WEBVTT - Jelena Ostapenko: aiming for a return to her Roland Garros heights

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the Sitdown. I'm viv Christine, Managing

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<v Speaker 1>editor of Austraian Tennis magazine.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Metrolope Arata, an editor for ozopen dot com

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<v Speaker 2>and Viv. Why are we sitting down this week with

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<v Speaker 2>Elena Ostapenko.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Matt, we had been wanting to interview Yolena for

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<v Speaker 1>quite some time, so when the opportunity came up at

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian Open, we of course jumped at it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>she's a bit of a phenomen She won the Roland

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<v Speaker 1>Garrels title in twenty seventeen and went on to bring

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<v Speaker 1>so much popularity and personality to the sport.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, she definitely did, and that French Open win in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, you reference five was not only a massive

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<v Speaker 2>career breakthrough for her personally, but it actually kind of

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<v Speaker 2>shifted the landscape of women's tennis if you remember back then.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of months earlier, Serena Williams had won the

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<v Speaker 2>Australian Open and was kind of the dominant player in

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<v Speaker 2>the game, but then announced her pregnancy and stepped away

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<v Speaker 2>from the sport. And Ostapenko was the first major champion

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<v Speaker 2>in that kind of post Serena era, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of an increased completely. It was such an open period.

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<v Speaker 2>After that, her win as an unseeded player inspired the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the tour to show that they could win

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<v Speaker 2>as well. Naomi Osaka has talked about that being inspiring

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<v Speaker 2>for her, and a year later she won the US Open.

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<v Speaker 2>So it really just showed that anybody could win and

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<v Speaker 2>just gave the entire feel so much confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I guess one of the interesting things that

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<v Speaker 1>Elena revealed in our interview is that that success may

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<v Speaker 1>have come a little bit too early for her. Jolena Ostapenko,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for joining us on the sit down here

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<v Speaker 1>at this Stowe Open. How does it feel to kick

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<v Speaker 1>off your twenty twenty six campaign with a win?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's great for us round so they're always stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not it's easy and I'm really happy. Was the

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<v Speaker 3>way managing the match today, And yeah, in general, I

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<v Speaker 3>think I was playing world today.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't mean to bring up an unfortunate stat, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was. You were on a six match losing streak

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<v Speaker 2>and you broke it today. So does it feel good

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<v Speaker 2>to get back on track and kind of get back

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<v Speaker 2>towards the level you know you can reach.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, of course, and I've been like I

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<v Speaker 3>did really good pre season and I felt like some

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<v Speaker 3>matches were like really close matches, so and today was

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<v Speaker 3>important just to like, even you're not playing your best

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes just to manage it and get through the first

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<v Speaker 3>round and just in general get through the match.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us about your pre season if it was a

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<v Speaker 2>good one, did you do anything different or kind of

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<v Speaker 2>what did you focus on.

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<v Speaker 3>I just did a lot of fitness, So I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>first few weeks I was doing in Riga, and then

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<v Speaker 3>the other two weeks I was doing in Dubai, so

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<v Speaker 3>like on a halfway to Australia, almost halfway, not halfway.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I was doing like pretty much everything more

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<v Speaker 3>focused in Riga was for my fitness stuff and in

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<v Speaker 3>Dubai more like tennis stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>That it kind of shows just the traveling life of

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<v Speaker 1>a tennis player really, So you know you're home in Latvia,

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<v Speaker 1>then you have to go to a warmer climate to

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<v Speaker 1>to get ready for the Australina Open. Is that like

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<v Speaker 1>is that a fun experience.

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<v Speaker 2>To travel to and acclimatize. I guess because winters summer

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<v Speaker 2>is moving around all that house I.

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<v Speaker 4>Like when it's summer.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, not as hot as it's going to be

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<v Speaker 3>in a couple of days, like forty degrees it's a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit too much. But this weather is perfect like

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<v Speaker 3>here and also Dubai. Yeah, I really like warm weather

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<v Speaker 3>because especially in like November, December and Latvia, everything is

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<v Speaker 3>like very dark.

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<v Speaker 4>It gets dark really quick.

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<v Speaker 3>And so and everyone is like sick, so have a cold,

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah they have cold.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was a great change to go to

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<v Speaker 3>Dubai because I could practice obviously outdoors and yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>then a straight flight to Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you love about Melbourne?

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<v Speaker 4>I just like Australia lot.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like really nice and the people are so friendly,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think Melbourne is really nice city. You kind

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<v Speaker 3>of have everything you need. You have nice restaurants, you

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<v Speaker 3>have nice shops, you have good food, you have all

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<v Speaker 3>the facilities you need. Like every year is improving. The

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<v Speaker 3>site here is like improving every year, and it's I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>there is everything that we need to feel good.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a great tournament for you, my quarterfinals here

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<v Speaker 2>and had You've been coming here for a long time

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<v Speaker 2>as well and had big wins over the years. When

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<v Speaker 2>you think back to all of your Australian Opens, what

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<v Speaker 2>are some of your best memories or best matches or

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<v Speaker 2>best level What do you remember most positively?

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<v Speaker 3>I remember the year when I made quarterfinals. I think

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<v Speaker 3>I played some really great matches beating Coco Golf, and.

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<v Speaker 4>Also probably last year playing the final.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, so two years in a role playing final in doubles,

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<v Speaker 3>it was also great experience. But of course my focus

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<v Speaker 3>is singles. But yeah, in doubles, I have no pressure,

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<v Speaker 3>so I play really like in a good way, relaxed.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, so I wish I can bring this mentality

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<v Speaker 3>to my singles.

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<v Speaker 1>Just on that, I'm sort of intrigued by doubles and

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<v Speaker 1>how it contributes to your single success. Do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>that it helps you?

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<v Speaker 3>I think most of the time yes, because it's still

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<v Speaker 3>a match. You can practice like so much, but then

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<v Speaker 3>you go to the match and you play much worse,

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<v Speaker 3>probably for example because doubles. Of course for me it's

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<v Speaker 3>less nerves than in singles, but it's still a match

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<v Speaker 3>and you still have some match elements to work on.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think you can take it as good practice

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<v Speaker 3>stuff for singles.

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<v Speaker 1>And is it fun being out on a quote? With

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<v Speaker 1>another person. Does that change kind of the vibe of

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<v Speaker 1>the match as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, when you have a good wife with a person

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<v Speaker 3>and good connection, I think it's great. I mean with

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<v Speaker 3>the way I'm having a lot of fun on the court,

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<v Speaker 3>because yeah, she's a great personality, and also like I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like the more we play, the better we feel

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<v Speaker 3>as a player each other.

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<v Speaker 4>So we kind of match well.

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<v Speaker 2>We your combination is amazing. You have so many fans

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<v Speaker 2>because you are so opposite, certainly the way you play tennis.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it like combining with a partner who plays

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<v Speaker 2>tennis so different to you.

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<v Speaker 3>I think she has great hands and just I think

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<v Speaker 3>for her is like also great to play with me

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<v Speaker 3>because from my shots, for her it's it's like my

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<v Speaker 3>cheeser to probably play the net. But I mean in general,

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<v Speaker 3>also like she's she has like some great rallies on

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<v Speaker 3>the baseline and she's like for me like some shots

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<v Speaker 3>it's like wow, amazing guy, sometimes like well how did

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<v Speaker 3>you do that?

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<v Speaker 4>So I think, yeah, our like styles match very well.

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<v Speaker 2>You're obviously extremely famous. So when you broke through at

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<v Speaker 2>the French Open, I remember that actually I was at

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<v Speaker 2>that tournament, and the way you kind of played, you

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<v Speaker 2>just excited everybody and developed fans, and you kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit kind from Norway, even though you'd been

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<v Speaker 2>a junior champion. And that's almost ten years ago now,

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<v Speaker 2>So how kind of how do you feel you are

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<v Speaker 2>as a tennis player these days? And how does that

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<v Speaker 2>feel recent to you? What does that feel like that's

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<v Speaker 2>another lifetime ago? Like how much do you cast your

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<v Speaker 2>mind back to that career highlight?

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was a long time ago, and I

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<v Speaker 3>kind of, of course, it's a great achievement, but I

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<v Speaker 3>kind of want to live in a present and try

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<v Speaker 3>to achieve that again.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's what I'm working for, of course.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think, honestly, maybe as a person, if I

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<v Speaker 3>want a Grand Slam a little bit when I was

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<v Speaker 3>a bit older, I think I would have handled it

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<v Speaker 3>a bit better because it took me a few years

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<v Speaker 3>just to get used to what happened. Because I'm coming

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<v Speaker 3>from a really small country and to show everyone that

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<v Speaker 3>from a small country can win a Grand Slam and

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<v Speaker 3>be top five player.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it's amazing achievement for such a country as

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<v Speaker 4>lat Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, all the attention, especially you feel that when

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<v Speaker 3>you're from a small country, like when you come home,

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<v Speaker 3>you have like attention from everywhere, and yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>it's really nice, but at the like, on the other side,

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<v Speaker 3>it's a little bit difficult because you kind of lose

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<v Speaker 3>your focus on practices and all that stuff. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I really needed some long time to get used to it.

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<v Speaker 3>So probably if I was older when I want a

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<v Speaker 3>Grand Slam, it would be a bit easier to deal

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<v Speaker 3>with all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It looked like you dealt with it very well though,

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<v Speaker 2>because after French you made Wimbledon quarters and then you

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<v Speaker 2>went into the Semis. You've been top five, You've won thousands,

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<v Speaker 2>Like you might not have won another Grand Slam, but

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<v Speaker 2>your career has been very consistently good at the biggest tournaments.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think that you have Did you adapt better

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<v Speaker 2>than maybe you think you did.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I was some tournaments consistent, some tournaments not

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<v Speaker 3>really consistent. For me, what is important is try to

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<v Speaker 3>be more consistent, at least on the big tournaments. And

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<v Speaker 3>that's what I'm trying like working on of course, because

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<v Speaker 3>I think tennis is like seventy seventy five percent mental game.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like everything in the head because you can play

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<v Speaker 3>amazing on a practice you can win all the practice sets,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you go out on the court and you

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<v Speaker 3>cannot win a match. So it's all like mental things.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I'm trying to work more on that and

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<v Speaker 3>just to be like more consistent because obviously I'm more

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<v Speaker 3>mature now like I got older, and yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 3>it's better now than never.

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<v Speaker 1>You are really loved by a diverse fan base really

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<v Speaker 1>just because you're so expressive and you have it seems

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<v Speaker 1>like you have a lot of fun and you're not

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<v Speaker 1>afraid to express your emotions on court.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that something?

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<v Speaker 1>Does it come naturally or yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I think it comes naturally, and I've been working on

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<v Speaker 3>that as well. Like, of course sometimes it can get

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<v Speaker 3>too much, but I also feel like if I keep

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<v Speaker 3>all that inside, I'm gonna like explode at a moment,

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<v Speaker 3>which is also not helpful and not good for me

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<v Speaker 3>as it's player, because of course I'm more emotional than

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<v Speaker 3>most of the players. But I think the people who

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<v Speaker 3>understand me, they love it and they like to see

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<v Speaker 3>that because I'm the way I am. I'm not trying to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, be someone who people want me to be.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm myself. Yes, I kind of also like Arena Sablenka sometimes,

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<v Speaker 3>like I know that she was saying in the interviews

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<v Speaker 3>that she doesn't like to look at herself on the court,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think that what makes her very like special

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<v Speaker 3>and makes her a big personality and also like it

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<v Speaker 3>helps to achieve more.

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<v Speaker 1>And very authentic as well, So that must feel good.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, also, I honestly love big personalities. Also,

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<v Speaker 3>Serena was like a big personality and you know, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it doesn't there has to be a balance,

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<v Speaker 3>of course, but as long as it's like in the balance,

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<v Speaker 3>why not to show your emotions.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you've said you've had the great process and you're

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<v Speaker 2>working very hard, you know, off the court, on your tennis,

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<v Speaker 2>on your mentality. So what do you hope for in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 3>Six Try to get back to top ten and try

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<v Speaker 3>to play more consistent.

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<v Speaker 4>Just yeah on the big tournaments.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, good luck with that, and thank you for joining

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<v Speaker 1>us again on the sit down.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, thanks so much, well, Matt.

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<v Speaker 1>That didn't disappoint. It was a lot of fun to

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<v Speaker 1>interview Yolena.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it sures and it was really interesting now that

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<v Speaker 2>I guess we talked about that. Roland Garros win when

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<v Speaker 2>she was twenty Well, she's now twenty eight and in

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<v Speaker 2>a different stage of her career and talked about her

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<v Speaker 2>focus has shifted to trying to be more consistent, working

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<v Speaker 2>on the mental side of the game, which she said

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<v Speaker 2>was seventy five percent of tennis. That she's targeting a

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<v Speaker 2>return to the top ten, so it'll be fascinating to

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<v Speaker 2>see what she can do in twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll be back.

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<v Speaker 1>n VIV then then.

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<v Speaker 3>Then then the