Dayana Yastremska ne s'arrête plus. L'Ukrainienne a saisi sa chance et dompté ce mardi Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-4. Yastremska compte bien réaliser le même exploit qu'Emma Raducanu, à l'US Open en 2021, où sortie des qualifs, elle avait remporté le titre. L'Ukrainienne est la première qualifiée en demies de l'Open d'Australie depuis 1978 et Christine Matison Dorey, joueuse australienne. Plus récemment, il y a donc eu Raducanu à l'US Open mais aussi Nadia Podoroska à Roland-Garros en 2020. La performance est dingue pour la 93e mondiale, qui retrouvera le Top 30 la semaine prochaine et égalera son best ranking, 21e place, en cas de finale. En conférence de presse, Dayana Yastremska a abordé tous les sujets et même celui de sa suspension en janvier 2021 après que l'Agence mondiale antidopage (AMA) ait trouvé une substance interdite dans un échantillon d'urine hors compétition qu'elle avait fourni, en novembre 2020. Des traces de mestérolone (un androgène et stéroïde anabolisant utilisé dans le traitement des faibles taux de testostérone) avaient été retrouvées. Une suspension levée en juin 2021, l'ITF reconaissant finalement que Dayana Yastremska "n'avait commis aucune faute ou négligence pour cette violation et ne purgerait aucune période de suspension."
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00:00 What do you think about the history of the team?
00:03 As I said on court, it's nice to make a history. It's something new for me and for my generation.
00:13 Because the last time it happened, it was a long time ago. I wasn't born yet.
00:20 And it's nice. And I'm really happy to be in my first semi-finals.
00:26 I was a little bit nervous, but at the same time tired. I think I was a little bit too emotional today before my match.
00:37 I got angry at the practice of my coach. But that's fine because I could put my emotions away.
00:45 And yeah, another step is done.
00:49 When you were going through qualifying in the early stages, did you think any of this would have been possible to go this far?
00:54 I didn't think about it. I came here and I was just focusing on playing each match, on improving.
01:03 And I was working on some things that are a little bit personal.
01:08 And it was more associated with my head and with the way I feel on court.
01:14 So I wasn't really putting the goal to go to the quarter, the foreground or the semis or whatever.
01:21 I was just trying to enjoy playing here.
01:24 Coach is French?
01:26 I have two coaches.
01:28 What is your connection with France, my country? I remember the story with the tournament of Lyon.
01:34 Yes.
01:35 Two years ago. Special France for you?
01:38 Well, in Lyon it was the first tournament when the war started.
01:44 I haven't practiced it before because there was a massive attack and we had to think about other things.
01:52 And when we left with sister there, the France met us really nice, very warm.
02:00 And I think I was over emotion there.
02:05 And the way I played and how I got into the finals.
02:10 To be honest, I don't know how I made this.
02:14 But it was a tough moment.
02:17 I mean, I like France. I love it.
02:22 It's really nice there during the summer and spring.
02:25 It's warm and nice conditions to practice.
02:28 But I still prefer my home.
02:30 And I wish I could get there more often.
02:33 It's obviously your first semi-final of a Grand Slam.
02:36 The whole place is quite different in the second week with not as many people around.
02:40 Is it an unusual experience for you behind the scenes too as well as on the court?
02:45 I don't know. For me it feels the same.
02:48 I don't know why. It feels very comfortable and feels like at home.
02:53 I had already experienced at Wimbledon when I got to the second week.
02:57 But I lost fourth round there.
02:59 So I couldn't really feel it, you know.
03:01 And here you're that focused on the matches, on the process, on the routines.
03:07 The time goes like this pretty fast.
03:11 So you don't have much time to analyze how it is and how it feels.
03:18 But for sure when everything is going to be done here,
03:21 then I will have a lot of time to think about it.
03:24 How I felt and the emotions I had.
03:27 So for now I'm enjoying to be here in the second week.
03:31 In your last press conference you talked about how tough the last three years have been at times.
03:35 I'm just wondering what the challenge was of coming back after you were cleared to play again following the provisional ban.
03:44 What the challenge was of regaining your form and regaining your tennis and getting back to the level I'm sure you wanted to play at.
03:52 The challenge?
03:58 I need to think.
04:00 It's a good question.
04:02 I didn't ask myself that question to be honest.
04:06 You know, I think that I have a dream since I'm a child.
04:13 And that's what was moving me forward no matter what happens.
04:21 I had a lot of difficult situations and I don't want to talk about it right now.
04:26 Maybe some other time I can explain it and the story will sound completely differently.
04:33 But for now I can say that I just relaxed.
04:41 I don't have much to say.
04:42 I just relaxed and I try to enjoy what I'm doing.
04:46 As I said last time I was putting a lot of pressure on myself, responsibility.
04:51 Now I just took everything out of my back and I'm trying to enjoy it.
04:55 to enjoy.