Malgré une préparation tronquée avec seulement un petit match disputé en raison d'un abandon pour maladie à Berlin et un forfait à Eastbourne, Elena Rybakina se retrouve favorite pour le titre à Wimbledon. A part ce set lâché contre Laura Siegemund au deuxième tour, la Kazakhe a déroulé pendant la première semaine de compétition. Ce lundi, elle n'a pas eu à forcer son talent contre la Russe Anna Kalinskaya pour retrouver les quarts. Cette dernière, touchée au bras, a été contrainte d'abandonner alors qu'elle était menée 6-3, 3-0 et n'a pas pu retenir ses larmes en quittant le court. La 4e mondiale est donc en quarts et défiera une certaine Elina Svitolina. Rybakina avait fait chuter l'Ukrainienne en huitièmes de Roland-Garros. Bis repetita à Wimbledon ?
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00:00I definitely not the way I wanted to finish the match but really happy to play in the
00:09quarters.
00:10Hi Elena, congrats on your win.
00:13Fizan here from Quartershot.
00:14You've won 18 out of your 20 matches here at Wimbledon and now your win percentage is
00:18over 90%.
00:19So you've joined Anne Jones and Steffi Graf in that club.
00:22Any thoughts?
00:23Okay, I didn't know about these stats.
00:25I know that I've been winning a lot on grass but it's nice to be next to these names with
00:33these statistics and I think it's great to be there and really happy to show good tennis
00:46on grass.
00:47Elena, I'm not sure if you know this either but you are the only former winner who's still
00:53in the draw.
00:54You're also the highest seed remaining.
00:56Is that a pressure or is that an advantage that you know that you've done this before
00:59and no one else has?
01:01Well I don't really think about this when I go on the court and of course it gives more
01:08confidence but no matter what there is still a lot of good players and as I say I don't
01:14really think about it so much.
01:16Willy?
01:17Sure.
01:18You're also the person that many people are saying with all these other players who have
01:24fallen is the heavy favourite to win the tournament.
01:28How does that make you feel?
01:30Well it feels good of course if people think so and I mean it's still far to go to the
01:39final.
01:40Still a lot of matches in front and as I always say it's just match by match and we'll see
01:48how it goes but definitely I want to go far and try to win it.
01:54Elena, how do you see yourself as a player compared to when you were here two years ago?
01:59Do you feel the same or do you think that you've changed some things?
02:04Well definitely I've changed a lot.
02:06I got much more experience and I think before going further in the draw I was pretty nervous
02:15in 2022 but now I feel just more confidence playing match by match and it is different
02:24but at the same time when you go on the court you're still nervous a little bit but I think
02:32now with all the experiences I just enjoy much more on the court and if I'm nervous
02:38it's just the first few games not like it was in 2022 when I played against Onsen it
02:46was full set when I just couldn't manage my emotions I was too nervous and then slowly
02:52slowly I started to feel better.
02:55Yes on that because you have spoken so openly in the past about being nervous I think you
03:00said every game at Wimbledon has that got better these championships have you felt it
03:05every game and what are your coping strategies?
03:10Well I think last two matches like today and the previous one I played really well and
03:15I was less nervous of course than beginning of the tournament I think every tournament
03:19you start it's like first rounds are very tough and you are more nervous than the other
03:26matches and yeah because I just played two very solid matches I think I played really
03:34well so it gives more confidence and you kind of know what to do on the court and you are
03:40more free I would say.
03:43Sami?
03:44Elena you're often asked about why you don't celebrate after matches do you think one day
03:49you'll have some enormous celebration on court some big role or anything like that?
03:53Well I honestly don't know it's I think depends a lot on the match how it goes but for now
03:59I didn't have any crazy celebration so maybe one day you will see it guys.
04:05Looking ahead to your next match against Fidelina what are your thoughts about her game and
04:11what the challenge is for you in facing her?
04:14Well she's a tough opponent she reads the game well she defends pretty good some slices
04:21here and there and it's not going to be easy of course but if I play aggressive and I'm
04:28going to serve well I have all the chances to win of course so I will try to focus on
04:33myself and see how it goes.
04:36What do you remember most about your matches with her?
04:39Well last time we played just now at French Open it's different surface of course depends
04:45how she's going to come out on the court maybe she tries to play more aggressive since it's
04:49a grass court so we will see also try to watch maybe her matches here to see how it
04:59was but definitely going to be tough one and I just try to stick to my game plan to stay
05:06aggressive to come to the net and yeah definitely I need to serve well.
05:12Any further English questions?
05:14Just quickly on you coming to the net are you getting more and more comfortable as the
05:18championships goes on at the net?
05:20Well it all depends on the score I would say depends on the opponent and of course if there
05:28is days like I played against Caroline and everything goes in of course there I feel
05:33more comfortable to come to the net and so it's moments and moments and of course I'm
05:38trying to manage it and find the best the best solution and the best opportunity when
05:47to come forward and for now it's been going okay maybe not that often I was coming but
05:54every time I was at the net it was quite successful.