Swiatek v Paolini: who will win the French Open?

Three-time champ Iga Swiatek faces surprise package Jasmine Paolini, competing in her first grand slam final.

Transcript

00:00 I'm proud of myself that I'm playing consistently here and that I'm

00:08 mentioning the same sentence as Rafa.

00:12 I don't know, it seems something impossible.

00:16 [Music]

00:34 This surface makes my game better.

00:38 I have my, you know, grip allows me to spin more.

00:42 I can play more defense points because it's a bit slower,

00:46 but on the other hand I have also more time to attack sometimes,

00:49 so I feel like I'm just using it well.

00:51 [Music]

01:02 It's hard not to see, you know, what's at stake and what the atmosphere is

01:05 around these matches, so still I'm not, like, used to it.

01:10 [Music]

01:23 For me it's surprising to see, you know, interviews from Nole when I was a kid

01:29 saying that he wanted to be world number one and Wimredon.

01:34 I watched this and I said, "It's unbelievable that you can dream as a child."

01:40 I never dreamed to be, I think, in the Grand Slam final,

01:46 and I'm here and I'm so happy, but it's something different.

01:50 I'm a different kind of person, I think.

01:52 [Music]

02:03 Iga is an unbelievable player, as I said.

02:06 She's so young, but so many achievements, Grand Slams.

02:10 We played a long time ago, so I need to prepare tactically

02:13 and see what her game is at now, you know,

02:17 because for sure she's playing, she has the best season.

02:20 [Music]