Before the assembled media in 2019, ATP and WTA players became alternately animated, combative, or ready to give a reporter a good ribbing. Sometimes they took on all these traits over the course of a given press conference.

Here, a series of words heard 'round the tennis world—and not soon to be forgotten.

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These were the best moments from the pressroom in 2019. pic.twitter.com/DZKkVn8RbE

From Roger Federer to Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka to Coco Gauff, the stars maintained their propensity for memorable media-room moments.

Venus Williams talked about a toy, Petra Kvitova got winkingly literal, and Serena Williams and Andy Murray good-naturedly mocked the ongoing line of injury-centric questions that they receive.

To 2020 we go, with a litany of well-chosen words en route as well. After all, it's not in striking tennis balls alone that these pros know how to aim for the lines.