Tennis - Roland-Garros 2024 - Marketa Vondrousova : "Against Iga Swiatek you just go crazy every point (smiling)"
Première joueuse depuis Serena Williams en 2013 à avoir réalisé le doublé Madrid-Rome, Iga Swiatek veut continuer à marcher dans les pas de la légende américaine en remportant également le Grand Chelem parisien pour réaliser un triplé historique. Après sa correction infligée en 40 minutes à la pauvre Anastasia Potapova avec seulement 10 points perdus durant la rencontre, la Polonaise n'a pas été plus embêtée face à la n°6 mondiale Marketa Vondrousova, 6-0, 6-2. Intouchable, Swiatek n'a eu besoin que de 62 minutes pour l'emporter. Une nouvelle démonstration pour décrocher une quatrième demi-finale à Roland-Garros, la troisième de suite. Ce sera sa sixième demie en Grand Chelem. Impressionnante, Swiatek n'a perdu que 2 matchs sur les 35 joués depuis le début de sa carrière Porte d'Auteuil. Seule Chris Evert a fait mieux en n'ayant qu'une seule défaite lors de ses 35 premiers matchs à Roland...
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00:03 Marketa, not the result you would want today,
00:06 but you had a really strong run here.
00:08 Talk to us about your week here.
00:11 Yeah, I'm very grateful for these two weeks.
00:15 Today she was just the better one.
00:18 She was playing amazing,
00:20 but overall the turn-around was great for me.
00:29 Looking ahead, grass season next,
00:31 and you're defending Wimbledon.
00:33 Do you feel you have the form and confidence you want going into that?
00:36 I mean, these two weeks will definitely help,
00:40 but I'm going to play the tournaments before,
00:44 so we'll see.
00:46 But I can wait for grass.
00:48 I hope I'm going to do good.
00:56 Marketa, I just wondered how do you generally find that adjustment
00:59 going from two such different surfaces?
01:03 Yeah, I mean, I think the important thing is the movement for me.
01:08 We have one grass court near Prague,
01:12 so I think we're going to go there to practice a bit
01:14 and to practice the movement too.
01:16 I think that's the most important.
01:19 I'm going to play one or two tournaments before,
01:22 so that will help.
01:25 What did you learn today from playing Iga?
01:30 Would you have any advice for anyone playing her in the next round or two?
01:36 I don't really know what to say.
01:40 But, yeah, I mean, she's, you know,
01:43 I feel like way better than anyone else on clay,
01:46 and especially here.
01:48 So, yeah, it's very tough.
01:50 I feel like on the court you have nothing to, I don't know,
01:54 maybe offer, or she's just too strong here.
01:58 Yeah, I didn't feel bad, but overall, like in the release,
02:03 I felt like she's just better.
02:06 So I think she was the better one today.
02:09 Was she about what you expected,
02:11 or did anything surprise you about what was on the other side of the net?
02:16 No, not really.
02:18 I think she's very confident here, especially on that court.
02:23 And, yeah, I feel like clay is her surface.
02:28 Yeah, it's very tough to play.
02:32 I think, like I feel like she just, you know,
02:35 she just, like, pushes you every rally.
02:38 I feel like you just, you know, go crazy every point.
02:42 Any more English questions?
02:45 Thank you all so much.
02:51 Hi, Markéta. The fourth game of the first set was very tough.
02:55 Did you have any hope to stop it?
02:58 Well, I had hope for the game in the set,
03:01 but otherwise it probably wouldn't have changed anything.
03:05 But, yeah, it's very tough.
03:07 One side was still against the wind,
03:10 so it was crazy to play any more.
03:14 And I think she's just completely out of it now,
03:19 so it's very tough to win a game at all.
03:25 She hit a lot of lines in those important moments.
03:28 How hard was it to get her mentally on the court?
03:32 I think that the way she's winning games now,
03:36 you have to be aware of that.
03:38 Of course, it doesn't help when it's 0-6,
03:41 she knows all the corners,
03:44 and she was hitting the break ball really well in the second set.
03:49 She was hitting it really fast, over 190,
03:52 which is what the girls normally don't hit, except for the breaks.
03:55 So it's really tough in general.
03:57 And you feel like you don't have much to offer.
04:01 Even if you don't feel bad, it's really tough to win any break.
04:07 And if you don't push her from the first ball,
04:11 or don't put pressure on her, it's really tough to win.
04:16 Your colleagues mentioned Wimbledon,
04:19 so you know you're going to play as a defender for the title.
04:23 It's coming, I'm pretty excited.
04:26 I'm going to play Berlin and maybe one more tournament before that,
04:30 so we'll see how it goes.
04:32 I'm excited, I was like that last year,
04:34 I was completely nervous about the grass,
04:36 now it's a bit different.
04:38 But I have great memories, I'm going to be a part of the family,
04:41 so I'm excited.
04:43 Maki, the second set was...
04:46 -When you played the first game... -It was better.
04:49 There was a big applause, a rock fell from your heart.
04:53 Yeah, I was a bit nervous,
04:57 but the feeling is really scary,
05:01 that you're standing there and playing a good tournament,
05:04 you feel good, I didn't feel crazy,
05:07 but suddenly there's a woman who brings everything back really fast,
05:11 and she plays for a long time,
05:13 and she's still training and doing her best every year.
05:16 So I was pretty relieved.
05:18 I had a break, I played well,
05:20 but I was a bit nervous,
05:23 and you think you'll leave with a better feeling.
05:28 You can say that, but today I'm playing against Ufo,
05:32 we're dreaming of a great tournament.
05:35 I'm really happy about the last two weeks,
05:39 and I think it will help me now.
05:42 The quarter-final was great, I was really lucky today,
05:46 but I don't think it was because of me,
05:49 it was more because of her, she played most of the time.
05:53 You feel like you're playing with a crazy person.
05:59 It's really hard for the psyche,
06:02 because you play a good ball,
06:05 and it comes back to you, and it's still long,
06:08 and then it kills you.
06:10 You get into a state where you're really exhausted,
06:14 but I think the tournament was great for me.
06:18 You're really looking forward to Wimbledon, what are you looking forward to?
06:22 I can play in the center, that's good.
06:26 They have a winner,
06:28 and last year we were laughing that Péťa was going there,
06:32 and we said, "Well, it's not about us."
06:36 But now it's about us, so it's great.
06:39 We have the same house as last year,
06:42 so I'm looking forward to it.
06:46 Do you think you're being carried in the car?
06:51 That's the first question, I don't know what you're talking about.
06:56 I think the pressure will be there.
07:01 I think it's about how I feel in the tournaments.
07:05 The grass is really treacherous.
07:08 But the pressure is that I'm going to the center,
07:12 I'm going to cheer.
07:15 But I'm looking forward to it, I want to enjoy it,
07:19 because I did it, and it's a reward for this.
07:23 It's been a while, but are you looking forward to the center again?
07:27 Not really.
07:30 I played in the center, I played in the big jerseys,
07:34 so I fought my way through.
07:37 I'm looking forward to it, the health will change,
07:40 it will be tough, but I like to represent like this,
07:43 and I'm looking forward to the Olympics.
07:46 Are you ready to play everything?
07:49 We'll see who got in, who didn't,
07:52 and we'll see what Kaja Muchová does.
07:55 I don't know if Jirka will be ready,
07:59 but I don't want to play all three,
08:03 because it's really tough with the single and double.
08:06 We'll see how we do it.
08:09 Thanks.
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