Tennis - US Open 2024 - Iga Swiatek : "It's going to be a tough one against Jessica Pegula"
Iga Swiatek a jusqu'ici eu un parcours plutôt aisé à l'US Open. Ce lundi, celle qui n'a toujours pas perdu un set dans ce tournoi a encore dicté sa loi en surclassant Liudmila Samsonova, 6-1, 6-4. La Russe, tête de série numéro 16, a tenu jusqu'à 4-4 avant de céder sous la pression de Swiatek. La Polonaise continue son chemin tranquillement et disputera son deuxième quart à l'US Open, deux ans après son sacre à New-York. Ce sera son neuvième en carrière. "Un beau défi à relever" contre Jessica Pegula, brillante cet été.
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00:00Well, again, I'm really happy with my performance at the beginning, we kind of played, you know,
00:09serve by serve, but I'm happy that I waited for the right moment and I got my chance on
00:14the return game and I broke with Mila and in the second set I was just, you know, kind
00:19of, you know, pushing even more and with big confidence, so I'm happy with the score.
00:27Questions?
00:29Courtney.
00:30NWTA, congrats, Iga.
00:32Don't players have that ability to kind of exchange those service holds and then seemingly
00:38in the last couple of games of a set, like, make that move and break, almost seemingly
00:43at will, at least that's sometimes how it looks on our side.
00:46What do you, what do you chalk that up to?
00:48Is it a mental thing of like, I'm going to break here?
00:50Not that it happens all the time, but, you know.
00:52Honestly, sometimes I get this kind of feeling, but I wouldn't say that was the case tonight.
00:56I, and on this tournament overall, because I felt like I've been always, you know, pressuring
01:02on my returning games.
01:04And as in my previous match, I had also like many break points, but I just didn't, you
01:09know, use the right one to, to win the point and win the game.
01:14But I know that if I'm going to keep pushing, then there's like a bigger probability that
01:18also I'm going to have more chances in the future.
01:20And one of them, if I only use one of them, it's going to be fine.
01:27What memories from winning here two years ago have stayed with you the most and when
01:33do they pop into your head?
01:36Well, mostly I take a lot of experience from the tournament, but memories, I think I have
01:44the most memories from our final match against ONZE and when today, I mean, random moments
01:52and not like so often as you might think, because usually I just look forward.
01:58So sometimes, but I can't really say when, not on court for sure, because I'm just focused
02:04on what I want to do, you know, right there, not two years ago.
02:10So speaking of looking forward, what are your thoughts on the keys to the next matchup?
02:14Oh, well, technically, you know, I can't really say a lot.
02:17I just went off court, but against Jessie, it's never easy.
02:21It's going to be, for sure, a tough one because she plays really, you know, flat ball with
02:28no spin.
02:29So you have to really work low on your legs and for sure she's in a good rhythm right
02:33now and she won, you know, so many matches past weeks that for sure it's going to be
02:39a challenge.
02:40Andrea Crane with the New York Post.
02:44You faced Jessica two years ago during your run here.
02:47I guess what do you kind of remember about that match and just kind of playing her in
02:50this setting?
02:51I don't remember a lot.
02:54I remember it was the first match in 2022 where I felt like the ball is kind of listening
02:58to me a little bit more.
03:01And that's the only thing.
03:02I don't remember like specifics of how that match even went.
03:07I don't even remember the score.
03:08So I can't really say a lot, sorry.
03:11I haven't watched this game after.
03:13So, yeah, that's why probably.
03:15Sorry if you already talked about this subject, but what is your opinion on the new rule regarding
03:25the spectators?
03:26Are they allowed to come in the stadium after every single game?
03:33I think it's something that we have to adjust to and something that I have to work on in
03:40terms of getting my focus in the right place.
03:43For sure, I'm going to kind of wait when people behind my opponent are walking because I want
03:52to see clearly when she throws the ball and I don't want to lose it when somebody moves.
03:57So I think this is the only part where I'm just going to wait.
04:03And I think the chair umpires, they are allowing that for now.
04:07And I hope it stays that way.
04:08But I don't mind them moving on the sides, especially on a big stadium like here.
04:13I don't think, yeah, it can make you be, I don't know, you can keep your focus here.
04:22For sure, it's going to be more difficult on smaller stadiums, I would say, when the
04:26people walking are going to be closer to you.
04:29But I don't know.
04:30We'll see.
04:31For now, it's been fine.
04:32I played two tournaments with this rule and I feel like I could focus.
04:37So that's fine for me.
04:39A couple more.
04:42In Cincinnati, you joked, I think, in the pre-tournament press that you don't remember
04:46how you won this tournament two years ago.
04:48And I'm curious, how serious were you when you said that?
04:51And I don't know, were there learnings from it that you can apply here?
04:55Or is it just like sleep?
04:57Well, I was like 50% serious and 50% it was a joke because basically, for sure, I wasn't,
05:06you know, I wouldn't say I played my best game or whatever that year.
05:12So it was a big surprise for me that I could win this tournament because I felt like I
05:16kind of won it ugly, you know.
05:19And that's why probably I felt like this.
05:22But I also know how I was fighting, you know, every match for every ball and my defense
05:30was pretty great.
05:33So on the other hand, I understand why I won this tournament, you know, yeah.
05:39What do you appreciate most about playing at Ashe Stadium?
05:50I don't know.
05:51I just like it overall.
05:52It's hard to pick one thing.
05:53For sure, the crowd is great and giving us a lot of support.
05:57But on the other hand, I want to stay in my bubble.
05:59So it's hard for me to, like, say, you know, that straight away because I want to keep
06:05being focused, even though it's a little bit louder than on other stadiums.
06:10But I just like it.
06:11Like, I don't know.
06:12I like it overall.
06:13I like big stadiums.
06:14I got used to it.
06:15So I'm pretty happy that I can play on Ashe.
06:17Last question.
06:18Court.
06:19You're serving remarkably well, at least results wise, here at face to break point.
06:23Don't jinx it.
06:24I might have already done it, but it's too late.
06:28What do you feel is clicking on your serve?
06:31Is it the actual serve itself, like the first strike, or just how you're managing those
06:35service games?
06:36Well, I started focusing on a different thing when I serve and before the movement.
06:42So maybe that's why, but I'm not going to go into details.
06:47But I don't know.
06:48Honestly, I feel like I was serving pretty well for the most of the season.
06:53So I just keep doing the work that we already started.
06:57And I know it's a process, and you always have to remind yourself of the right things.
07:03And I feel like I've been having a good rhythm this week with my serve.