Victoria Mboko brille à Roland-Garros. Epatante depuis le début de l'année et seulement âgée de 18 ans, la Canadienne a contrôlé Eva Lys 6-4, 6-4 pour foncer au troisième tour ce mercredi. La pépite est assurée d'entrer dans le Top 100 puisqu'elle est 89e du Live Ranking. Pour une place en deuxième semaine, elle s'attaquera à Qinwen Zheng, tombeuse d'Emilia Arango, 6-2, 6-3.
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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.
00:30J'ai été très concentré sur le match, j'ai été très concentré sur le match, j'ai été très solidifié, surtout sur la base, et j'ai vraiment fait me gagner chaque point, mais je suis très heureux d'avoir passé ça et à la troisième round.
00:47Hey Victoria, bien joué, j'ai vu un peu de vos membres de votre box, je suis curieuse de qui est avec vous ici, et de vos membres de vos membres, qui ont joué le plus key?
01:00Qu'est-ce que c'est votre rôle dans votre career et votre développement?
01:03Oui, donc ici avec moi, c'est mon père, ma sister et mon brother.
01:08Mes deux siblings sont plus oubliés de me, donc je me sens qu'ils ont beaucoup plus d'expérience dans le tennis, même si j'ai joué, je crois que j'ai joué un niveau plus haut niveau.
01:19Mais oui, ils sont tous très supportive de moi, et ils sont très positifs chaque jour et tous les matchs que j'ai joué.
01:28Donc, honnêtement, je dirais tout de même.
01:30Tout de même, ils ont un rôle dans mon développement et comment j'ai joué, je crois.
01:37Mais même mon père, je pense qu'il a fait beaucoup de sacrifices pour moi, donc je suis heureux qu'il est ici aussi.
01:43Qu'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est-ce que c'est ?
01:45Oui, ma sister va être 29 demain et ma brother va être 28.
01:50Merci, Victoria, bienvenue.
01:54Vous avez un peu de temps entre la dernière match et la dernière match,
01:59can you sort of talk us through the last couple of days and how you spent the time, things you did ?
02:05I know you've played a lot during qualifying, so it's probably nice to have a little bit of rest.
02:09And then also, just sort of this morning, like what was your routine ?
02:14I know you haven't done this very much, but like what is that, what did that look like to get you in the right headspace heading into this match ?
02:22Yeah, I mean, so the last match I played was two days ago, so two days is quite a bit of time between the first and second round,
02:30but I think I kept it pretty relaxed and chill, you know.
02:34I kind of had a day off the day after my match, only did some fitness and some light hitting, and then I did a light practice again yesterday.
02:43So, I mean, it's been really, really calm between the days, and that's how my coach wanted it to be anyways.
02:51And this morning, I mean, I kind of woke up pretty early and did my usual routine like I would normally do before a match.
03:00Yeah, it was pretty normal. Oh, okay, yeah, okay.
03:03So, I'd say I woke up around like 6.45 and like had a quick breakfast and got here around like 8.45, did a physical warm-up,
03:16physical, or, and practice I think around like 9.30 to 10, and then I just chilled in the locker room until my match.
03:23Next question.
03:25Just wanted, I, congratulations, just wondered how looking ahead to your next match, big opponent, big stage.
03:31Yeah.
03:32How are you kind of feeling about that?
03:34Yeah, I mean, I feel like I'm not really so focused on it right now.
03:37Of course, she's a, she, my next opponent, she's a really good player, and I know it's going to be a very difficult match for me.
03:44But, you know, I, I just finished my match like not that long ago, so I'm still trying to like settle down a little bit and keep it relaxed.
03:52I have a day off tomorrow anyway, so I'm going to start thinking about it maybe like the night before my match anyways.
03:59Next question.
04:00Hello, Victoria.
04:01It's your first club and you made it to the third round.
04:04How do you manage all the emotions at 18 years old?
04:08And also you mentioned the sacrifices of your, your father.
04:11Can you tell us a bit more about that?
04:13Yeah.
04:14Yeah.
04:15I mean, I feel really happy right now.
04:17And yeah, I, of course, there's, there's so much happening even like behind the scenes.
04:24But, you know, I feel like my, my family has been doing a good job of keeping me really like, I guess, isolated from it all.
04:33And I've just been enjoying the moment.
04:35I've been enjoying time with my sister and my brother.
04:38And yeah, I mean, I don't have a such a, so many people around me and it's kept me very like calm and very comfortable.
04:47And to my father, you know, he, he's retired now.
04:51But you know, when, when I was training a lot, he was working night shifts so that he could be at every single one of my practices, especially when I was a junior.
04:59And he was very, I guess, like strict with my tennis, I could say, but yeah, I mean, he's, he's done so much to, to help me develop and try to bring me to really great trainings and coaches.
05:12So, not many of this wouldn't have been possible without him.
05:18Congratulations.
05:19I'm a journalist from China.
05:21Mm-hm.
05:22So, do you know anything about Queen Wing Zheng?
05:25Um, I mean, I, she's top 10, you know, so, so that's like already a big thing overall.
05:33I mean, she's beaten so many great players.
05:35He's, she's also an incredible athlete.
05:37So, I mean, I'm, I'm expecting a big fight.
05:40I'm going to, I'm going to bring out a big fight against her.
05:44And, uh, yeah, I think it's going to be a very hard battle for me.
05:47What are your expectations for the next round?
05:51My expectations, um, I, I feel like I don't really like to put a lot of expectations on myself or of the outcome of the match.
06:00I mean, the only expectations that I, I can feel right now is that it's going to be a very difficult match.
06:06I'm going to be, of course, it's going to be very tiring.
06:09I'm going to have to build points very long and, and I'll have to bring out my best tennis.
06:16So that's, that's only, that's all I can really expect for now.
06:20Yeah.
06:22Well done.
06:23Um, this win should solidify you, uh, in the top hundred.
06:27I don't know.
06:28Is it something that you follow in any way?
06:31Was it an objective of yours?
06:33Uh, did you expect that to happen this tournament or any time in the near future?
06:39Yeah, honestly, I, I would have never expected that at all.
06:42I mean, it's, it's really exciting to be honest, but I didn't really, I didn't know at all, to be honest, until my, I think my,
06:49my parents told me, but, uh, yeah, I mean, that's, that's a really great accomplishment.
06:54I mean, who, who wouldn't want to be top 100?
06:57You know, that's, that's one of the, you're amongst one of the top best in the world.
07:02You're playing grand slams all, most of the time.
07:04So, uh, yeah, I think that's a pretty great milestone for me regarding that.
07:09I was like around 300 at the beginning of the year.
07:11So I think that was a pretty big jump for me and, uh, I'm happy so far.
07:16Victoria, congratulations.
07:20My question comes from Brazil and it's a bit off topic.
07:23You have a namesake in Brazil, Victoria Barros.
07:26She's 15.
07:27She's going to play the girls draw.
07:29And, uh, she posted today a message, a good luck message to you in Instagram.
07:34I'd like to know, um, how, um, how friends you are and where you met.
07:40And if you have some advice for her, who is 15 and how to get, uh, at your age, uh, at such a stage and, uh, withstand the pressure.
07:50Yeah.
07:51So I think I met Victoria when like, she was a very little girl.
07:55She was very small.
07:57Um, I was playing a junior tournament in Brazil in 2022 and I think I met her and her mom at, she was playing, I think the, the junior tournament of the tournament we were playing.
08:09So, I mean, yeah, she was a very cute little girl and she was, she asked me for a photo and I think I talked with them a little bit.
08:15And I, I actually saw her recently at the Miami open and she grew so much.
08:20And she, she, I think she, I mean, she's playing really great tennis, I think, cause she's like, she's getting better in the junior ranking.
08:27So, I mean, like, I think she should just keep believing in herself.
08:31You know, she has, she has a great future ahead of her.
08:34And, um, yeah, I mean, I think maybe I'll see her again in the, this, this week or something, but I'm sure I'll have a couple of words with her too.
08:42And, uh, I really hope the best for her.
08:44She's a very nice girl.
08:46Any more questions?
08:48Hi again.
08:54Uh, do you, uh, what you, in the former press conference, you talked about, uh, your relationship with Bianca Andreescu.
09:01Do you also talk with Gabrielle Diallo, who is in the main draw here?
09:06And does he give you some advice as well?
09:10Yeah, um, Gabrielle, I mean, we see each other kind of a little bit when we go back to Montreal and we don't have tournaments.
09:17And we happen to be at the center at the same time, but he's very, he's really nice.
09:23And, you know, every time I see him, he's always, always congratulating me a little bit of what I had done and sometimes vice versa the same.
09:31But, um, yeah, I mean, I feel like we haven't really talked about that stuff as much.
09:39I feel like we talk about everything else, but that, but I mean, I'm really happy for him.
09:44And it's really nice to have him around too as like another Canadian who's playing in the main draw.
09:50So, I mean, yeah, I wish all the best for him and, uh, yeah, it'd be nice to see him go far as well.
