Les choses sérieuses ont débuté dès dimanche midi chez les femmes avec l'entrée en lice d'Aryna Sabalenka à Roland-Garros. Un départ express. La numéro 1 mondiale a écrasé 6-1, 6-0 Kamilla Rakhimova, 75e joueuse au classement WTA. Les deux joueuses s'étaient déjà jouées à Roland-Garros il y a deux ans pour une victoire expéditive, 6-2, 6-2, de la Biélorusse. Cette fois, la leçon a été encore plus brutale. Sabalenka est déjà au top et affrontera Lucrezia Stefanini ou Jil Teichmann au deuxième tour.
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00:00BNP Paribas, partenaire des plus belles histoires de Roland Garros, aux côtés des ramasseurs de balles depuis plus de 50 ans.
00:18Congratulations, here at Roland Garros, they have still line judges, other clay events, they have the electronic systems. What do you prefer and can you tell me why?
00:30Honestly, I'm so confused. I don't know because I had situation with the referee in Stuttgart and also there was tricky calls with the Hawkeye system in Rome.
00:45So I'm really confused what I prefer, to be honest, but I guess there is some old school vibe having the referees and calling the referee to check the mark.
01:00I think that's something which brings in all days, which is cool probably.
01:07So, I don't know. Honestly, I'm really confused with my opinion. I don't really have any because I had situations in both situations.
01:18I'm curious, obviously last year was a tough ending for you with the illness. How much motivation does that give you to have an even better tournament this year?
01:36Honestly, usually this kind of stuff motivates me a lot to come back and do better. But I'm not really trying to focus on what happened last year. I'm just trying to, you know, live my life, work hard on court and go out there every time and fight for every point.
01:54And I really hope for a better result than last year.
02:01Congratulations. And you have already talked about Nadal in the court. I'd like to have a few more words about how much inspiration he represents.
02:12And if you're looking forward to be there at the central court to see the event tonight.
02:19Yeah, he's an inspiration for so many kids and he was an inspiration for me to see the hard work he put in and that just incredible.
02:31He's a nice guy and he worked super hard to achieve everything he achieved. So, yeah, he definitely been my inspiration and I'm really looking forward for this ceremony this night.
02:50It's pretty hot over here, guys.
02:55One shot I really like from you that you hit is an angled backhand, you know, when you hit a really sharp angle and it's kind of brushed to the side. Does that make sense?
03:05Like short to cross court, backhand short cross court?
03:08Yeah, yeah, yeah. And sometimes you hit that really well. I'm wondering just how difficult is that shot to hit and, yeah, when you do bring it out, like when are you inspired to bring it out?
03:18I don't know. I think there's something in my technique because I never go there. I go like deep cross court and it just land there and I'm like, okay, whatever. I guess that's just the way it should be.
03:29No, but I don't know. I mean, I'm practicing a lot and we practice that shot a lot if being like for real. But honestly, on the matches, I'm not trying to go like that short angle.
03:42But somehow, yeah, I just have this feeling on the shot and I just go for it. And I think it's a very good shot to have because I think after this one you have, yeah, you have an advantage and you control the point after the shot. So it's a very good one to have.
04:03Is it really hard to hit though, like to make it so short? Yeah, I mean, it is it is hard, you know, like I think both of your hands should be pretty good and you should have a good touch and it takes a little while to to improve the shot.
04:18Hi, I don't know if you are one of those who look at the draw or if you don't look too much, you look just the next round to tell me something. Don't do it. No, no, I'm kidding. You can say I don't care. So I never look that far, but I don't care.
04:43So you don't you don't look at the draw. That's that is what I'm asking. No, not really. OK, well, then forget it. But I can predict your question. Was it about the junk? No? Missed opportunity.
05:01Hi, I heard that your trainer is also specialized in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Is that right? Yes. Yes. So I was wondering if he installed that the, you know, techniques or something of the Jiu Jitsu to your training or preparation. And if he does, how does it work for you?
05:27Well, overall, the Jiu Jitsu athletes, they have really, I mean, amazing control over their body. And when we do fitness, we have a lot of exercise from the Jiu Jitsu for the for the core, you know, for the connections and just for for control of the over the body. So yeah, he definitely brought a lot of stuff from the Jiu Jitsu in my fitness.
05:52Hello. Congratulations. You are the world number one since October. Yes. And how do you feel and how do you deal with this role? You know, pressure, expectations and with the comparison with you when you were the world number one in 2023?
06:17Well, 2023 was a very fast one, you know, for a week or something. Yeah, two weeks. Okay. I mean, two weeks, it's a lot, you know, but honestly, I don't think about that. That's, of course, it's always been my goal, you know, to reach world number one position.
06:38But at this stage of the career, it doesn't really matter, you know, you just have to focus on yourself, you have to improve your game and get better basically every day. So I'm focusing on on on myself.
06:51And anyway, doesn't matter if you're number one or two or three or 10, you have to go out there and you have to fight, you have to bring your best tennis and you really have to work for each win. So that's, that's how I approach it. And honestly, I don't feel any like more pressure or expectations than it was like when I was number two or 10.
07:12Okay, not about the draw. Yesterday read that the French Federation, which is a very rich Federation, has only one player in the top 100, which is Barbara Gracheva, and was formerly Russian.
07:31Yes.
07:32Italy has only one player, let's say like Paulini, even if there is Bronzetti and Cocharetto in the top 100. Do you think that it is because those countries are so rich in a way, their lifestyle is so, you know, rich also, that the tennis players, the women tennis players, don't like to make it.
08:00Don't like to make all those efforts to become good players. Do you think that it's easier in the Eastern countries? I don't say only about Belarus, but I mean, Czech Republic.
08:11Yeah.
08:12Do you think there is a reason why you have more, you're more hungry, you want, you want to become champion because it's a way to, to, to, you know, to, to, to, to have success or to, and in the richest countries, more difficult that they make sacrifice.
08:31Maybe their parents don't want them to work hard and they prefer they study, graduate and so on.
08:40Well, that's a big question.
08:42I have to say that probably because of the environment in Eastern European countries, we are much tougher and whoever got through the tough stuff, they like mentally and physically, they much stronger than probably not like the rest of the world, but most of the girls on tour.
09:09But I don't know honestly why it's like that, but I definitely think that the, the environment we have in our countries, which is like very tough and coaches are very brutal.
09:20And, you know, there is nothing nice about the way they like work with their players.
09:28They quite rude.
09:29I think that's why maybe our mentality is much stronger, but also the same time, they kind of like broke so many players because of that aggressive mindset.
09:42So, I don't know.
09:43So, I don't know.
09:44I think in, in Europe, in the States, the environment is much healthier.
09:48So, it's all about probably the family, the way they, how you say, they raise their kids and how they push them.
10:01Yeah.
10:02But my parents, they, they weren't the ones who was like pushing me too much.
10:07The only one request they had is like stop hitting the rockets, which I wasn't really following that order, I would say.
10:14But I definitely, I definitely say that because Eastern European school is very tough.
10:20I think that's why whoever survived that school, they really, they're really tough.
10:26Thank you.