Tennis - Wimbledon 2024 - Coco Gauff : "Andy Murray is a fighter and an icon of the sport"
Wimbledon est le seul Grand Chelem dans lequel Coco Gauff n'a pas encore performé à son meilleur niveau. Cette année, elle a une magnifique opportunité d'aller loin. Entre le forfait d'Aryna Sabalenka et la défaite précoce de la tenante du titre Marketa Vondrousova, le tableau est plus ouvert que jamais chez les dames. Elle est désormais la joueuse la plus attendue dans le dernier carré. Ce mercredi, la n°2 mondiale a été sans pitié envers la Roumaine Anca Todoni, 6-2, 6-1. Une belle démonstration de force avec seulement trois points perdus derrière sa première balle.
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00:00Coco, I'll start. How are you feeling out on court today?
00:06Yeah, I felt good out there.
00:08It was a lot slower today with the just the conditions,
00:13but I overall still felt good.
00:15Right. Questions?
00:16Yep. Congrats, Coco, you're still going.
00:19Yeah. But you could face British qualifier Sinead Cartell next.
00:23I'm just curious if there's anything you know about her game
00:26and your expectations of playing a Brit here.
00:28Yeah, I don't know much, to be honest.
00:32I, you know, I knew she was up like winning this match.
00:35I kind of was looking at some of her results just to prepare and pick
00:39and choose what matches I might want to watch.
00:42But now I see it's a third set, so I don't know.
00:46You know, I would try.
00:47I'll do that afterwards, depending on the winner.
00:50But it will be tough to face a Brit, obviously, especially on grass.
00:54I think that they, you know, always do really well.
00:57But especially in this environment.
01:00Yeah. Hey, Coco.
01:02I remember last year during your summer run,
01:05you were talking a lot about learning to win ugly and it mattered less
01:08to kind of how it happened and more just the result.
01:10Today, you won two and I think and said you wish you'd been cleaner.
01:14Do you let yourself be a little bit, I guess,
01:16pick some more nits now that kind of you have won the Grand Slam
01:20and you're at a kind of different place in your career?
01:22What's that progression been like for you?
01:25Yeah, I do think I can be too critical because two and one is clean.
01:29But I don't know.
01:30I think it's just like moments.
01:32Maybe I like miss some shots that I should normally would make.
01:35But also that's tennis.
01:37You're always going to miss some shots that you normally would make.
01:39So I am trying to focus on winning in straight sets and winning cleaner.
01:44But obviously today, I, you know, can't be too critical.
01:47I think on the court, I was getting a little bit more frustrated
01:50than normal considering the scoreline.
01:53Matt? Hey, Google.
01:55Why do you think you're doing better than you were a month ago, six weeks ago?
02:01I know there's some tactical stuff you don't necessarily want to discuss,
02:04but if there's general thoughts on like your approach
02:07and what might be different than earlier this spring?
02:11I think I'm just going for it more and accepting the misses.
02:16I think today I had a really low first serve percentage in the first set
02:19and maybe even in the second it got higher.
02:21But I think when I go for it overall, it's a winning, more winning for me on my serve.
02:27And I think I just have a lot of confidence in my return game
02:31that makes the serve serving a lot easier.
02:33I know I can get the power when I need to.
02:36So I think I'm just just trying to focus on continuing that
02:39and not losing confidence in it.
02:41And obviously, when you're making more second serves in the court,
02:44it just overall is easier to hold serve.
02:47Tiffani?
02:49Speaking of going for your serve,
02:51curious how much do you like check the serve speed?
02:53And I know this is not important at all, but do you think you have 130 in your shoulder?
02:59Yeah, I do check the serve speed sometimes in the match
03:02because I try to make sure I go for it,
03:05because sometimes unconsciously when you're tight,
03:07maybe you try to just get the serve in.
03:08So there are times where I'll check.
03:11And if I miss, if it's like even if I miss in the service, like 119 or 118 and up,
03:16I'm like, OK, that's good.
03:18I hate to miss when it's like slower.
03:21And I do try. I want to get to 130.
03:24I think that the fastest I've gotten is 128.
03:27Do I have a 130 in me?
03:29I don't know. Maybe if I was like a little bit taller,
03:32I definitely can get 130.
03:33Now, if it goes in, I don't know.
03:39Oh, hi, Coco.
03:41I hate to ask you to look beyond Wimbledon,
03:43but this is a challenging year,
03:44given that you've gone from clay to grass to clay
03:48and then to hard courts in defense of your U.S. Open.
03:51What kind of a challenge is that?
03:52And is there anything that you plan to do sort of in defense of your U.S.
03:56Open title?
03:56Yeah, well, the first thing is I don't look at it as like a defense or anything,
04:01because I was looking at a lot of
04:06players in the past, in the offseason,
04:07because I felt like I was looking a lot at the defense and a lot of times
04:11players in their first slam.
04:12And, you know, it takes them like a couple of years to win the next.
04:15So not that I want to be that person and I want to win, obviously,
04:19as soon as possible, but I like I tend to be ultra critical of myself.
04:23And I'm like, OK, let me just take a step back and just be patient
04:26and enjoy the ride.
04:28So when it comes to all of these events being bunched up together,
04:32I don't look at it any like I haven't looked that far ahead, honestly.
04:37Right now, I'm just focusing on the going back to clay transition
04:40and then we'll see when it gets to hardcore.
04:43I think hard is the easiest to transition just because it's nothing changes.
04:48It's their cement.
04:49So I think that would be the easiest.
04:52But I will be curious to see how this grass to clay goes,
04:56because I feel like I've finally gotten used to moving on grass.
04:59And then I usually don't go back on clay till next year.
05:02So I'm I'm excited to go back on clay.
05:05I do like clay, so I think it'll be OK.
05:08I know you've studied French.
05:10What are your thoughts on when other players entertain questions
05:15in multiple languages at these press conferences?
05:18And perhaps do you envision doing that someday?
05:21Yeah, that is my dream.
05:23I'm just like on and off.
05:24I get unconfident in my French when I go to Paris specifically.
05:29Sometimes they're not nice when it comes to me trying to speak French.
05:33So I do want to do it one day.
05:36I understand it more than I can like speak.
05:38I think I'm just trying to be more confident in it.
05:41But I do try my best at home to do as much.
05:43I used to have a tutor during COVID.
05:45I actually had a tutor, but it became became tough
05:48to schedule lessons with the schedule.
05:50So it is something that I'll try to do again, maybe during the offseason.
05:55And what are your thoughts on the players?
05:57Oh, I think it's incredible.
05:58I told you it's my dream to be able to do that.
06:00So I think it's incredible, especially those who maybe English
06:03isn't their first language.
06:04I think it's it's great that they're you know, they know how to do it.
06:08And I think as Americans, we're pretty spoiled when it comes to that
06:12because we don't have to do that.
06:16OK, obviously, Andy Murray's announced that this will be his last Wimbledon,
06:20it seems what for you would be his legacy,
06:23perhaps specifically with regard to women's tennis?
06:26Yeah, I mean, I just saw a video on TikTok, which always makes us round
06:31about him, like correcting reporters about stat statistics.
06:36And it's something that, you know, if you as a female player,
06:40like you'll see a lot where people will be like, oh, like
06:43he he's the first player to do this.
06:45And it's like, well, Serena Venus did it or another player
06:48who did it like ages ago or like the first American.
06:51And I'm like, oh, I did it and just did it.
06:54So, yeah, I do appreciate him and not only him, but also his mother
06:59for everything they've done for like equality for women's sports.
07:02And I think his legacy is that he's just a fighter.
07:04I think that the most inspiration I have from him is no matter what court
07:08he's playing, whether it's an ITF or a center court here,
07:10he's putting 100 percent effort into that.
07:13And it's really unfortunate that he couldn't, you know, get one
07:17last healthy match out here, because I definitely think he deserves
07:20in the career, his career in his terms.
07:22But I hope that the doubles goes well with his brother.
07:26And he's definitely an icon of the sport.
07:29And he's had an incredible career that a lot of people dream of.
07:34And you previously said that you feel passionate about expressing yourself
07:37on court through your outfits and your style and that some of your outfits
07:41have taken a couple of years in the making.
07:42Can you talk about what inspired your outfit today and something about that process?
07:47Yeah, I mean, honestly, one is not too much you can do with the color department.
07:52So we just tried to do something different with like the cut of the dress.
07:56And like I like to wear crop tops a lot.
08:00So that cut is kind of like supposed to be like a crop top.
08:03But like an elegant, like Wimbledon type way.
08:07Like I just think of Wimbledon as a tradition.
08:10And even with like my nails, I always usually get like French or white here
08:14just to match that elegance of it.
08:17And yeah, so I think that was like the inspiration from it.
08:22Yeah, the only thing you can really do here is play with the texture.
08:25And maybe, you know, next year I'll try to put in more texture into it.
08:29It's not much you can do here, but I do appreciate the elegance of it all.
08:33The white. Yeah.
08:36Yep.
08:37Go, go. Congratulations.
08:38I just wondered, during the Wimbledon fortnight,
08:41what you like to do kind of when you're not playing tennis?
08:45Well, tonight I was thinking if I would go to like a theater,
08:48it's not Broadway, but theater show.
08:51Other than that, I like to read, watch TV.
08:55I'm watching The Bear right now, talk to friends.
08:58And then I go on and off of hobbies.
09:01I used to crochet and then I stop and then I'll probably pick it up again
09:04and then stop. Yeah.
09:07And then the French, trying to learn French, I'll do it for like a good month
09:11and then stop.
09:11So it's just finding new things to pick up on the road to pass the time,
09:15because we do have a lot of time when we are in between matches.
09:19What's up?
09:20No, I was deciding I saw the Michael Jackson one in New York,
09:24and it was amazing, so maybe that again.
09:27And I think they have I don't know if they have the Wiz here.
09:30I don't know how to look either that or something that I've never seen before.
09:34But I think they have Lion King.
09:36I've already seen that like six times, so I can make it a seven.
09:43Yeah, you mentioned Serena and Venus just a moment ago.
09:48I just want to go back to the outfit question.
09:50There are some fans online who are convinced that your dress this year
09:54bears quite striking resemblance to Serena Williams 2019
09:58sort of cut out dress.
09:59Yeah. Are you able to say whether or not she inspired your outfits
10:03or has it bypassed outfits at all?
10:05No, she did not.
10:06But I think that Serena has just done like every iconic dress
10:11fit in the game that unintentionally you can like have something inspired by her.
10:16I was like similar to my Australian Open outfit this year.
10:20Some people thought I was inspired by her, which it wasn't.
10:22But I just feel like Serena is just such an icon that
10:26everybody can have like inspiration for her.
10:28Like she's the she's the original.
10:31So, yeah, I take it as an acknowledgement, but I'm not going to sit here and lie to you
10:35and be like, yeah, it was we took this picture and we wanted to do that.
10:38But I will say that she's just done everything in tennis.
10:41I think when it comes to style that at some point,
10:44sometimes things just look similar because she's done it all.
10:47Did you design your outfit this year?
10:50No, this year was all all new balance.
10:51I kind of told them I wanted to play with cutouts
10:54just because like there's not much you can do with the white.
10:57But that was all all all of them.
11:00I usually kind of tell them I don't really ever design anything.
11:03Like I don't draw it, but I tell them what I want.
11:05And then they kind of like put it into into a nice way.
11:12Yeah. Sorry, more of a.
11:15Yes. Sorry.
11:17More of a technical question from you.
11:19During your match, you actually did hit a lot of like love shots.
11:22Was that actually done intentional or like
11:24was it something that you and Brad talked about?
11:26But yeah, I mean, for today, playing against her,
11:30she likes to play first strike tennis.
11:32And a lot of times when you play these big hitters,
11:34they like the ball at one height.
11:35So, yeah, it was intentional to change the height on her.
11:40I got a couple of things.
11:42Could you share with us what books you have been reading?
11:46And also our friend Brad is one of the great personalities in the game.
11:50Can you give us a fun update on any new superstitions and quirky things?
11:56Do we have anything there?
11:57And if not, how about something serious?
11:59Yeah. So books I've been I'm reading small worlds.
12:02Currently, I did what I read.
12:06RuPaul's autobiography, Viola Davis, I've read.
12:10And then fourth wing, a couple like fictional books.
12:14And then with Brad, I guess, I mean, I did give him a little crap
12:17about his shoes that he wore yesterday.
12:19I said they were ugly and he was like quite offended.
12:23But he has on some better, better shoes.
12:25I think he's wearing like dons today.
12:27So I told him they look better and superstitions.
12:31He doesn't have many superstitions.
12:33He just doesn't like if I start serving before I hit overheads.
12:37That's like the the one thing he hates because he thinks like
12:40my shoulder is going to fall off if I don't do it.
12:43And sometimes I intentionally don't do it just to like make him mad.
12:47And I think that's just like a thing.
12:50If you tell me not to do something, I kind of just will do the opposite.
12:53So, yeah. Yeah.
12:56We always like to make fun of Brad, but he takes it.
12:58He takes it good. He just laughs.
13:00I think now he's catching up on it.
13:02My sarcasm. And so he knows what I'm joking now.
13:08Hi. What would you say is the biggest way?
13:12In which things changed for you by.
13:15From. I think a lot of pressure like lifted, I think,
13:22because that was something that, you know, I had a lot of expectations
13:24on myself to do and same with other people.
13:27And although I feel still young and felt young, but I guess I felt
13:31like I needed to have to happen like now.
13:34And, you know, I never wanted to take my career or like any moment for granted.
13:39I never want to say, well, I'll get there eventually.
13:41And then it never happens.
13:42And there's a lot of players in the past who've had that happen to them.
13:46So I take every moment like seriously, every semifinal, I record a final.
13:50It's not I don't go in the I'll have many more just relax
13:53because you don't know that nothing's promised.
13:54So I think having that, I just feel like, you know,
13:57regardless of whatever happens in my career, I always have that to my name.
14:00But I have a lot more aspirations, obviously, than just winning one.
14:04But I think the start of one just gives you a taste
14:07and gives you the belief that you can do it again.
14:10Last question.
14:12Yep.
14:14You won an impressive 80% of points of the net today,
14:17and I was wondering if you see you venturing more and more into the net
14:20as the tournament progresses?
14:22Yeah, I do like going to the net.
14:25Yeah, it's something I am working on and obviously like playing doubles.
14:29It's helped me a lot.
14:30And I do feel like I go I start falling better once I get some doubles matches in.
14:34So maybe I'll do it some more because I'll play.
14:36I think I play doubles tomorrow.
14:38I just always find that I just feel more comfortable
14:40once I get like one doubles match in because I get some balls like hit at me
14:44and I can kind of feel it out.
14:46So, yeah, I do like being at the net, especially on grass.