Coco Gauff a mis fin aux espoirs de Jabeur ce mardi à Roland-Garros. Ons Jabeur n'a jamais fait mieux qu'un quart à Roland-Garros. L'an dernier, la Tunisienne avait été stoppée aux portes du dernier carré par Beatriz Haddad Maia. Ce mardi, Jabeur a buté sur une autre joueuse de grand talent, Coco Gauff. Face à la n°3 mondiale, qui l'avait battue en huitièmes ici-même en 2021, Jabeur a parfaitement démarré le match, en étant impitoyable sur son service (6-4). Battue 6-3, 6-1 il y a trois ans, elle voulait faire mieux, et partir sans regrets. Mais Coco Gauff, joueuse en grande forme qui disputait son quatrième quart de suite à Roland-Garros à seulement 20 ans, n'a pas abdiqué. Malgré la perte de son premier set de la quinzaine, l'Américaine est devenue plus tranchante et appliquée pour remonter un match mal engagé, et s'imposer (4-6, 6-2, 6-3). Elle attend désormais Iga Swiatek en demies, pour une revanche de la finale 2022 et du quart de finale 2023.
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00:03 Yeah, it means a lot to me.
00:05 Been trying to do better at being
00:07 consistent in the big tournaments,
00:09 and I'm reaching that level of consistency.
00:12 Obviously, very happy to reach the semifinal,
00:15 and sure, everybody knows I wanted to go all the way.
00:17 Hey, Coco, well done today.
00:25 I realize this is sort of routine for you,
00:27 but it's kind of a long day looking at it from the outside.
00:32 Can you sort of take us through what
00:35 this day looks like for you?
00:37 What time do you wake up?
00:38 When do you eat?
00:39 When did you get here, like into your singles match,
00:42 and then the time between?
00:44 Do you eat lunch before then, and just sort of how
00:47 you survive for eight hours, or whatever it is,
00:51 10 hours at this level?
00:52 Yeah, I mean, it goes by really fast, I will say.
00:56 When you're playing the match, it just goes by really fast.
00:59 I think I got here 8.15 probably this morning,
01:04 and I warmed up at 9.15, and then played at 11,
01:09 and finished around 1.15, and then played doubles at 3.15.
01:13 A lot of 15s, but that's what happened today.
01:17 And yeah, and I have physio.
01:20 It's pretty normal.
01:21 I mean, honestly, I prefer to double up sometimes,
01:25 then go once every day.
01:27 But I know they're backed up because of the rain.
01:30 So I knew that going into the tournament.
01:32 But honestly, doubles, it doesn't take, for me,
01:35 that much energy, especially with playing with Katerina.
01:38 She's obviously a very accomplished doubles player.
01:41 So I feel like I let her do her thing,
01:44 and I just kind of try to do my best
01:47 to hold up my end of the court.
01:49 And this is just the waking up, and the eating, and stuff
01:52 like that?
01:53 Oh, yeah.
01:54 I ate before my singles, and I ate before my doubles.
01:57 And I don't know what time I woke up.
01:59 I think I went to bed at 10.30 last night,
02:01 and woke up at 7, probably.
02:04 So yeah, that's like 8 and 1/2 hours of sleep,
02:07 which is pretty good.
02:08 I usually try to get between 8 or 9.
02:10 So yeah, it's not as complicated as it may seem.
02:15 Congrats.
02:18 Thanks.
02:19 When you're down a set in a big match like this,
02:22 I'm curious how your, I guess, management
02:23 of these moments has changed over your career,
02:26 like how stressed or not stressed you are,
02:29 and how that has evolved.
02:31 Yeah, she played really well, honestly, the whole match,
02:34 but especially the first set.
02:35 I think she-- the first three games,
02:38 I don't even think I saw a second serve.
02:39 Maybe.
02:40 I don't recall.
02:42 I think she was serving like 80-something, 84%,
02:45 and serving really well.
02:46 So when you lose a set like that,
02:49 it's kind of just-- you just try to brush it off.
02:51 And I know that I should have held serve, especially
02:54 that one-- the game I got broken.
02:56 I think I had a couple of game points.
02:57 So it's just one of those things.
02:59 I played one bad--
03:01 maybe not even game, but a couple of points.
03:03 And she played a great set.
03:04 And it's kind of just like, if she
03:06 can sustain this level the whole match, and then she deserves it.
03:09 And if my level doesn't rise, then I deserve to lose.
03:12 So I knew I had to raise my level.
03:14 And I think-- and because I raised my level,
03:16 I think her-- she kind of--
03:18 I just started to play more aggressive,
03:20 and not letting her dictate me off the court.
03:23 And I know she's going to hit some great shots.
03:25 Like, a couple of forehand winners she hit.
03:28 And I'm just like, there's nothing I can do.
03:30 And same with the drop shots.
03:31 When you play her, you know you're
03:33 going to get a couple of drop shot winners.
03:35 And yeah.
03:37 Next question over here.
03:39 Congratulations.
03:40 Iga said earlier that she thinks your mental game has improved
03:43 over the course of the 11 times you guys have met.
03:46 Is that something which you can see as well?
03:48 Yeah, I definitely think--
03:49 and I don't know if it's something
03:50 I actively worked on, or if it's just maturity over the years.
03:54 I think you just get older and learn how to handle
03:57 the pressures a little bit more.
03:59 I wouldn't say it's something that I like.
04:01 I don't have a mental coach or anything
04:04 like that sports related.
04:06 But it is something that I knew I had to improve and just
04:09 be more positive.
04:10 But I think it just also came with maturity and realizing
04:14 that I can't beat myself and also my opponent beating me.
04:18 Question in the middle.
04:19 Hi, Iga.
04:20 Hi, Coco.
04:21 Just thinking ahead to your matches against Iga.
04:25 A feature here last year was you were really
04:28 looping a lot of balls.
04:29 And whereas in Rome recently, you kind of
04:31 came out crushing the ball.
04:33 I'm not expecting you to reveal your tactic,
04:34 but I'm just wondering whether you
04:36 have a clear idea in your mind of now
04:38 like how to approach facing Giante Concle.
04:41 Yeah, I definitely think I have to find--
04:44 you know, a better way to play her than the last times
04:48 I played on clay because I've obviously been unsuccessful
04:50 the last couple of times we've played regardless
04:53 of the surface and anything.
04:56 So she's definitely a tough opponent for me and for anybody.
05:01 But yeah, I think for me, I just have to go back and watch
05:03 and try to find what I have to do.
05:07 I think she's playing great tennis here,
05:09 so it's going to be a challenge.
05:10 But I'm going to go into the match with a lot of belief
05:12 that I can, and I'm going to try to get a plan from my team
05:18 and then also my own plan and see
05:20 where we can find the blend.
05:22 Howard?
05:22 I wanted to ask you something else,
05:28 but let me start by following up on that and asking you,
05:30 when will you or have you started
05:34 thinking about that plan or talking to your coaches
05:36 about it?
05:39 Just now when he asked me the question,
05:41 I just finished doubles an hour ago.
05:44 And I don't really think about the next match
05:47 until maybe the night before because I think it's just part
05:51 of my process of enjoying every match with everyone
05:55 and trying not to think too far ahead.
05:57 And unrelated to your progress here,
06:01 I wanted to ask if you had heard about Novak Djokovic
06:05 withdrawing from the tournament and your reaction to that news.
06:09 Yeah, I saw-- actually, no, Brad was actually
06:12 the first person to tell me.
06:13 He's always on top of everything that's going on on site.
06:16 So I was very surprised.
06:19 And I watched this match against the last two sets or three
06:23 sets against Sarandolo.
06:25 And yeah, I mean, I saw that he was obviously physically
06:29 struggling.
06:30 And I honestly thought--
06:31 I think everybody thought he was probably on the-- well,
06:33 not everybody.
06:34 But I thought he was on the verge of losing.
06:36 And I don't know, something about him--
06:38 and I thought when you get through a match like that,
06:40 that he would win the title.
06:41 But obviously, I feel like I don't
06:44 want to put any words in his mouth.
06:46 But I think it probably came just from the late start.
06:49 And it was unfortunate that he had to--
06:51 the matches went five sets back to back.
06:53 So I think it was just a combination of those two
06:56 things.
06:57 Hopefully, the injury is not too serious
06:59 and he can be ready for Wimbledon.
07:02 Hello, Coco.
07:03 I have a question about Mira Andreeva.
07:06 She became yesterday the third player in the last 18 years
07:11 to make quarterfinals at Roland-Garros.
07:16 Before turning 18, you are one of these three players.
07:21 My question is, do you remember or did you
07:24 manage with the pressure around these games at a tournament
07:28 like Roland-Garros?
07:29 And what do you think about the evolution of Mira,
07:35 if you could have seen these games?
07:38 Yeah, I remember when I had made my first quarterfinal,
07:41 I felt like the title was so close and it was so far.
07:45 So the only advice I think would just stay in the moment
07:49 and believe that you make it.
07:52 But don't think about the end, because sometimes you
07:55 hear the word final and you just think you're so close.
07:57 And you are.
07:58 But like Heinz said, it's a long journey from that point.
08:01 And I played her here last year.
08:03 And we had a tough three-set match.
08:05 And I think she's a great player.
08:07 And I played her in US Open.
08:09 And that one was a little bit more straightforward.
08:11 But it's nice to see how she's constantly
08:15 improving with each week.
08:16 And I hope that she can sustain it,
08:19 because sometimes I know from being there,
08:21 the pressures and everything can be a lot.
08:23 So I think just if I was on her team,
08:26 I would just take care of the mental first
08:28 and the emotional first before tennis and all of that,
08:31 because it's a long career that she will have.
08:36 And I think she's going to have a successful one.
08:38 And she's obviously a great player,
08:40 doing so many good things young.
08:41 So hopefully she can continue here.
08:43 Hello, Coco.
08:47 It's Przemek Pozowski from Tok FM Poland.
08:50 There were some questions about Iga, but I will do one more.
08:53 What do you think about her playing this Rolanda Ross?
08:56 She was on the verge with Naomi Osaka.
08:58 Then she put up over 40 minutes today
09:00 with the Wimbledon champion, 6-0, 6-2.
09:03 Does it impress you?
09:05 Does it make you a little bit more stressful?
09:07 And how do you deal with that, that you
09:10 know that you're going to play the player that you
09:15 lost 10 times?
09:16 Yeah, for me--
09:18 nice way to word it.
09:21 I mean, no, I mean, look, she's obviously
09:23 number one in the world.
09:24 And she won this tournament, like, what, three times already.
09:29 And I think for me, I'm just going in with it
09:32 with confidence.
09:32 And I mean, when I played her in Cincinnati,
09:35 I didn't go into the match thinking,
09:36 oh, I never beaten her before, never taken a set off of her.
09:39 So I can't think about past players.
09:43 Podopova isn't me.
09:44 I'm not Vondrasova.
09:46 Doesn't mean anything that I'm going to-- maybe I could lose
09:48 with the same score, maybe not.
09:50 But I'm just going to go in and just try to win.
09:53 And I have nothing to lose, all the pressure's on her.
09:57 So yeah.
09:59 Hello, Coco.
10:00 Congrats.
10:01 You enjoyed the atmosphere today.
10:02 How's it like to play against Ance
10:04 in front of a lot of Tunisian fans?
10:06 Second question is about the NBA finals.
10:08 Who are you rooting for, Males or Celtics?
10:11 What was the last question?
10:12 NBA finals.
10:12 Oh, NBA finals.
10:13 Oh my gosh, I forgot.
10:15 Yeah.
10:16 Yeah, OK.
10:17 First, playing in front of the Tunisian fans were great.
10:20 And I know Ance has very--
10:23 Tunisia is a very patriotic country.
10:25 And she's kind of the icon there.
10:28 So I knew going in, it was going to be a lot of people
10:30 cheering for her.
10:31 And it was very fun to play in front of a crowd like that.
10:34 They were very passionate about her,
10:37 but not disrespectful towards me or anything.
10:39 So I think that's what makes matches super fun,
10:42 to play in when it's such a fun environment and everybody's--
10:47 I think in my post-match interview,
10:49 I said that they were against me.
10:50 But I didn't mean it to word it like that.
10:52 It was more that they were for Ance.
10:54 So I think that was really cool.
10:55 And for the NBA finals, ooh, there's Mavericks and Celtics.
11:02 I think I'm going to go for the Mavericks, just because I
11:04 like Kyrie Irving a lot.
11:06 And I met him a couple of years ago.
11:09 So yeah, I mean, I'm not 100% for one team.
11:14 I'm a Heat fan.
11:15 And we lost first round.
11:17 But maybe next season.
11:20 Last question.
11:21 Yeah, just curious about your conversations
11:23 with your brothers the last few days.
11:25 I mean, if you talked to them today yet.
11:27 And what's the nature of those chats back and forth?
11:32 Yeah, well, Cody, who's 16 years old--
11:35 or no, yeah, he's 16 years old.
11:37 And he doesn't answer the phone ever.
11:40 I haven't spoken to him on the phone, probably in two or three
11:42 weeks, because he's doing his thing.
11:45 Or he'll text me after a match.
11:46 And he'll literally say, good win, Jit.
11:48 And Jit is like a slang in Florida.
11:52 I don't even know what it means, how to explain it.
11:54 But that's literally the last four or five texts from him.
11:58 And then Cameron, he's the youngest.
11:59 And he'll call.
12:00 I think I tried to call him yesterday.
12:02 But he was playing Fortnite.
12:04 And so we talked.
12:06 And then he kind of just wasn't talking
12:08 for like five or 10 minutes.
12:10 He was like, I think I'll call you tomorrow.
12:13 Because he was busy playing Fortnite with his friend.
12:15 And he has not called me today yet.
12:18 And tomorrow's his birthday.
12:19 So I'm going to wish him happy birthday.
12:21 And I have some gifts coming for him tomorrow.
12:23 But yeah, that's kind of our dynamic.
12:25 And Cody, typical teenager.
12:28 And Cameron just being a kid that loves Fortnite.
12:32 Thank you, everyone.
12:33 Thanks.
12:34 Thank you.
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