Making sure you have everything right and ready before you head out onto court can make all the difference when you’re out there on court.

At this year’s Rothesay Open Nottingham we caught up with WTA stars Beatriz Haddad Maia, Maria Sakkari and Jodie Burrage to get an insight on how the get themselves ready to compete at the highest level.

Reigning Rothesay Open Nottingham & Rothesay Classic Birmingham champion, Beatriz Haddad Maia:

It depends on the time you play. If I play first or second match of the day, I will wake up three or four hours before the match so I can get in a good breakfast.

I like to be calm and be relaxed as naturally I’m quite anxious. I’ll listen to my music, talk to my coach and then just try to accept what I’m feeling. It’s important to have that self-conversation.

I’ll try to prepare my body with some mobilisation and a few core exercises. Then it’s off to the court to hit for 20 minutes and sweat a little bit.

An hour before I’ll have something to eat again – probably some carbohydrates – and then when the match comes around I’m ready to go.

It’s not easy when you’re the fourth or fifth match. Last week at Roland Garros I played after Stan Wawrinka and they went on for almost five hours, but that’s tennis.

I try to stay in the present and often will play some games on my phone to stay concentrated – I like to do a bit of sudoku. I just try to enjoy the present and not think about the match so much.

World No.8, Maria Sakkari:

Usually I like to hit for around 40 minutes and then I have a shower and get some food. I tend to go for some pasta or rice with chicken before a match.

Then I just like to chill with my team – I’m not a superstitious person or anything like that. I just like to have a bit of a chat, maybe talk over some tactics, have a bit of a warm-up and then I’m ready to get out on court and do what I do best.

You get used to the longer wait if you’re on last – it’s just a part of tennis. It’s not always nice to wait but you adapt and get used to it.

British No.3, Jodie Burrage:

It differs quite a lot dependent of whether your first or last on. It mainly consists of getting your body warmed up, making sure you’ve had a hit and then eating a lot of food. You need to get the fuel in in case you have a long match!

For me, I just like being chilled, hanging around with other players, coaches, my team and having a bit of a laugh to try and stay as relaxed as possible. Sometimes I do get quite nervous before matches so having a laugh and a joke is ideal for me.

It’s not easy waiting for the last match but the more you play the more you get used to it. We play a lot of card games – I always carry cards in my bag. My coach loves it, at the moment we’re playing Uno Flip and we can play that for hours.

I like to keep my mind working and active rather than just sitting around and waiting.