Aryna Sabalenka, le jour d'après sa victoire pour la 2e fois à l'Open d'Australie. La traditionnelle cérémonie du trophée dans le parc de Melbourne !
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 [CHEERING]
00:06 Well, let's see if I improved.
00:13 Guys, watch out.
00:16 [CHEERING]
00:20 [INAUDIBLE]
00:24 [SCREAMING]
00:28 Oh my god, now it's all over my face.
00:33 Should we try one more?
00:34 One more.
00:35 One more?
00:35 OK.
00:36 [INAUDIBLE]
00:38 [CHEERING]
00:39 Yeah, this one is better.
00:41 [LAUGHTER]
00:43 Well, I mean, definitely this couple of weeks
00:49 been a bit of pressure for me.
00:52 But I don't know, like, since last year,
00:56 I kind of changed my mentality and my approach to tennis.
00:59 And since then, it's not that easy to handle the pressure,
01:05 because we're having so much fun off the court.
01:07 And I'm just trying to work hard when I'm on the court.
01:11 But off the court, just try to forget tennis life
01:14 and stay away from it.
01:16 And then as soon as I'm on the court, I'm full on.
01:20 But it's been challenging.
01:21 But I'm super happy that I was able to focus on myself,
01:25 on my game, and on things that I have
01:27 to do to win the match.
01:28 So yeah.
01:29 Thank you.
01:31 Is it loud?
01:31 Or is it like--
01:32 [INAUDIBLE]
01:34 Oh, wow, OK.
01:36 Yeah.
01:38 Sure, thank you.
01:39 Hold it.
01:40 Yeah.
01:41 Yeah, yeah, of course.
01:44 Hi, Irina.
01:45 Congratulations.
01:46 You seem to have one of the funnest teams around you
01:49 with Anton, Jason, and the gang.
01:51 How did you guys celebrate last night?
01:54 Yeah, I have, I would say, the craziest team.
01:56 And as I said on the interview, we all had a little drink.
02:01 Some of them had not a little drink.
02:03 They had a lot.
02:05 You can see, you can check their voices and look at them,
02:07 and you'll see who's drinking the most.
02:11 But I had just a little drink, of course, a little sweet.
02:14 And yeah, we've been dancing, having fun.
02:18 And yeah, that's how we celebrate.
02:22 Amazing.
02:22 And one more, what do you love about Melbourne?
02:26 And particularly this year, what have you loved about Melbourne?
02:29 Well, there is a lot of things I love about Melbourne.
02:32 But I love the crowd, the people,
02:35 the way they support me.
02:36 That's something unbelievable.
02:37 And it's so enjoyable to play in front of all of them.
02:41 And yeah, I think that's the best thing about Melbourne.
02:44 And that's why I think I play really well here.
02:47 And the city itself, what do you love about being
02:49 in the city of Melbourne?
02:50 Yeah, I love that there is a lot of parks.
02:53 It's beautiful nature and a lot of great restaurants.
03:00 It's more emotional.
03:01 And it's like something new.
03:03 And playing the first final was really emotional for me.
03:06 It was really, really tough battle.
03:08 And I think the first one was the hardest one.
03:10 But I can't say that the second one was the easiest one.
03:14 No, it's still hard.
03:16 It's another pressure.
03:19 It's just another emotions.
03:21 And yeah, but if we're talking about these two,
03:26 I think the first one was the hardest one.
03:27 But this one still, it wasn't easy.
03:29 Lorena, congratulations.
03:34 Just following up on last night, we
03:36 saw a bit of a video of you in the hotel room with your team.
03:39 Can you tell me a bit about how that came about?
03:41 Was that your idea or someone else's?
03:42 I mean, of course it was my idea.
03:46 I put them under pressure to make this video happen.
03:48 And I don't know.
03:50 I felt like we have to do it.
03:52 We did it last year.
03:53 So we're going to keep doing it.
03:55 And I don't know.
03:56 I hope it's for good luck, right?
03:58 We started the tournament with the dance.
04:00 And we finished the tournament with the dance.
04:04 Do you feel like there's a bit of--
04:05 you were talking about the pressure
04:06 throughout the tournament and how
04:08 you were trying to ignore it.
04:08 Do you feel it's a bit of a weight off your shoulders now?
04:11 Have you had a chance to sort of just breathe and relax?
04:13 Yeah.
04:14 I mean, yeah.
04:15 I think after that match point, I felt relieved.
04:20 And yeah, it's time to kind of breathe normal
04:24 and take a step back, just understand what just happened,
04:29 and rest a little bit, and move on.
04:33 Thank you.
04:33 Reyna, congratulations.
04:39 Win in the first Grand Slam of the year.
04:41 What confidence does that give you moving forward
04:43 to the season ahead?
04:45 I mean, this year or this season?
04:47 Yeah, I mean, it's definitely something incredible.
04:53 And it's definitely give me much more
04:56 belief that I can do well on the Grand Slams.
04:59 And it's given me this, I don't know,
05:01 like boost of energy for the rest of the season.
05:04 And I'm just happy that everything
05:06 we've been working on, the preseason, it's working well.
05:09 And we're just going to keep building it
05:11 and keep getting better.
05:14 Reyna, can I ask you about the atmosphere at this tournament?
05:27 There must be days when you come in, and you feel like you're
05:30 almost coming to a festival as much as a sporting competition.
05:33 When you come into the grounds, do you ever sort of look around
05:36 and wish, rather than play tennis,
05:37 I could just put my feet up, have a drink,
05:39 sort of enjoy the crowd?
05:40 Because a pretty good vibe at Melbourne Park at the moment,
05:41 isn't it?
05:42 I mean, yeah, it's really good to wipe in the crowd.
05:48 But I don't know.
05:49 Like, the question is, like, if I like...
05:53 I guess what I'm trying to get at is this tournament's moving.
05:56 It's absolutely a tennis tournament,
05:57 but it's also this bigger festival that's going on.
05:59 Do you sense that when you come in?
06:01 Do you sort of feel that?
06:02 Or is it just...
06:02 Like I want to go and have fun.
06:04 I don't know.
06:05 I just love what I'm doing.
06:07 And I'm not like really thinking.
06:08 But it's definitely great that they're having fun here.
06:13 It's not only about tennis.
06:15 Like, people enjoy their time spending on the Australia Open.
06:19 And it's, yeah, it's a lot of fun out there.
06:22 But I don't know.
06:23 I just love playing tennis and really enjoying, like, doing my job.
06:28 So, yeah, I prefer...
06:31 I don't want to, like, have fun outside the court.
06:33 Like, I really love it.
06:34 And look, the other thing that happened this year,
06:35 which is a bit different, obviously,
06:36 with the crowd being able to move in rather than changing.
06:39 It feels like the whole place loosened up a little bit this year.
06:42 You've loosened up this year.
06:43 It's been very successful.
06:45 Do you sort of like that aspect of it?
06:47 I think, yeah, I think it's really important for people to feel free,
06:52 you know, because I feel like it's not really nice to people
06:55 when they, like, try to move or sit.
06:57 And like someone from the court, like, pointing them
07:00 and, like, forcing them to sit or do something.
07:03 I think it's not nice.
07:04 And I think it's really cool that they kind of, like,
07:08 free with what they're doing on the court.
07:12 And I don't know.
07:13 I don't feel uncomfortable playing when they're, like, moving.
07:16 I mean, when there is, like, the whole stadium is moving,
07:19 OK, maybe it's going to be tricky.
07:21 But when it's just, like, a couple of people moving,
07:22 I'm totally fine with that.
07:24 Good on you. Thank you.
07:25 Thank you.
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