Tennis - US Open 2024 - Emma Navarro : "I don't show emotions, but I definitely feel it"
Emma Navarro a refait le coup de Wimbledon, mais en plus fort ! La tête de série n°13 s'est offert le scalp de Coco Gauff, sa compatriote et tenante du titre de l'US Open. Au terme d'un match étrange marqué par les 19 double fautes de la jeune Américaine de 20 ans, Navarro en a profité pour rallier les quarts de finale (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). Elle n'avait pas gagné le moindre match dans le grand tableau de l'US Open par le passé. Un quart de finale de prestige face à la revenante Paula Badosa l'attend désormais.
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00:00Yeah, I think I played good tennis. I played really tough tennis. It wasn't easy. I think,
00:11you know, both of us faced our own struggles at times and I think it was a little bit of a battle
00:17of will there for a bit. But yeah, proud of just my effort today. I was able to stick in there
00:25through some tough moments. You know, I wasn't able to close out the second set, which was tough,
00:31but yeah, I was able to reset and come back out and meet a really similar moment in the third set,
00:39a little bit better. Thank you. Name and affiliation, one question each, please.
00:46Hi, I'm Victor for L'Equipe. You are known to not share a lot of your emotions on court,
00:52on court. Was it more intense at the end of the match?
00:58Yeah, a little bit. I think, you know, there's a different energy playing on ash,
01:04playing someone like Coco. So, you know, there's a ton of energy and passion and emotion out there,
01:12which, you know, I don't show, but I definitely feel it. And yeah, it wasn't easy today.
01:19I, like I said, I wasn't able to close it out in two sets. So, you know, just really wanted to
01:26take that moment on in the third set, just really aggressively and confidently. And,
01:33you know, I kind of put it out on the line. So, yeah, definitely some more emotion there in the
01:38third. Right. Well done. What was it like playing your first match on ash? Did you warm up there?
01:48What was your sense coming out of there? And what were your impressions of the court? Because
01:52you're going to be playing more matches there now. Yeah, it was pretty crazy. I was just talking to
01:57my team about it. And, you know, I've been out on on big courts before where I just felt totally
02:03overwhelmed and almost like it's an out of body experience. But I didn't feel like that today. I
02:10felt, you know, comfortable from from the time I stepped out onto the court, which I was a little
02:16bit surprised about. I kind of had prepared myself for the worst just in terms of, you know,
02:22feeling overwhelmed and, you know, nervous. But, yeah, I felt pretty good. And I didn't warm up
02:30on the court. I the guys started at 12 before me, so I chose to warm up a little bit later
02:37on the practice courts. But, yeah, it's it's a pretty crazy court. The energy in New York is
02:43unmatched. So, yeah, just just really amazing experience. Courtney Nguyen, WTA. Congrats, Emma.
02:51Last year, you played an absurd number of matches, crazy schedule across levels this year to a pretty
02:56full schedule. And I think today was like your almost 30th three set match of the season. So
03:02that's a lot of tennis. How how do you define match toughness and and what what was the key
03:09to kind of getting you to that to that? Whatever is your definition of kind of being matched up?
03:16Yeah, I think it's it's easy to, you know, be tough when you're playing great tennis and everything's
03:23working well and you're hitting all your shots well and things are just going smooth. But,
03:29you know, I think toughness is when you can continue to go after your shots and,
03:36you know, play aggressive tennis when some doubt creeps in and when you're not 100 percent
03:44sure about just certain shots or how you're playing. And I think it's the ability to,
03:52you know, not get discouraged by things not going your way or by you making mistakes.
04:01You know, you're just kind of just unfazed by, you know, the things that are happening out there
04:08and, you know, just the ability to keep coming point after point, game after game and never,
04:16you know, hitting that limit of, you know, I've missed X amount of this specific shot and,
04:23you know, I just can't take it anymore. Just, you know, not letting that happen.
04:30Emma, you may have just answered this, but you mentioned on court your past U.S. Open
04:37record. Curious, what would you say is the biggest difference between that Emma Navarro
04:43and this Emma Navarro? I think I'm totally different, definitely as a player. I think I play
04:52I'm just more aggressive, like everything, every part of my game has improved.
04:59And also, I think that, yeah, I just play with more confidence and,
05:05you know, more belief. And I think in the past I've seen choices on court like,
05:14you know, taking the ball on the rise or, you know, moving forward to hit a forehand as opposed
05:20to moving back, stuff like that. Those have been choices in the past. And now I see those types of
05:29situations as less of a choice and more of like, I have to take this on in this way, partially
05:37because the players I'm playing against, you know, they'll shut it down if I, you know, don't make
05:44that more confident, aggressive choice. And also just because I think I have, yeah, more belief in
05:53myself to be able to actually execute those types of shots. And then just the mental side of it, I
05:59think, you know, I believe that I can play tennis with the best players in the world and, you know,
06:09I deserve to be on this stage. And, yeah, I belong in these rounds of Grand Slams and,
06:18yeah, I can make deep runs.
06:20Tamani.
06:21Hi, I'm Tamani Carrick from The Guardian. I'm curious, like, when you first left college and
06:27turned pro, how did you kind of imagine the first few years of your professional career might go?
06:33And how does this year, where you've always arisen so quickly, how does it compare to that?
06:39Um, yeah, definitely surpassed some expectations, for sure. When I first left college,
06:48my coach and I kind of made, like, a two-year contract that I would fully commit myself to
06:53playing professional tennis for two years and then kind of just reassess after that.
06:59And I think I hit the two-year mark this June, and we didn't even acknowledge it or talk about it.
07:09Um, so, yeah, definitely have surpassed my expectations, for sure. And,
07:15yeah, I hope to just keep getting better.
07:18Big A, in the back.
07:20How you doing? I'm Adeshina Koike, USOpen.org. Congratulations.
07:24Coco just mentioned that off the court, you are funny. And Lindsay Davenport also mentioned
07:31the same thing on the broadcast. Even though you're very reserved on the court, I'm wondering,
07:37where did you get your humor? Whether it's parents, University of Virginia,
07:41and how does that help as you go about matches? And is there any standout or
07:48moment where you really made someone laugh and you remembered that?
07:54My dad's really funny. And he has seven siblings. He grew up in a family, there's eight of them,
08:03and they have a really cool banter with each other. That's pretty funny. So,
08:09yeah, I think I get my humor from him. And, yeah, I think, you know, it's important to
08:16not take yourself too seriously and not take things too seriously. I always like to,
08:22you know, kind of see the funny side of things. It helps me to be lighthearted. And,
08:27you know, obviously, I care a ton about this sport and about what I'm doing. But,
08:33you know, I think nothing is worth being too serious about that. You know,
08:38you can't laugh at yourself or laugh at or with the people around you. So,
08:44yeah, that's a big part of my personality and life, I guess.
08:52Brian Lewis from the New York Post. You mentioned the energy out there. I mean,
08:56obviously, you were a baby when you left here in New York. But just,
09:00A, how much did you enjoy feeding on that energy? And now that you're in the quarters,
09:05are you starting to feel at all more like a native New Yorker?
09:10Yeah, a little bit. I'll probably always call Charleston home. But, you know, I definitely
09:17feel ties to this city. My parents lived here for 20 years. And, you know, it feels a little
09:22bit like home coming back here. I spent a good amount of time here growing up. So,
09:27you know, coming back and being able to play on a court like Ash and feel the roar of the crowd
09:34was pretty incredible. There were a couple of times where it got really loud in there. It was
09:40a little bit taken aback by just the noise in there. But, you know, it was amazing. And
09:47I'm super excited to hopefully play on it again.
09:51We have time for a couple more. Reem and then Willie.
09:54Hi, I'm Reem from the National. You have Paolo Badosa next. I'm just wondering,
09:59how do you look ahead to that challenge? She's never played on Ash before. Are you
10:03happy that at least you had that experience under your belt? And yeah,
10:05how do you see this matchup? Yeah, I think, you know, she's made a really cool
10:11comeback from injury. And I, we played each other in Rome earlier this year on clay and
10:21she beat me there. But yeah, I think it's definitely valuable to have played on Ash once.
10:27And, you know, I hope to have the American fans behind me. And yeah, she's a great player,
10:34big server, big ground stroke. So it'll definitely be a challenge, but I'm excited for it.
10:39Willie. When did you first believe that you belonged and could even win
10:45the tournament like this? And how does it feel now to have that belief?
10:50Um, I don't know when, can't really put a moment on it, but, you know, it's, it's pretty insane
10:58just to, you know, talk about winning a Grand Slam or winning a tournament like the US Open. It's,
11:07you know, a few months ago, even. I wouldn't have said that. So yeah, it's, it's pretty crazy to be
11:16sitting here now and, you know, have the quarterfinals ahead of me and feel like I'm playing
11:21good enough to keep it going. Thank you, everyone. Thank you.