La numéro 2 mondiale a vaincu la dernière Française en lice dans cet US Open 2023 : Clara Burel. Comme l'an passé ici-même à New York, Aryna Sabalenka a torpillé Burel en deux petits sets .6-0, 6-2 l'an passé et 6-1, 6-1 en à peine une heure cette année. En huitièmes, Sabalenka retrouvera la Russe Daria Kasatkina, qui a tenu son rang contre Greet Minnen (6-3, 6-4). En forme et logique prétendante au titre, la gagnante de l'Open d'Australie a aussi la place de numéro 1 dans un coin de sa tête.
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00:00 Yeah, I felt good.
00:01 I felt good and ready to go.
00:04 So yeah, I felt pretty comfortable on court today.
00:07 - Do you consider yourself a morning person, typically?
00:09 - Sorry?
00:10 - Do you consider yourself a morning person, typically?
00:13 - I mean, yeah, more morning person.
00:15 It's always different.
00:18 Last days I've been morning person.
00:25 Well, you definitely need to be strong mentally
00:30 because it's two weeks tournament
00:34 and sometimes some matches you don't feel your best
00:38 and it's all about your mentality,
00:41 how you can handle that,
00:42 how you can focus on things you have to do,
00:44 not on your feelings.
00:46 So I would say that, I mean, of course,
00:49 physically you also have to be ready,
00:52 but I think it's more about mentality
00:56 going deeper in the tournament.
00:58 Oh, I mean, I definitely not happy
01:01 with the start of the USOPL,
01:03 with those few games on my serve
01:07 when I served a lot of double faults,
01:09 but I'm happy that I was able to fix it
01:12 and start serving better.
01:14 Yeah, always tricky matches against her.
01:19 She's playing great tennis,
01:21 moving well, trying to get everything she can
01:25 back on that side.
01:26 So I feel like I have to be focused
01:31 and I don't have to overrush things against her.
01:34 I just have to stay calm
01:36 and just wait for the opportunity and take it.
01:39 - Kara Nwostiaki has been away from the game
01:43 for three and a half years
01:45 and now she's in the second round,
01:46 in the second week.
01:48 What do you think of her comeback
01:50 and the thing in general that you can come back
01:52 after so long time and compete among the best?
01:55 - Yeah, I mean, I think that's amazing
01:57 and that's just something incredible.
01:59 She was out for three and a half years,
02:02 having two kids and came back in tennis
02:05 and still play her best.
02:09 I feel like if you have this level,
02:12 you will never lose it.
02:14 It feels like when you watch them
02:16 and it gives so much belief to me
02:19 one day I would like to go for baby,
02:21 I'll have some chances to come back.
02:24 So thank you for that.
02:27 And yeah, they're just such an inspiration
02:29 and I'm really happy for her.