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And I 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 3: wished so much that I had had her brain when 17 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 3: I was playing, And I told her, Man, I could 18 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:25,199 Speaker 3: go back and actually playing again. Having listened to her 19 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 3: philosophies on meditation, on mindfulness, on projections of what her 20 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 3: ability can do, the things that she would write down. 21 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: I mean, I learned so much about Bianca and rescue 22 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 3: in this podcast, and I also learned why why this 23 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 3: young woman is not only super successful already, but why 24 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: she's going to continue to be successful in her future career. Obviously, 25 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 3: we're all in you know, basically quarantine. We're all at home, 26 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 3: we're all dealing with our own issues right now, and 27 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: so I'm sending out all my best Caitlin and I 28 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,800 Speaker 3: my buddy. We all want you to be safe and 29 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 3: be healthy. But one thing you can do if you want, 30 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: you can meditate. And if you don't meditate after listening 31 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: to this edition of The Racket Magazine, then you didn't 32 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 3: really listen. Because this young woman is so exceptional. I 33 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: enjoyed every second of it. I could have talked to 34 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 3: her for hours and hours and hours, and hopefully maybe 35 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 3: one day we'll get to talk to her again. Excuse 36 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: the audio. She was in Canada, I'm in New York. 37 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: We were calling through a conference line. It was not 38 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 3: the best, but you know, really try your best to listen. 39 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 3: As you know, it's been a little tough with COVID 40 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: nineteen and trying to get players and get great audio, 41 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 3: but we're doing our best for you. You will love this episode. 42 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 3: If you don't love Banka Undresscue already you will after this. 43 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 3: She is an incredible young woman. 44 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 4: Here we go, Tennis fans and people in general are desperate, 45 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 4: are desperate for tennis content enter here and from their 46 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 4: favorite kind of players, and believe it or not, the 47 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 4: Uncer you are one of them. Thank you, Thank you 48 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 4: for joining me, Thank you for joining me, Thank you 49 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 4: for joining us for the Record Magazine podcast. We really 50 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 4: appreciate it. I know you're up in Canada right now. 51 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 4: So the one of the things that I want to 52 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 4: talk to you about is obviously how in God's Green 53 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 4: or if you got started obviously being in tennis. 54 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: Well, I did not start off with tennis. I stayed 55 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: tennis that are fairly older age then, I would say 56 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: most at the age of seven and know from the 57 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: but I actually started off with ballet and skating. So 58 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 2: I continued that for like three years, and then my 59 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: parents threw me into swimming and then into soccer. So 60 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 2: I was kind of all over the place, and they 61 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: basically just wanted me to stay active and find a 62 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: sport that I really enjoyed playing and continue doing that. 63 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 2: They didn't think I was going to go professional or anything. 64 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 2: They kind of just wanted me to be an active 65 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 2: person and hopefully get a scholarship. It's still a good 66 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 2: school with that sport, but it kind of turned out 67 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: into something else which seems pretty good too. And yeah, 68 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: after a couple of years of playing good sports, they 69 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 2: also threw me into tennis. And I would say that 70 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 2: I didn't particularly enjoyed it at first. I would say 71 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: that I grew to love it. And once I grew 72 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: to love it, I saw that I was better at 73 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 2: tennis than every other sport. So I kind of just 74 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 2: quit everything else. And I would say, at the age 75 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 2: of ten is when I really play tennis solely, just tennis, 76 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 2: and that's when I got to the tiest Canada program. 77 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: So I want to go back to the pot. Well 78 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 4: kind of just spending kind of email that your parents 79 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 4: throw you in the pool to get you to swim, 80 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 4: So that in itself is a lesson for all term. 81 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 4: If you want your kids do a sport, just just 82 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 4: have them survive. 83 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 5: Oh yeah having Yeah, knowing how to swim is a 84 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 5: survival survival thing, and everybody should know how to just 85 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 5: in case you never know what can happen at the 86 00:05:59,120 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 5: end of the day. 87 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 4: I'm just kidding. I actually I actually do know, but 88 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 4: you're Yeah, I think it's really important. But I think 89 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: it's really important that most parents understand that it is 90 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 4: important to give it a child a well rounded youth, 91 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 4: right especially before the age of like ten and eleven. 92 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 4: And I think that was an important ingredient for you 93 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 4: because then you discovered that tennis was really the thing 94 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 4: that you loved the most and you felt that you 95 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 4: were just at. 96 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. It's not like they wanted me to play 97 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 2: just supports because they enjoy that sport very much. They 98 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 2: actually gave me the freedom to choose, and I think 99 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: that's a valuable thing that we all desire. So I'm 100 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 2: very grateful to that. 101 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 4: I want you to like talk about in those early years, 102 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 4: like your parents are very well rounded people. I mean, 103 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: they're very smart. They have jobs of sech Dad's obviously 104 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 4: you know, an engineer, clients officer in the financial bank, 105 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 4: like regular normal people. That one are the things that 106 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 4: both of them installed in you. Because your mom is 107 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 4: very unique in a lot of wives as well. 108 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's definitely something else. But they didn't they didn't 109 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: start off as that. Obviously, they did study, uh, in Romania, 110 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: but then they wanted to have a better life, so 111 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: they came to Canada. But they came with nothing basically, 112 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 2: and they didn't speak a word of English, so they 113 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: had to start from scratch. And what they've done up 114 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 2: until this point is truly incredible because they, like I said, 115 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 2: they had to start from scratch, they didn't know the language, 116 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 2: and they have achieved what they've achieved, which it's very 117 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: inspiring to me. And I don't take any second on 118 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: the court for granted, because I know they've done everything 119 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 2: in their power for me to chase my dreams and 120 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: that's something no one can take away from me. So 121 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 2: I definitely have seen what it is like to be 122 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 2: at the bottom. And I would say that the most 123 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: valuable thing that I've learned from my parents is definitely 124 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 2: the determination and strength you need to have in order 125 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 2: to accomplish what you want to accomplish, basically, and I 126 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: think that's the most valuable thing that they've showed me 127 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: through throughout the years. But obviously they have different traits 128 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,479 Speaker 2: they've also showed me, Like my mom is very outgoing, 129 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: she puts herself out there. She doesn't give a shit 130 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 2: excuse my language of what other people think. 131 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 4: You swear this is the podcast to say whatever you 132 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 4: want perfect, I can truly be myself. 133 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 2: Perfect, and I think I have some of those qualities 134 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 2: in me. And my dad obviously has taught me so much. 135 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 2: I've always been active, I would say, with him, meaning 136 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: he also he always showed me how to build things 137 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: with my hands and think very logically. And my mom 138 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 2: really taught me the spiritual side of things. So I 139 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 2: have a good balance of both. 140 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I want to get into a little 141 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 4: bit of that mindset with you certainly going forward and 142 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 4: obviously the US Open match and sort of how you 143 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 4: used a lot of what you learn from your parents 144 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 4: in that moment. But we'll get into that a little 145 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 4: bit later. But one of the things that I did notice, 146 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: and it's something that I've only done in the last 147 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 4: couple of years myself, and I wish I've done it 148 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 4: when I played, But medicating, I think it's something would 149 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 4: you suggest it's something that you would tell parents or 150 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 4: young kids or players that are in sports in general 151 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 4: or just in general terms, like to meditate and to 152 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 4: take that time to sort of get into the now 153 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 4: and try and alleviate some of the stress from your 154 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 4: body by just doing meditation. 155 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it should be a daily practice for 156 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: literally anyone, not only in sport, because you see everybody 157 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 2: working their body, but never their mind. And that's also 158 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 2: because people don't necessarily talk about meditation. I think we're 159 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 2: still in that stage to where it's kind of hippie 160 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: to do so. But you see so much benefit from it, 161 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 2: and there are so many studies that shows that it 162 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 2: improves overall quality of life. If you can control your mind, 163 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 2: you can control basically every aspect in your life. The 164 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: main reason that I use it though, is obviously for 165 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 2: my sport, but also for just my quality of life 166 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: in general, which translate to on court things. And for me, 167 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: I believe that it really put you in the present moment, 168 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 2: because at the end of the day, that's all we have. 169 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: We don't know what's going to happen in the future. 170 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 2: We can't control what happens in the past because it's 171 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 2: already left us. So what we can't control is the 172 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: present moment. And if you can control that, then you 173 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 2: have complete power over yourself and over what happens in 174 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 2: your life. 175 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 4: Okay, so again we're going to get into like how 176 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 4: much also that your parents, particularly your mom Maria, and 177 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 4: the things that she's told them. Well, you've both your 178 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 4: parents are filled in you. After that, he was open. 179 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 4: But I want to go back to the start of 180 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,839 Speaker 4: twenty nineteen when you had the incredible run, right you 181 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 4: win Auckland. Can just briefly touch on like Auckland and 182 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 4: going through qualifying and sort of what your goals were 183 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 4: at the start of twenty nineteen when you're literally in 184 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 4: qualifying of Auckland and sort of what your goals were this. 185 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, going back and thinking about everything that happened, I 186 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 2: can't really explain to you everything in a way that 187 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: makes sense. Even for me, it doesn't really make sense. 188 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 2: I think though that I've worked just super hard but 189 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 2: in a smart way throughout my whole life in order 190 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 2: to get this point. Obviously, I've had a lot of 191 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: stetbacks and there were moments where I just I just 192 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 2: wanted to quit. I was going through really rough periods. 193 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 2: Oh it was back in twenty seventeen. I had a 194 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 2: really bad back injury. I was on and off with 195 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 2: my recovery and competing, and I had a lot of 196 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 2: other areas in my life like relationships that weren't going well, 197 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: friensists that weren't going well, and just my tennis overall. 198 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 2: I literally felt like I forgot how to play tennis. 199 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 2: I used to have nightmares of me not knowing how 200 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 2: to play tennis anymore. It was bad, and I felt 201 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 2: like that controlled a lot of my daily life, and 202 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: I just really tried to It's just to explain, I 203 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 2: would say, I really tried to not let that affect me, 204 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: where I would just not think about it. But I 205 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 2: think that's the worst way to look at things. When 206 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 2: you are going through a tough time, you really have 207 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 2: to sit down with yourself and really recognize and look 208 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 2: through another perspective of what's going what's really going on 209 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: in your life. And that took me a while to 210 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 2: actually do, but I think from that moment on, I 211 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: really I really realized what the purpose of my life 212 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 2: was and what I really enjoyed doing. And I just 213 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 2: found a lot of things about myself that ended up 214 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 2: contributing to my success. And I really devote a lot 215 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 2: of that to what happened in twenty nineteen, and that 216 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: also came from my amazing preseason that I had. I 217 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 2: remember I didn't lose one set in all the matches 218 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 2: that I played, all the all the practice matches that 219 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 2: I played, So going into twenty nineteen, I just felt really, 220 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: really confident. I didn't think all of that was gonna happen, 221 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 2: not at all. I didn't think I was gonna step 222 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 2: on the court and beat Caroline Wozniaki in straight sets. 223 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 2: I didn't know that I was actually gonna go to 224 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 2: qualifying because in the second round I think it was 225 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 2: or third round, Yeah, I thought, oh yeah, her, Yeah, 226 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 2: that match is crazy. Like I I remember in the 227 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 2: second set, I'm like, Okay, if I lose the set 228 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 2: or I don't, I don't remember which set it was. 229 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: If I lose the set, it was gonna lose. 230 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 4: You lost, you want sixth grade, sixth straight? 231 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: Okay, Okay. Maybe I think it was the match against 232 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 2: to Me at Babosh. No, no, no, it was the 233 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 2: second set. I think I won the second set seven 234 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: to six, and I'm like, if I lose the set, 235 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 2: I'm like, definitely gonna lose this match. I remember telling 236 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 2: myself that and I remember not losing it, And from 237 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 2: that day on, I made a promise with myself that 238 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 2: I'm never going to talk negatively to myself like I 239 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 2: did in that match. Ever again, well and I never did. 240 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 2: I honestly, well, I never did. I know, but it 241 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 2: took like it took ten years for me to actually 242 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 2: accomplish No, nine years for me to actually accomplish that. 243 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 2: And it's not like I've never said, oh, you suck 244 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 2: like sometimes that obviously slips my head, but it's a 245 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 2: learning process at the end of the day. But I 246 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 2: think just switching that negative mindset and just accepting what 247 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 2: is and not identifying anything as good or bad really 248 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 2: changed my way of competing, and that was the main 249 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 2: I would say that was the main thing to my 250 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 2: success in twenty nineteen. 251 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 4: Well, I can tell you won the first set six four, 252 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 4: You won the second set seven six, eight six in 253 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 4: the breaker, So if you want to refer back to 254 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 4: one match, and that was it, and you actually after 255 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 4: that you beat Carolina straight and you actually lost to 256 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: two first sets in the next matches against Venus and 257 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 4: Gogus in the final where you lost the first sets. 258 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 4: So it's important for people to understand that that was 259 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 4: a huge learning curve for you and moving forward, then 260 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 4: you went on to win a smaller tournament and you 261 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 4: put the beach and then of course the big the 262 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 4: biggest tournament of your career at that point was Indian 263 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 4: Welsh and coming through there, Yeah, I mean the excitement 264 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 4: level for you there, I mean you won your first 265 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 4: round there in the round in the round of one 266 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 4: twenty eight, so the first round six to three in 267 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 4: the third to get to Begou and then you obviously 268 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 4: went on to have an incredible tournament being Wang Xiong, Middle, Rutha, Swit, 269 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 4: Selena and Turber in the final. I mean, those are 270 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 4: crazy moments in your life. Can you describe what that 271 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 4: meant to you? After the tournament was done and what 272 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 4: the hell was going on with you? You were just 273 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 4: like what I mean? 274 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I was. 275 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: Telling myself after literally every match, I'm like, is this 276 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 2: really happening? Like can someone please pinch me? Because as 277 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 2: a little girl like I remember watching Fetter, watching Selena, 278 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 2: watching Kim Kleiser's play in these tournaments and for me 279 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 2: actually being there and doing the same thing was so surreal. 280 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 2: For me, I never thought that it would have come 281 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 2: so soon. But I'm not complaining, I'm not. 282 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 4: I wasn't complaining that. 283 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to. 284 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 4: I want to get to I want to get to 285 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 4: you know, after that, you obviously known Miami and you've 286 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 4: talked at nauseum. I would suspect in the last twelve 287 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 4: months about your injuries. You know, I don't want to 288 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 4: get into that part of it, would you, because it's like, 289 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,719 Speaker 4: this is what happens with tunnels plays. You get injured, 290 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 4: you have to deal with it, you have to rehab. 291 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 4: It's a very difficult situation. I think, what the hottest 292 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 4: you been there? 293 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: This episode of the Racket Magazine podcast is brought to 294 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: you by Sergio Tucchini, vitalizing and disrupting the status quos, 295 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: and it's nineteen sixty six. 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Well, 302 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 4: you decided to play literally one match in between that 303 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 4: Mammy to Canada, all right, where you're again dealing with 304 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 4: more injuries, shoulder, You've got all kinds of issues going on, 305 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 4: and then you come back and you have to play 306 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 4: Bouchard in the first round of Canada. But prior to that, 307 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 4: b I want to know, as hard as injuries are 308 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 4: and hard as they are to deal with, was it 309 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 4: kind of a small silver lining for you because of 310 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 4: all the exposure that you had had after winning Indian 311 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 4: Wells and Canada's like, oh my god, you let this 312 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 4: huge new prospect for them. Was it kind of a 313 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 4: little bit of a silver lining or a blessing a 314 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 4: bad blessing, but a blessing that you actually were able 315 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 4: to extricate yourself away from the spotlight a little bit 316 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,679 Speaker 4: why to what you did in Canada? And then we 317 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 4: know what the use of. 318 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know what you mean. 319 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, you either have a choice of. 320 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 2: Looking at it as a negative or a positive. And 321 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 2: for me, like, I've dealt with injuries already so much 322 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 2: in my short career, so going into that shoulder injury, 323 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 2: I was kind of prepared because I already knew what 324 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 2: to do and what to expect. Obviously, different circumstances, different environments, 325 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: blah blah, blah, because now I'm whatever top thirty or 326 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 2: something and I'm playing all a WTA for I'm getting 327 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 2: all this exposure, so it was different, but I knew 328 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 2: what I was expecting, and in the sense of yeah, 329 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 2: I did it allow me to take a little break 330 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 2: because all this is new for me. I was getting 331 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 2: so much exposure. I would say yes in a way 332 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 2: because after all that exposure, I kind of had some 333 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 2: downtime for myself which allowed me to look back at 334 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 2: things that had happened in my life and are happening 335 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 2: in my life. So I I would say that if 336 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 2: I did continue playing, then then the spotlight would probably continue, 337 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 2: and maybe I wouldn't have one Rogers cup, I wouldn't 338 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 2: have one us open, but at the end of the 339 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 2: day we could all think about what could have happened. 340 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: All I know, though, is that during that time I 341 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 2: didn't stop competing. I was always competing in my head 342 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:04,959 Speaker 2: with m visualization, and a lot of athletes have spoken 343 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 2: about that and it's worked for me, and I think, 344 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 2: give me up thing literally me competing like I would 345 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 2: pretend like I was playing like Roome and Madrid, like 346 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 2: all the tournaments I was supposed to play, you know, 347 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:38,879 Speaker 2: and I she ses journal with me where I write down, 348 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 2: I write down, uh sorry, Coco, fem into the room. 349 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 4: I write down, talk to the dog if everybody doesn't 350 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 4: know the doggy. 351 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 2: The one and only. I write down sentences of tournaments 352 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 2: I want to win. And I knew that Rogers Cup 353 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: would be my comeback tournament, so I would always write 354 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:12,360 Speaker 2: I won Rogers Cup twenty twenty. I won Roger's Cup 355 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: twenty twenty, and then after that I did the same 356 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 2: thing with us Open. And I think just having that 357 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 2: in mind and having that visual goal gets you one 358 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 2: step closer to that. I always say that if you 359 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: come prepared, then you've won half the battle. And for 360 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,239 Speaker 2: me being injured, I just had so much to prepare for, 361 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 2: you know, So I had that time to reflect and 362 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 2: it's got me where I am right now. 363 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 4: Does that come from your mom's influence on you in 364 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 4: that respect with the visualization part of your career. 365 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's definitely one of those hippie people, as people 366 00:25:58,920 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 2: would call it. 367 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 4: But no, I would think that is so waking up, man. 368 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 2: This is the new world they're used to it. This is. 369 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 4: Your dad is an engineer, So would your dad be 370 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 4: like Okay, Maria whatever whatever. Yeah. 371 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 2: Would he be like yes, yeah, no, no, he's definitely yeah, 372 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 2: like yeah, okay, Maria, Let's let's see if this works. 373 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 2: Blah blah blah blah blah. 374 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 4: Well did he have to. 375 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 2: He'll never admit it, but he knows it works. 376 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 1: Okay. 377 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 4: So you go and play Bouchard, you know, first round. Okay. 378 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 4: So it's kind of the two darlings of women's Canadian 379 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 4: sports over the last like five years, right, and you 380 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 4: get through an unbelievably tough match. I mean mentally, was 381 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 4: that as hard to match an emotional match as you've 382 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 4: ever had to get through? And did that sort of 383 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 4: like will leave you going forward? 384 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:07,479 Speaker 2: It's yeah, I would say that it was definitely, uh, 385 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: one of the tougher matches I had to play in 386 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 2: my career because it was my first match after injury. 387 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 2: I was playing a Canadian tennis player at a Canadian tournament, 388 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: So there's definitely a lot of pressure, external, internal, whatever pressure. 389 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,800 Speaker 2: But in the back of my mind, I knew I 390 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 2: had nothing to lose. I know, I just won Indian Wells, 391 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 2: but that was like five months ago, and I knew 392 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: that I came spared obviously it's different than actually playing matches, 393 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:58,360 Speaker 2: but I don't know. There's so many studies show that 394 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 2: it is like the visualizing and actually playing can be 395 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 2: quite the same thing. So I kind of have that 396 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: in the back of my mind. And even in practice 397 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 2: I was feeling confident, but there's always going to be 398 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 2: that pressure, and for me, I actually live off the pressure, 399 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 2: like I love it. I'm a perfectionist. I want to 400 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 2: do my best, and so I kind of just channel 401 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 2: it on the court with my shots, like when there's 402 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 2: a little bit more pressure, like I can feel like 403 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 2: my balls heavier and I can feel that I just 404 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: want it a little bit more than the other person. 405 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 4: Oh well, you're inspiring me. I want to get back 406 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 4: on the court right now, but you know, you foust forward. 407 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 2: To the US I can. 408 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 4: And I have a bit of a funny story that 409 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 4: I told people after the USA then I don't know 410 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 4: if you remember it because you know, and then a 411 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 4: lot to me because I remember what you said. And 412 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 4: you won your first round, okay, at the US Open. 413 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 4: So you win the Rogers Cup, it's the biggest moment 414 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 4: of your life. You go now into the US Open. 415 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 4: Now a lot of eyes are on you because this 416 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 4: is not no fluke right. You've just won two of 417 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 4: the biggest tournaments on the tour, okay, in Indian Wells 418 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 4: and the Rogers Cup. You go into the US Open. 419 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 4: You win your first round out the US Open against 420 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 4: Volnuts from the US Today, okay, which you know for 421 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 4: you was a fairly good first round to have against 422 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 4: not a player with a lot of experience. But you 423 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 4: walk up the court. I walked past you as you 424 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 4: were walking into the underground area at the US Open 425 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 4: with the bodyguards around you and everything, and I said, hey, 426 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 4: well done. 427 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 6: I said. 428 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 4: Six more to go, and you said yeah, I. 429 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 2: And you said and I said a word, and you. 430 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 4: Said yeah, six more to go. And I remember turning 431 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 4: around beyond yeah, and I've sweary on my life, I went, 432 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 4: holy shit, like she fully like you felt that. I 433 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 4: felt that. Do you remember that? 434 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 2: I do remember you saying that obviously there was a 435 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 2: lot going on, but now that you mentioned it again, yeah, 436 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,719 Speaker 2: I do remember it. And after I wouldn't say that 437 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 2: after that match, I knew it was gonna happen. But 438 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 2: I do have this mindset of fake it till you 439 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 2: make it, And that's kind of what I had throughout 440 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 2: the whole tournament, because I had a lot of tough 441 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 2: matches and oh yeah, it's not like I didn't have 442 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 2: any doubt in my mind that maybe I would have 443 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 2: lost a match or who knows what could have happened, 444 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 2: you know, because you don't know what exactly can happen. 445 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 2: So I kind of had that had that mindset, and 446 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 2: that comes from just believe in yourself, and believing in 447 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 2: yourself is a really important tool to have. And it 448 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 2: also came from the year that I've had as well, 449 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 2: because that believing in yourself comes with confidence, and I 450 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 2: would say I dared feel very confident during the US. 451 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, so the last couple of quess So I'm so 452 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 4: thankful for you for joining us. I'll tell you what 453 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 4: you're telling people today is going to teach kids so 454 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 4: much of the importance of like self belief. But the 455 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 4: biggest moment of self belief had to come in the 456 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 4: final against Serena, and I was courtside for that match, 457 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 4: and I remember the moment where Serena came back and 458 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 4: the crowd was going the Nana's okay, And I've never 459 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 4: heard a crowd like that, Obviously, the uscond with the 460 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 4: roof the way it is, it really sucks in the 461 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 4: noise a lot more than any other slam. But you, 462 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 4: I believe when it went even at five all you 463 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,479 Speaker 4: put your fingers to your ears to block out the noise. 464 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 4: How much and what were you telling yourself at that 465 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 4: very moment when it got back to even and how 466 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 4: much did like the meditation part and the visualization part 467 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 4: come into play right at that month to you? 468 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 6: So I just make you nervous, No, it gets me 469 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 6: what excited is because I never I never think about. 470 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 2: What has had happened in my career. I'm not that 471 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 2: type of person to just dwell on the past. I 472 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 2: kind of just like to keep a present mindset. So 473 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 2: when people start talking about the US Open again, it 474 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 2: just gets me excited because that was like the best 475 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 2: moment of my. 476 00:32:58,680 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 5: Life, you know. 477 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 2: And if I could like pinpoint a moment in that match, 478 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 2: it would definitely have to be the crowd. But in 479 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 2: that specific moment, I legit told myself, I'm like, I'm 480 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 2: gonna win as many points as possible, so the crowd 481 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 2: would stop cheering for Serena because it was getting way 482 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 2: too freaking loud. For me. So in that moment, I 483 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 2: literally gave like one hundred and fifty more than any 484 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 2: other match, and more than I have that entire match already, 485 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 2: you know, because obviously that comeback got the crowd going, 486 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 2: and I've told myself and I don't know, something quicked 487 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 2: in my mind. That probably comes from all the meditating 488 00:33:55,240 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 2: I do and being able to like recenter myself in 489 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:06,240 Speaker 2: that moment, I literally like I got into the zone 490 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 2: where even if I did lose a point, I wouldn't 491 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 2: even hear the crowd as much because everything kind of 492 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 2: slows down for me and I kind of just become 493 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 2: one with myself and I literally just go out there 494 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 2: and do my thing. I trust myself, I trust my shots, 495 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 2: and I don't even pay attention on who's on the 496 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:34,760 Speaker 2: other side. And fuck like that took me a couple 497 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,920 Speaker 2: of years to be able to get into that state, 498 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 2: but damn it really helped me conquer that moment because 499 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 2: Serena's has a history of comeback, like she's the comeback Queen, 500 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 2: so being able to kind of get that away from 501 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 2: her was just like an incredible moment in my life. 502 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 4: Well, I would say it back to that which is 503 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,720 Speaker 4: one of the most intimidating matches that I've ever sat 504 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,000 Speaker 4: in a crowd for or watched, And I think the 505 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 4: way that you handle that is a lesson for every 506 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 4: young player that you if you just take a breath 507 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 4: sometimes and try and enjoy it and use it to 508 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 4: your advantage rather than theater as a burden, I think 509 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 4: that's an incredible thing for anybody to witness. But the 510 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 4: difficult times we are actually doing this pod in the 511 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 4: middle of us all being self quarantined basically at home 512 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 4: during the coronavirus. Hopefully when we release this, we'll have 513 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 4: a little bit of an idea what the rest of 514 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 4: the year looks like for tennis fans and for you. 515 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 4: And you know, you coming back from yet another injury, 516 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 4: and I suspect that when you do come back, you're 517 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 4: going to be one player that everyone's going to have 518 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 4: to absolutely watch out for, because if anyone can take 519 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 4: six months off and come back, it is you. So 520 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,200 Speaker 4: we're really grateful be for coming on the show, for 521 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 4: talking about but I think you've gone through over the 522 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 4: last twelve months. We love your mom so much, we 523 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,320 Speaker 4: love your dad, but he's just not quite as talkative 524 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 4: as your Mom. 525 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 2: He's just there. 526 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,360 Speaker 4: We can't wait to see her and Toto in the 527 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 4: crowd again. We can't wait to have tennis back again. 528 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 4: But more importantly, we can't wait to see you continue 529 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,720 Speaker 4: to win because you're such a great fun player to watch, creativity, 530 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 4: but that Romanian craziness in you with the shop selections, 531 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 4: and so we just want to really say thanks so 532 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 4: much for Johnny us today. 533 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 2: You are so sweet. Thank you, And I hope my 534 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 2: life experiences can give insights to other people. And I 535 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 2: really think that we should keep that after first match 536 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 2: when routine, like when you say that one down, things 537 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,240 Speaker 2: more to go, I think we should just keep that going. 538 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 6: Who knows, ye, who knows? 539 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,400 Speaker 4: Hey, listen, if you're bumming me, I promise you, no 540 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 4: matter what and how many mutches, you've got the gard 541 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:05,359 Speaker 4: to win the tournament. 542 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 2: Perfect. Thank you so much. 543 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:12,800 Speaker 4: To your family. 544 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: Okay, bye, and that's it for this episode of the 545 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:26,400 Speaker 1: Racket Magazine podcast. Thanks for listening. 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