Malade depuis son arrivée à New-York, Ons Jabeur s'accroche. Elle sait que sa situation peut s'améliorer au fil des jours. La Tunisienne a encore fait preuve de courage pour faire plier Marie Bouzkova, 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-3. La 5e mondiale a pris tous les risques avec 56 coups gagnants pour 63 fautes directes. Une stratégie payante, même si la Tchèque est passée à deux points du gain du match dans la deuxième manche. Prochaine cible : Qinwen Zheng.
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00:00 Definitely. I was thinking a lot during my matches on a lot of tough practices that I had.
00:09 Especially before coming to the US, it was super hot in Tunisia, super humid.
00:16 Honestly, I was always fighting to just finish the practice.
00:21 It would have been much easier to stop the practice, but we didn't.
00:24 I have an amazing team behind me that pushes me.
00:27 I kept thinking about those practices and I think it's so quick, but it's paying off.
00:35 I was really fighting on those practices the same as during those matches.
00:41 We're all joking about it being late, but they were literally hitting the first ball in one of the matches as we're walking in here.
00:48 On Louis Armstrong?
00:50 Yes.
00:51 In your mind, is that like, "Oh, that might be fun," or is it that crazy? I can't imagine 11.30 at night just starting.
00:58 That's tough, to be honest with you. For the players that play late, I don't want to be in their place for sure.
01:07 I'm happy that I'm going back and will try to sleep.
01:11 It is tough to sleep for me right now because with all the adrenaline of the match, it's never easy to fall asleep right away.
01:18 But maybe I'll fall asleep watching them for sure.
01:22 I don't think there are easy matches. It's okay. I'm testing myself.
01:27 I love fighting. I trust my body. I know I can go all the way playing three sets, no problem.
01:35 Let's see. This is a fun tournament.
01:39 Not that fun starting being sick and everything, but I feel like this tournament is testing me
01:45 and showing me that I have a lot of strength, that I can go really far and maybe have great results here.
01:53 When you thought that Marie was sick, how did that affect your game?
01:59 Did you ease up a little and then have to change?
02:03 It's never easy playing someone injured, knowing that that person is injured.
02:10 I was trying to observe her a lot, trying to see where she was hurt.
02:18 I thought maybe making her run on the forehand, that's the spot where it really bothered her a lot.
02:25 I felt like doing a drop shot on the forehand, I did on both obviously,
02:32 but I felt like the forehand side was the side that bothered her a lot.
02:36 I tried to stick. I was tense at times. I couldn't do my shots and everything.
02:42 I really focused on her, then on myself. I feel like I even forgot that I wasn't feeling that well.
02:51 I'm glad that I got through this.
02:57 I think it's never easy playing someone injured. It really gets into your head.