Emma Navarro et Daria Kasatkina ont offert l'un des matchs d'anthologie de cet Open d'Australie 2025, ce lundi. De ceux que l'on n'oublie pas. Malgré trois balles de match obtenues dans la seconde manche, l'Américaine s'est employée jusqu'au bout du troisième set pour obtenir son tout premier ticket pour les quarts de finale à Melbourne (6-4, 5-7, 7-5). Le combat a été féroce avec des échanges longs, précis et puissants. La 8e joueuse mondiale progresse à vitesse grand V depuis son arrivée (tardive) sur le circuit WTA, et aura toutes ses chances face à l'impressionnante mais pas invincible Iga Swiatek, mercredi, en quarts. Elle a joué 5h45 de plus que la Polonaise, mais qui sait ?
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00:00Had some chances there in the second set, felt like you know I was in good
00:08position playing well enough to close it out in two and yeah I feel like she
00:13played really well on a lot of big points and made it really tough on me
00:18you know maybe maybe a couple shots there on those match points in the
00:24second set that I would have played a little bit differently looking back but
00:27you know it's easy to look back and say this is what I would have done
00:31differently but yeah was really tough there in the third set and happy to get
00:38the win for sure. Any questions? Hi Emma, when you are into a third set do you
00:46feel as though it's more a test of physicality and endurance or a mental
00:53test and will of you against the opponent? For me I feel like it's a more
01:01of a test of mental will than anything I've worked really hard on my fitness to
01:07be able to go three sets and play over two hours three hours whatever it takes
01:14so yeah I feel like my fitness has definitely paid off here in the in my
01:22first four matches so yeah I feel like it's more mental toughness and than
01:28anything I feel like you know I haven't been playing my best today was
01:32definitely the best match I played I feel like every match I've been getting
01:36a little bit better but yeah it's tough when things get really close and you've
01:40been out there for over two hours and you feel like you know you're not you're
01:44not playing your best it's definitely a test of will and toughness. Courtney?
01:51Do you have any recollection of the 2018 meeting with Iga Svijantic and Charleston ADK?
01:57Yeah I actually do when I look back at my tennis career I feel like there were
02:05not too many times when I was totally blown off the court and I definitely was
02:10kind of blown off the court playing her I think maybe at the time she was ranked
02:15200 or something and yeah we played at my home club in Charleston and
02:21yeah I was like wow this girl's pretty good. Circumstances are definitely
02:27different now I feel like I'm pretty good too so you know I'm ready for a
02:32good challenge. When you watch her now does she play the same so how different
02:39of a player is she I know physically and experience and stuff but just visual
02:44like is she was she just more of a pure power player back then like what do you
02:47feel like about being blown off the court by her? I just felt like I kind of didn't have a
02:52chance and I mean I was a way different player in 2018 that I am now I felt like
03:00I didn't have the power I didn't have speed I didn't have really anything that
03:07that could challenge her you know I felt like I would I would just put balls in
03:12the court and she would hit winners it was kind of like a little bit of a
03:17clinic so yeah but I feel like I've you know I'm a totally different player now.
03:24My question is also about three sets so you just mentioned about strength
03:31mentality and fitness but you have your tennis has a lot of varieties and do you
03:38think that you know when the match goes longer you can analyze your players and
03:44you can adjust because you have such a you know many options so do you think
03:49that is a reason that why you are good at the three sets? Yeah maybe it's
03:54definitely something that I can hang my hat on a little bit that I have a lot of
03:59tools in the toolbox and I can bring different things out when I need and
04:06yeah definitely utilize the slice a good bit there in the third set and
04:12yeah I definitely rely a bit on my defensive skills and my ability to move
04:19laterally but also move up and back and yeah it's definitely something that I
04:24think you know helps me especially when I'm playing a player like her that makes
04:30me hit so many different types of shots yeah it's it's for sure something that
04:35that helps me. Do you prefer to play three sets against Iga? I prefer to win in two sets
04:46that's yeah that's that's a goal but we'll see what happens. Are there ways
04:56specific ways in which your deep runs in Grand Slam tournaments last season might
05:04have taught you things things you learned about how to do that that you
05:08can apply now if it can help you this time around? Yeah I think you know I
05:15used to look at Grand Slams as I don't know a bit more than they are I guess
05:22and never really felt comfortable at Grand Slams until probably US Open and
05:30you know I was kind of thinking after the match today that when I made
05:36quarterfinals US Open I felt like wow this is this is pretty insane but now
05:42being quarterfinals here in Australia it kind of feels like you know this is
05:46where I'm supposed to be and I feel like you know this is what I prepared for and
05:51planned on so yeah it's definitely definitely different and probably yeah
05:58I think I just go into Grand Slams with a bit more confidence than I used to.
06:06You mentioned in your on-court interview hearing the staying alive and then you
06:12wrote that on the camera I'm just curious do you ever think ahead of time
06:15about what you want to write on that TV lens? No I don't think ahead of time I
06:21actually this was the first tournament I've ever signed the camera so yeah I'm
06:28getting more comfortable signing the camera and I think maybe after my first
06:33match I just put something pretty generic but now I'm kind of having fun
06:37with it and yeah it's something growing up I always saw the best players signing
06:43cameras so to be signing cameras now is pretty cool.