: One of my goals for this year is to get ranked top five in Great Britain. I'd like to win another couple of tournaments, and if I go abroad I'd like to get to the semi-finals and see how I get on from there. I think we're planning to go abroad after my GCSEs in the summer.

RYG: How are your GCSEs going?

EJ: I'm doing eight GCSEs at the moment. It's quite tough balancing those with tennis because I have to come out of school. For example, I'm supposed to be doing my art mock exam in a couple of hours but I'm going to have to miss that.

I'll have to fit it in in my own time at the weekend. Coaches help you along, and if I miss any school, friends will pick up work for me so I don't miss any, which is helpful.

RYG: What sacrifices have you or your family made for your tennis?

EJ: I go to boarding school in Brecon, and my parents live in Carmarthen. It takes them about an hour to get to Brecon to pick me up, and then an hour to get to here [Welsh National Tennis Centre in Cardiff], so they're travelling quite a lot. And they've both got quite important jobs back home. It's been tough for them but they've been great.

I do about 10 hours per week tennis and a couple of hours fitness - not as much as a lot of the people I play against because I travel a lot further than everyone else. They probably go to school a mile down the road, get in the car for two minutes and are at the tennis centre, so they can play a lot more.

RYG: What motivates you to play?

EJ: Personally I think about how much effort my family has put into it, and the money. It seems a bit of a waste if I don't really try hard in the training sessions. It keeps me going.

RYG: How much dedication and hard work does it take to be a tennis player?

EJ: A lot. Talking to coaches, they were saying you have to put in so much hard work. It gets very tiring on court - it hurts your legs.

RYG: Do you have a training plan?

EJ: I'll train for two hours then go to the gym. The coaches help us with that and tell us when to go to the gym. Everyone in the tennis programme is very helpful. You've got to do work off court as well, work on your balance on the Swiss balls - I've done a lot of work on those. You have to work on your speed and endurance, so it's tough off court as well.

In Wimbledon, Andrew Murray sometimes kept falling down in the 3rd set. That probably encourages people like me to work harder because if one of us gets to that stage we don't want to be doing that.