L'Américaine Jessica Pegula est en huitièmes et elle jouera une Française Lois Boisson. L'Américaine a renversé ce samedi lors du 3e tour de Roland-Garros la Tchèque, Marketa Vondrousova, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. L'Américaine est seulement pour la deuxième fois en deuxième semaine de Roland-Garros.
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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.
00:30Je pense que c'était vraiment compliqué, et c'est toujours super humid aujourd'hui, donc c'était juste un très dur match, physiquement et mental.
00:40Hi Jessica, congratulations.
00:42Two different questions.
00:44How much did your victory in Charleston give you confidence in your abilities on clay, and separately?
00:50Would you say that you sometimes suffer from the comparison with Coco and Madison, and their achievements?
00:57First question, I mean, no, not, I don't know, I feel like green clay is a little bit different.
01:02I grew up playing a lot on green clay, especially being from the South, so I'm super comfortable on that surface.
01:09You know, I feel like I've still had pretty decent results on clay in the past, so I don't really think it changed my mind that much of how I can play.
01:17Secondly, yeah, I mean, I don't, against who Coco and Maddie, I mean, I feel like we always have comparisons, because we've been top players for a little while now,
01:27but I mean, our stories and our journeys and our ages and everything are completely different, so I think it's really hard to kind of compare the three of us.
01:34But I think it's just kind of what happens when you have, you know, three Americans that have done really well the last couple years.
01:40I'm studying that you are performing well in the moments that it really counts more, and is it because of your experience that you tuned up better,
01:57or you have maybe a staff that gives you better information to manipulate this performance better?
02:04Well, I feel like this past week and the last three rounds, I've been doing that a lot better.
02:09I felt like in Madrid and Rome I wasn't really doing that that well, but it's something that I've wanted to get back to,
02:14and I think part of my game is being able to be really good off the baseline and really good on the ground
02:19and maybe break down somebody's weakness, and I think, you know, just this week I've kind of gone back to that,
02:26not focused, you know, so much on myself, but what I need to do and what the opponent maybe doesn't like,
02:33and I feel like I'm really good at kind of just suffocating people a little bit with that tactic.
02:38So I wouldn't say it's anything different.
02:43I think I've just, my mindset maybe the past week has kind of been going back to that,
02:48and, you know, I think that is one of my strengths maybe compared to other players.
02:53Hi. There are obviously a lot of differences between the two events, but are there remnants of your run in September in New York that can help you here?
03:11Especially as you get now to the week two and that sort of business end of this.
03:16Yeah, I mean, for sure, totally different events.
03:20But, no, I think I can always draw from my past experiences on what I've learned.
03:25You know, one of those things, like I said before, is how to manage the emotions and the expectations over a long two weeks.
03:33You can get really excited for the next round, but, you know, that can be over quickly or you can win and go to the next round and it's kind of the same process all over again.
03:42So I think I can definitely draw on things that I've learned from there.
03:46And like I said, a lot of that is just balancing even the first week, getting through matches.
03:52You know, you always want to make it to the second week, but at the same time, you got to win some tough matches.
03:57And I've definitely had that this week already.
03:59So, yeah, I try my best to draw on that.
04:03But at the same time, it's a new event, a new week, a new city, new opponent every single day.
04:09And you kind of just have to be in the present and figure that out first before you can kind of get ahead of yourself.
04:17And separately, there's a lot to be said for staying in your own bubble at these kinds of things.
04:23But I'm just curious how much you've paid attention to the American men and the fact that there is a much larger than normal contingent headed into the fourth round here.
04:34Yeah.
04:35Who's in?
04:36I don't even know.
04:37Francis, Tommy, and Ben.
04:40Ben.
04:41Yeah.
04:42It's the biggest group of American men in about 30 years to make it to week two.
04:46Time.
04:47No, I'm just kidding.
04:49Yeah.
04:50I mean, of course, I follow Tommy and I share a physio.
04:54So that's I'm always keeping up with him and what he's doing.
04:57And he's won two crazy five set matches.
05:00But no, it's exciting to see.
05:02Obviously, you want to see your fellow countrymen do well on the other side.
05:07And I'm always actually keeping up with them, you know, quite a lot.
05:11Yeah.
05:12So I hope they keep it going.
05:14I don't do any of them play each other next or now are they in different sections and nice.
05:19Cool.
05:20Hope they hope they keep it going.
05:22Yeah.
05:23Well done today.
05:27You've got a French player next.
05:30And I'm curious if you have any adventures of playing French players.
05:36Sorry.
05:37I'm checking to see who won.
05:38Keep going.
05:39Okay.
05:40It's not over yet.
05:41It's not over still.
05:42Did she break again?
05:43No, no.
05:44Busan won 7-5.
05:45That was crazy.
05:46I was watching the end of it.
05:47It's like talking to my wife.
05:48I talk to her and she just starts looking at her phone.
05:51So I'm totally used to it.
05:53It's fine.
05:54But do you have any adventures of playing a French player here?
05:58And does it enter into your mind at all in your preparations given the sort of atmospheres that can be created?
06:05Yeah.
06:06I didn't know who I was playing next.
06:08And my coach was like, oh, it's the two French girls.
06:11And I was like, oh, that'll be interesting just to see who wins.
06:15And then obviously, yeah, they're going to have some crazy support for them.
06:19But I'm pretty good at kind of zoning out.
06:22And I've played in some pretty rowdy crowds.
06:24But, yeah, I think it'll be fun.
06:26It'll be cool to be a part of that, even though they're not for me.
06:29It'll still be fun.
06:31And they're going to be going crazy.
06:33So that'll be a fun experience.
06:35I don't think I've ever played a French player here.
06:38So that'll be interesting.
06:41On a similar note, I'm curious what you make as sort of the general concept of wild cards at slams.
06:46And obviously, most of them go to the home country.
06:48There's the reciprocal programs between the U.S. and Australia and France that traded them around as well.
06:52I'm just wondering how much you think about them as a concept, how much value they added.
06:57Yeah, I think you already asked me this.
06:58Did I?
06:59Yeah, and I didn't have an answer for you.
07:00And I'm sorry, I still don't have an answer for you.
07:02I thought maybe you thought I'd think about it, but I have not.
07:06Sorry.
07:07Yeah, I think we, right?
07:08I think it was the first day.
07:10Okay.
07:11Yeah, sorry.
07:12Sorry for not remembering your answer.
07:13No, it's okay.
07:14I didn't really have an answer.
07:15That's probably why it was not very memorable.
07:16But I guess, like, yeah, if you're watching this match between these two women who would not have been in the main draw otherwise in the third round, like, what kind of value do you think it adds to an event?
07:23You know, it's tough to say if they're running the event that they can't give it to who they want.
07:28Obviously, it provides a really great opportunity for their players, and I've seen a lot of the French girls having some really good results this week.
07:37So, and still, obviously, still going and a chance into the second week, basically, and a chance for, you know, even further.
07:43So, I mean, I think it's their tournament.
07:46They can do what they want.
07:48I don't know.
07:49Again, I haven't really given it that much thought, but I'm sure they're very excited for their French players to be doing well and to get the opportunity.
08:00Hi, congratulations.
08:01I was just curious whether you saw Onze's tweet yesterday.
08:05No, I didn't.
08:06What is it?
08:07It's kind of a moving tribute to women's tennis and an appeal to the tournament, I guess, to treat it the way it deserves to be treated.
08:16Yeah, you mean talking about the sessions?
08:19Yeah, I mean, every year it's the same thing.
08:21It's never equal.
08:22I don't really know what else to say.
08:24They don't really seem to care or want to do anything different about it.
08:28So, I mean, I agree with her.
08:31I mean, it should be more fair.
08:33We are an event that is supposed to be equal.
08:38The slam is supposed to be equal.
08:40So, why not give us some more chances to be?
08:44But, you know, again, it feels like just hitting my head against the wall because I feel like we've been talking about this for like two, three, four, probably forever, to be honest, because it's never been equal.
08:56And I'm happy that, you know, she's able to speak up.
08:59And obviously, she's always been really good at wanting everything to be equal and fighting for not just where she's from, but also for women in general.
09:09So, yeah, I'm with her. And I think, again, we've proven that we deserve the same amount of opportunity. And yeah.
09:19You sound quite sort of, do you feel powerless about it, you and sort of the collective of players?
09:25I don't feel powerless. I just feel like they don't listen.
09:27So, I don't know.
09:29We can keep saying it. It seems like that's what just keeps happening.
09:32But, you know, if they don't really want to respond then or like do anything about it, then there's nothing.
09:39I mean, we can keep talking about it and maybe that will eventually change it.
09:42But, no, I don't think I feel powerless.
09:45It's just it kind of it is what it is until they want to make a change.
09:50Hi, Jessica. Congratulations.
09:52We talked about American men tennis just before, but you have 15 American women in the top 100.
09:58How much can you feel the kind of emulation, you know, in U.S. tennis?
10:03Yeah, I mean, it's incredible.
10:05It's a 15. I didn't know the exact number, but 15 is a crazy number.
10:09I mean, we're a big country and I think we have so much depth and we've had a lot of inspiration from girls like Serena and Venus that have inspired.
10:17I feel like so many generations of players because they played for so long and they're still such icons.
10:23So, I mean, I think maybe that that's why we have, I feel like, really strong generations of tennis.
10:28And, you know, seeing girls like myself, Maddie, Coco do well.
10:33I hope we're just still kind of inspiring, you know, even the younger girls that are coming up.
10:37But, I mean, I think it's really cool.
10:39I love that there's a bunch of us.
10:42I think we all push each other and always want the best for one another and want to win.
10:46And I think we have a really nice, you know, camaraderie around us where we all know each other.
10:51I mean, you practice a lot together, you know, especially on the road or hang out and stuff like that.
10:56And I think that's really nice because, yeah, I think in that sense we're really, you know, supportive,
11:01but also pushing each other in the same sense.
11:03And I think that's why we've had a lot of success.
11:07I was analyzing that you are like the quiet warrior that can beat everyone in every tournament.
11:16And that you go to the metro and have a run into the city, it's something different.
11:22What round you would say, no, it's better not to go in metro because the people would recognize me.
11:27And otherwise, don't you feel it would be nice that they recognize you a little bit more?
11:34I like not being recognized.
11:38I wouldn't want that the other side of it.
11:41But no, thank you for all the nice comments.
11:45But yeah, I don't know.
11:47It's just something fun that I decided to do.
11:49I know one really maybe not as much here.
11:52I mean, if I was maybe in New York or like somewhere else, it kind of depends on where I get recognized.
11:58It varies from different countries, sometimes more than others.
12:01And I'm like surprised and sometimes, you know, here they didn't at all.
12:05So I don't know why that is, but I don't mind.
12:08I think it's better.
12:09I can be like under the radar.
12:11Just to go back to clay, can you explain briefly how different it is to play on green clay and red clay for you in terms of game?
12:20Yeah, it's definitely a little different.
12:24I feel like the green clay back in the States more or less now is pretty fast.
12:29So it's a little more slick, slippery.
12:32It's a little more like grainy.
12:34So you kind of feel it's almost like tiny little rocks kind of.
12:37So it's a little more slick, whereas here it's more like a powder.
12:41And I think the balls kind of maybe get a little heavier on the red clay depending on the weather, but they kind of pick up the clay a little bit more.
12:50Whereas the green clay, it kind of falls off the tennis ball maybe a little bit.
12:54So they're just like little little differences, but I do think it's slightly different.
12:59Also, like the climates are slightly or, you know, much different when you're playing over here than when you're playing in the U.S.
13:05And all that stuff.
13:07It's not like it's anything crazy.
13:09It's just, you know, where you're used to playing and growing up is feels a little bit different than maybe how you would play here on the red clay.
13:17So, yeah, those are just a few of the things.
