Depuis sa première apparition en 2019, Iga Swiatek n'a jamais manqué les huitièmes à Roland-Garros. Ce n'est pas cette année que ça changera. Ce vendredi, la quadruple championne Porte d'Auteuil a une nouvelle fois démontré sa suprématie sur la terre battue parisienne en prolongeant sa série d'invincibilité dans ce tournoi à 24 victoires en dominant la Roumaine Jaqueline Cristian en deux sets (6-2, 7-5). Toutefois, un gros combat en huitièmes l'attend contre Elena Rybakina, qui a battu deux fois, en autant de rencontres sur terre, la Polonaise.
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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.
00:30I'm happy that I was solid enough to break finally in the last game, because I was trying for the whole set, but I didn't really do that, even though I had chances, but at the end, yeah, I'm happy that I stayed solid.
00:44If you have a question, please raise your hand.
00:50Congratulations, Iga.
00:53I know that you've spoken about the subject of night session, you said you don't really care whenever you play, and the message is received, but in a piece Charlie Eklischer wrote for The Athletic, he connected between stuff.
01:05Hans-Jobor wrote about how people perceive women in sports, and it reminded him, I guess, the post you wrote a few months ago about the way people perceive you,
01:16and he connected between the decision not to schedule women's matches at night to the way women perceived in the sport, so I want to know your comments on that.
01:29Well, yeah, I think it should be equal.
01:32Like, personally, it's not like, you know, I have big feelings about it, because I just, you know, do my job, and I adjust, you know, to the schedule that I'm given.
01:44But yeah, I think it should be equal, because the women's matches can be entertained, like, and entertainment the same way.
01:51Like, as you could see today on my match, there were, like, even waves and everything.
01:55So people like it, we can put on a nice show, and that's why I think it should be equal.
02:02That's it.
02:05Can you just look ahead to the next round, if you could just talk about your potential opponents, either Yelena or Elena, and kind of the different challenges they're in?
02:13Well, I think Elena is winning, so, yeah, we'll see, obviously, who's going to win, but for sure, both of them are great players, you know, and we've been playing for many years, you know, a lot of matches, so we know our games, and, yeah, both matches are going to be a challenge, but let's see who wins.
02:33Do you have a preference?
02:34No.
02:35Am I a good liar?
02:36Let's see, it doesn't matter really.
02:37Oh, my God.
02:38I don't have, I couldn't play poker.
02:40I'll leave that one.
02:41We've heard a few players talk about, like, burnout this week, and that was something you spoke about in the past.
02:47I just wonder, how do you keep tennis, like, fun?
02:49Each match, how do you sort of keep it, like, fresh and new each time?
02:53Well, it's not easy, obviously.
02:54I think if we would have less tournaments, it would be much more fun for us, but tennis is pretty, like, an exhausting sport because of the schedule that we have.
03:06So, it's not easy to keep it fun, but, yeah, but honestly, like, I love, you know, just working on stuff, and I love practicing, so, for example, practicing, like, it's always fun for me.
03:34It's less fun when, obviously, we feel pressure and, you know, expectations on the match court.
03:40Then, you know, you feel like you can't really play your game, but, you know, I think Carlos is a great example of how to make it fun.
03:49Sometimes, you know, force it a little bit.
03:51He also has a great game for that.
03:53Not everybody has such touch, you know, to play, you know, such amazing shots, but I also feel like, yeah, when I play good and the boys, you know,
04:03listening to me and it's going where I want, it's super fun and this is what we work for, you know, to have these kind of feelings.
04:10So, it's good to remember that and to also, you know, remember how it felt when you were a kid and you were just playing.
04:18Congratulations.
04:20Thank you.
04:21In the end of the second set, you have been talking to yourself a little bit.
04:25Was it difficult to keep concentrated with this heat?
04:29Well, it was more about to, like, get more energy.
04:33And that's it, you know, because, yeah, I felt like I had many chances to break.
04:41But I always, yeah, when I was, like, 40-30 or 40-15 on her serve, I was losing this point.
04:50So, I thought I should do more, you know, to finally do it.
04:53And that's why I just, you know, I talk to myself all the time.
04:57So, nothing new.
04:58Any last questions?
04:59I think you just wanted today, with it being so much hotter, just on the different conditions, how it felt, how, you know, how your forehand felt.
05:15Yeah, how it played out.
05:17Well, also, I had a different chord and different opponent, because I felt like she was spinning more than Emma, for example.
05:25So, it's hard to compare, but for sure, like, yeah, the balls were dead faster.
05:34I think spinning was much more important to control the ball.
05:38And, yeah, in the air, for sure, it was flying faster, even our serves.
05:43Like, I think we both serve faster than we usually do, so it was different a little bit.
05:49Did you make any adjustments, kind of because of that?
05:52Well, with the strings, for sure.
05:54Yeah.