Obviously that run at Roland Garros and I think Strasbourg maybe, if I’m remembering correctly. Why did you think that you were not good on slow surfaces? Because you’ve had pretty good results the last couple of years on clay. Like today I would say it was perfect conditions to play. I had such tough battles in the first matches, and also conditions are not predictable with the wind. It’s only good for me in the end, if physically I feel well and I’m healthy, that it’s possible to play on any surface for me, which is a good thing. I think that in the end it proves me that I actually can play in such slow conditions. But I’m happy that even I was saying that it’s not my advantage, this surface, because it’s too slow. Can you just speak about how important the surface really is.ĮLENA RYBAKINA: Well, I would say it is important, of course. How important do you think the court surface really is in predicting or imagining matchups? Daniil Medvedev said this wasn’t even a hard court when he was angry. Hopefully now it’s gonna change the score between us (smiling). Yeah, it’s gonna be not an easy match, and it’s gonna be in these clutch moments I just need to play better. I think just to play better in these important moments and hold the serve, because I think few times it was just because of one break. What do you do to maybe flip that result and change things?ĮLENA RYBAKINA: Yeah, as you said, I lost the last four times and it was always like three sets. When you look at the final, what are your thoughts there? The stats, even though all the matches have been three-setters, the stats are not in your favor, there have been four matches, Sabalenka has won each one.
It just, yeah, showing it now on the court and with my results. Yeah, just getting stronger a bit physically, and just the work which we did for the past four years. It just everything coming together, the experience, team became bigger and working a lot on fitness. Now making two big finals in the span of three months, what do you think has been the key to that, and how pleased are you to be able to, yeah, get this consistency at the biggest events of the season?ĮLENA RYBAKINA: Yeah, I think I was improving in these four years on tour. The consistency has been the thing that it feels like you’ve been chasing in particular over the last few years, just not having lulls in your season. So yeah, I think that for now I’m playing really well this beginning of the season. Do you feel like it’s Australia revisited?ĮLENA RYBAKINA: I think that I did really good preparation as preseason, I was always saying. Yeah, that’s why I was kind of surprised. I really felt good physically on court today. I didn’t know how fast I can recover also.īut I think with the team, we did a good job. I felt good on court, but I just knew that after such a difficult match of yesterday, it might be difficult to play today. Did you feel that during the warmup? Did you feel like you were just seeing and hitting the ball really well, or did that all just come in the match?ĮLENA RYBAKINA: Well, the warmup was as usual, nothing really changed. You said on court that you kind of came in not really knowing what to expect and your level surprised you. So, yeah, hopefully I can keep the level for Sunday. I would say one of the best matches I played this year. Yeah, today was really great match for me, because I played unbelievable.
Can you talk about your thoughts on your performance.ĮLENA RYBAKINA: Thank you.
THE MODERATOR: Congrats on reaching the final.
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