Mira Andreeva, 17 ans, est un véritable phénomène. Ce lundi, la Russe est devenue la deuxième plus jeune joueuse depuis le début des années 2000 à se qualifier pour les quarts de finale de Roland-Garros, après Sesil Karatantcheva en 2005 (15 ans ). La Russe affrontera la n°2 mondiale Aryna Sabalenka en quarts.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:06 OK, we'll start with English first,
00:08 and then switch to Russian.
00:10 Amira, congratulations into your first quarterfinals
00:13 at a Grand Slam.
00:14 How special is this win today?
00:17 Of course, it feels great.
00:19 And it was a very special win for me.
00:22 It was tough to play against her friends.
00:26 She's a French player, my good friend.
00:29 So I'm very happy that I managed to win this match.
00:31 All right, if you have a question, take your time.
00:36 Hello, Amira.
00:36 Congratulations.
00:37 There were some occasional boos from the crowd.
00:41 Did it bother you at any point during the game?
00:45 Well, in the beginning, a little bit.
00:48 But then I just kind of adjusted it for my advantage.
00:55 I know now how to use it for myself, not against.
00:59 And I think that I did a good job with it.
01:04 And it actually was helping me a little bit
01:06 to fire me up from inside.
01:10 Hi, Amira.
01:12 How difficult is it to play against Varvara Gracheva?
01:15 And how far can she go?
01:19 Well, honestly, she played really great.
01:21 She had an amazing level this tournament.
01:25 I think that her playing at home with the French crowd,
01:31 it gave her a lot of confidence and a lot of power.
01:34 So she definitely felt really great and confident on court.
01:40 So yeah, I actually don't know how far she could go,
01:43 because there was me.
01:46 And I also tried to go for more.
01:50 And that's hard to say.
01:51 But yeah, it was hard to play against her.
01:54 I knew it.
01:55 So I prepared myself for it.
01:58 Hi, Amira.
01:58 Congrats for today.
01:59 If you look back at the whole journey
02:02 to this first quarterfinal, what are you the most proud of?
02:07 I think I'm proud for everything,
02:14 for all the matches that I won, for all the matches
02:17 that I've played.
02:18 And I would say that, for example,
02:21 the most memorable match would be the match against Vika
02:25 when we finished really late.
02:28 That was really hard for me, the first time
02:30 when I finished as late as we did.
02:33 And after, it was really hard to recover.
02:37 So yeah, that was a great match, of course.
02:40 And also today, I was very tense and nervous.
02:45 And big court, big stage, there was a lot of crowd,
02:51 a lot of people.
02:53 So yeah, I'm just proud of the way
02:54 I managed to stay calm and keep playing my game.
03:00 Hi, Amira.
03:01 Irina Savalenko for you next.
03:03 You obviously had a couple of difficult matches against her
03:06 already.
03:07 What have you learned from those that
03:10 will feed into your approach in two days' time?
03:13 And you're obviously a very tactical player.
03:16 Will you change anything tactically
03:18 next time you face her?
03:20 Well, I will not say my tactics right now.
03:25 I don't know.
03:25 She'll probably not watch it, or her coaches
03:27 will not watch my press conference, but just in case.
03:31 Yeah, well, of course, we will add a few adjustments.
03:36 We will change something, because the way
03:39 I played last two times didn't work.
03:41 So of course, me, I don't have anything in my head.
03:45 So I hope my coach will help me with it.
03:49 But yeah, because me, I'm a player who goes on court,
03:53 and I'm just playing, and I see how things are.
03:57 And then I can adjust a little bit during my match.
04:02 But here, I feel she's really experienced.
04:06 She's a player of a bit another level.
04:08 So I have to be prepared from the beginning.
04:12 And I hope my coach will help me with that.
04:15 And well, we'll see how it goes.
04:19 Is Conchita good at that?
04:20 What do those conversations look like between you and Conchita
04:23 when she presents a tactical plan?
04:26 Well, she makes a lot of notes.
04:28 There is a lot of text.
04:31 So I'm just reading it.
04:32 And then after, we have a little talk.
04:36 She also asks me what I think, or what I would add,
04:39 or what I don't feel comfortable with.
04:41 So it's very easy.
04:45 So most of the time, she just does little notes.
04:48 I want to talk about your composure
04:57 that you showed today on the court.
05:01 You are 17.
05:02 You just turned 17.
05:03 What is the secret ingredient of you staying cool in the court?
05:09 Well, I think I'm just--
05:13 as I said earlier, I'm just playing, kind of.
05:17 Even when, for example, we talk about the match,
05:20 about the plan, about tactics, I listen.
05:23 But honestly, I don't remember anything after.
05:26 I don't have anything in my head when we start playing the match.
05:30 So I just go there.
05:31 And I'm like, well, we'll see.
05:32 I'll figure it out.
05:34 And that's how I always play.
05:35 That's how I always do.
05:36 And I think maybe this helps me a little bit,
05:40 that I'm not really worried about my plan,
05:42 or about the way I will play, or about the way
05:46 my opponent will play.
05:47 I just go, and I play, and I see what happens.
05:51 And I can adjust something during the match.
05:57 (upbeat music)