Les Tchèques ont l'habitude de sortir des jeunes joueuses talentueuses très vite et de les faire briller sur la terre battue parisienne. A Roland-Garros, après Linda Noskova en 2021 et Lucie Havlickova en 2022, la jeune Tereza Valentova a triomphé en Juniors filles pour offrir à la République Tchèque un troisième sacre en quatre ans. La jeune joueuse de 17 ans, déjà 337e à la WTA, affrontait une compatriote ce samedi Laura Samson et s'est montrée autoritaire pour l'emporter 6-3, 7-6(0). Il s'agit de son premier titre du Grand Chelem en Juniors.
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00:00Tereza, congratulations on winning your first Junior Grand Slam title.
00:07How much does this title mean to you?
00:08Thank you so much.
00:10I have no words now.
00:13It feels incredible.
00:15I'm just so happy now, but I have to focus on the doubles.
00:19It's a little bit complicated, but I really enjoyed the final.
00:24The atmosphere was crazy, but it was awesome.
00:28I want to thank all my team and my family that supports me every time.
00:36Can we take questions now, please?
00:44Congratulations, Tereza.
00:46What do you think the key to winning the final was today?
00:50I think it was for sure more the mentality side.
00:57It was really tough because we are in the same club.
00:59We are practicing together sometimes.
01:01It was pretty tough.
01:04I think we played both good.
01:06Sometimes up and downs, but it's tennis sometimes.
01:11The key, I think, was more head than just normal tennis.
01:21Hi, Tereza. Congratulations.
01:23You've played a lot on the Pro Tour and won a number of titles on the World Tennis Tour.
01:29What sort of things have you learned from there that you've been able to bring to this tournament?
01:34Maybe in contrast to when you had your first Grand Slam final at the US Open last year.
01:42I started to play more women, as you said.
01:46I think it's a good step.
01:52I think it's just good that I won some tournaments.
02:02Some really good matches.
02:04I think I'm improving step by step.
02:11The US Open final, as you said, was a shame.
02:14I'm glad I managed to win it now.
02:18I'm just happy that I won it.
02:22Hi, Tereza. Congratulations.
02:24Can you tell us more about the difference between the Pro Tour and the Junior Tour?
02:29What's the main difference?
02:31Was it easy with the great form you had on the Pro Tour to switch from a Junior Tournament?
02:38No, it's not easy at all.
02:40I think it's just tennis.
02:43I'm just playing.
02:45I wanted to try my best on the court and give it all.
02:50I think the difference is that the women don't have more ups and downs.
02:57They sometimes have it, but not at all like the juniors.
03:01I think this is a big difference.
03:04When you're leading in the women's or losing, it's not the chance to come back.
03:14In the juniors, it's more.
03:16It depends on the player.
03:20You're playing for the money.
03:23I think it can be different also.
03:27It's just tennis.
03:29I'm just playing.
03:31I have a second question.
03:33I've seen that you're a fan of Karine Wozniacki.
03:35Can you tell us more about how that came, your first memories?
03:42What was your reaction when she announced that she came back to WTA2?
03:48Wozniacki?
03:50Maybe it's Laura.
03:52She likes Wozniacki.
03:55I like her too.
03:57She's a good player.
04:01What player are you inspired by?
04:05Sorry?
04:06You're inspired by what player?
04:08By Djokovic.
04:10Not just the play, but how he's playing.
04:14I think it's incredible.
04:17Also the scenery.
04:19These two.
04:23I wanted to know more about your background.
04:26Where are you from? Where do you live?
04:28Who is your coach?
04:30What is your club?
04:32You said you're in the same club as Laura.
04:34I want to know everything.
04:38I'm practicing at Tegas Parta Praha.
04:42It's nearby Stromovka.
04:45It's a very good club.
04:48I like it here.
04:50I'm here since day one.
04:57My coach's name is Siedlicka.
05:00Now Lukas.
05:02Sorry, what was the next question?
05:06Where are you from?
05:08I'm from the Czech Republic.
05:10I live in Prague.
05:12It's near to the club.
05:14That's good.
05:16It's a historic day for the Czech Republic.
05:20Two girls finalists for the first time in a Grand Slam.
05:25That's happened.
05:27How proud are you to do that for your country?
05:30What a moment it is for the country.
05:33I think it's a really good moment for the country and for us also.
05:38It's something incredible.
05:41From one club it's crazy.
05:44It's really good for our club and also for the Czech Republic.
05:52I don't know what to say about it.
05:55I think we can be proud of ourselves.
05:58Yeah.
06:01I would like to know a secret about your country.
06:05What do you drink?
06:06What do you eat?
06:07Because there are so many players in the history.
06:11Year by year, moment by moment,
06:14women, men, all the time,
06:17it's a problem of school.
06:20School is very good.
06:21Tradition.
06:22What do you know about the Czech tradition?
06:26It's tough to say.
06:28We have a lot of players.
06:30Like you said, legends and now.
06:33I don't know why.
06:35Maybe we are near to the players.
06:39So we can sometimes practice together.
06:42But not all of them want to practice.
06:45It's a little bit tough to play with them.
06:52But I don't know the secret.
06:55We have some good legends.
06:57When we were little, we saw them on TV.
07:02Maybe it was a little motivation to play.
07:05I think we have good clubs in Czech.
07:10I think it's good to have a lot of these players.
07:15But also a little bit bad.
07:18It's tougher to get into the top.
07:25Any more questions?
07:27About Martina Navratilova.
07:29What do you know about her?
07:31Do you know about the incredible history of Martina?
07:34What do you think about her?
07:36Or you have another player close,
07:38which is sticking in your mind,
07:40thinking about the biggest women?
07:43Oh yeah, she's an incredible player.
07:45I think like all of them.
07:47They have a good mentality.
07:49And also their game is just incredible.
07:53They want grandsons and play other grandsons.
07:56So yeah, I think it's good.
08:00But yeah, I don't know what to say about that.
08:04But yeah, she's an incredible player,
08:06like all of them.
08:13Just to come back on the final.
08:16At the beginning of the match,
08:18it seemed to be easy for you.
08:20You were leading 6-3, 3-1.
08:2240-13.
08:24And then suddenly,
08:26things became more difficult for you.
08:28I wanted to know what happened exactly.
08:30Did you get tense a little bit?
08:32Did she play maybe better?
08:36Yeah, I think that I started pretty good.
08:40I think she was a bit nervous,
08:42but also me.
08:44And yeah, leading I think 3-0 or 3-1.
08:47How you said, I don't know.
08:49Then she started to play a bit better.
08:52But then I started to play better, like me.
08:56So it was like,
08:58yeah, we started to play better, both.
09:02So yeah, it was an incredible match.
09:04And the second set,
09:06it was, yeah, I was in a tense a bit.
09:09Because I had a volley on the advantage for me.
09:13So it can be like 4-1.
09:17It could be.
09:18So yeah, it was a bit tough for my head.
09:22But it was okay.
09:23I told myself, never mind, next point.
09:26So yeah, then she started to play better again.
09:33Yeah, I started to play bad a bit.
09:35So worse it was.
09:38But then I told myself that you can do it.
09:42Like, go for it.
09:44So I go for it.
09:46And I managed to win it.
09:47So I'm happy.
09:51I wanted to know, when you were a child,
09:54how the great performances of Thomas Berdych,
09:58Petra Kvitova, Lucy Safarova,
10:00have helped you to dream bigger
10:03or to say, I can be one of those in the future?
10:10Yeah, I hope that I can be one of them in the future.
10:15But yeah, with Lucy Safarova,
10:18I met her here.
10:20And yeah, I'm sometimes practicing with her.
10:23So that's good that she can give me some good advices.
10:27And also with the good ones from the Czechs.
10:31So we sometimes practice together,
10:33how I said before.
10:35But they can tell you some good advices
10:39that you can stick for them.
10:41And yeah, all the players are amazing.
10:46It's really good that we can show it's possible
10:52to get there.
10:54But it's really tough because it's a long way.
10:57So I hope that I'm on the right way.
10:59And we'll see.
11:03Thank you.
11:05Thank you.