Karolina Muchova est en train de sérieusement monter en puissance. Opérée au poignet et absente des courts pendant neuf mois, la Tchèque a rapidement retrouvé son meilleur tennis durant cet US Open 2024. Katie Volynets, Naomi Osaka, Anastasia Potapova, aucune n'avait réussi à prendre un set à Muchova pendant la première semaine. La n°5 mondiale Jasmine Paolini, finaliste à Roland-Garros et Wimbledon, n'a pas fait mieux. Ce lundi, la joueuse de 28 ans a facilement pris le dessus sur l'Italienne, 6-3, 6-3. Demi-finaliste l'an passé, Muchova est désormais assurée de rester dans le Top 100. Elle ne se contentera pas de cela, elle qui brille très souvent en Grand Chelem. Ce sera son sixième quart en Grand Chelem, face à Beatriz Haddad Maia.
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00:00My thoughts? I'm very happy to win again in two sets. I think it was a very tricky tough match.
00:12I was actually a little bit nervous today. I don't even know why, but it was kind of a weird match.
00:20I had a weird feeling in my body the whole match, but yeah, I'm glad that I won.
00:28Thank you. Questions? English? Bill, start off.
00:34Hi, congratulations. A year and a half or so ago when you were having great results in France, you said,
00:43talking about your game, you said, I don't like to be like anyone else. It's the type of game that I believe in.
00:52Can you just talk about your own feeling about your own game, how it's unique and what you like about it?
01:01I can't tell if it's unique, but yeah, I just like to change it up. I like to do what I do.
01:15Basically going to the net and actually play a game, have more fun, not just grind back and play forehands, backhands.
01:26That's how I as well see the game, how I like to play it. It's the things that I like to as well improve in the practices
01:35and then bring it on the court.
01:38You're usually very understated. You don't share a lot.
01:43What are the emotions that you're feeling about continually advancing deep in majors?
01:49I'm very happy. I'm really very happy. Again, it's what I said before. I don't know.
01:58I was today even nervous and I felt as well in the first games that I was going backwards with the shots.
02:06It doesn't happen much to me, so I was a little bit surprised about that, but yeah, it's important for me.
02:13I knew it's an important match and I just wanted to do good, so maybe it's all of these feelings about that.
02:20But yeah, now after a match I'm just very happy to be in quarters here.
02:25You have a possible opponent in the next round, one that you haven't played at all and one you've played a few times.
02:33Taking each one separately, if you play against Wozniacki, what are your thoughts about her game,
02:39what she's done and the matchup?
02:42Yeah, as you said, we never played, so I don't know much.
02:45I know she's been world number one. She's playing very great game, good strokes.
02:53She doesn't miss much, so for sure very tough match.
02:57And against BIA we played, I think, last year, I guess as well.
03:02Maybe we played in Cincinnati, very tough battle, three sets.
03:06She's a big fighter, lefty, both very, very tough opponents.
03:13So let the battle win and then let's see how I'm going to approach that match.
03:20Congratulations.
03:22You're a very tactical player and I was wondering if you are good at using data
03:28or you like to analyze your next opponent.
03:31And how do you see the progress of using this data in women's tennis?
03:39I think it's great, but I don't use it much.
03:44I just usually just look at the matches that they played at that tournament
03:50and maybe to see a few things.
03:54But I think these days and against these opponents and girls,
03:59it's tough to find any weakness.
04:04Yeah, every day is different.
04:06And so I try to be in that game and spot in the first few games
04:11what could work as well and then bring it right away on the court.
04:16And I'd say I still play a lot with how I feel on the court
04:21and what I feel to play.
04:22So tactically, yeah, but then when the match is progressing,
04:27I'm just trying to play by feeling, actually.
04:32One more. Bill, go ahead.
04:33If I could ask, what do you like most about the United States?
04:39And secondly, if you could go out to dinner with anyone in tennis
04:44outside of your family and team?
04:47In tennis?
04:48In tennis, yes.
04:52Would I go to dinner?
04:56I don't know.
04:58Probably someone, it has to be like active player?
05:01No, does not have to be.
05:03It's tough to pick one.
05:05I'll pick for sure someone like probably a Roger or Rafa or Djokovic
05:14and try to get some inside info and some stuff.
05:19They want so many majors and stuff like that.
05:21So from the point of view tennis-wise, I'll pick them probably.
05:29And United States, well, I just, now we are in New York
05:35and I already talked about it.
05:37I really like the city and all that it brings.
05:42So just, yeah, I always feel good when I'm here, so that's nice.
05:50It's a lot of things to like about.
05:52Willie, last question.
05:54Yesterday Emma Navarro was asked if she had the belief
05:57even before the tournament that she could win the tournament,
06:00and she said yes.
06:02She did then, she believes it now.
06:04What sort of belief do you have in your game
06:07and the possibility to win the tournament?
06:12I'm not really thinking about winning a tournament.
06:15I came to the tournament in a different position, I would say.
06:19Not that many matches played.
06:21It was my second tournament on the hard court.
06:24But now playing a few matches, I feel like I'm building up the game.
06:29I feel better each day on court.
06:31So I'm just thinking about the match I'm going to play
06:37and trying to be prepared as best as possible.
06:40And then we'll see how far I can go.
06:43I'm in quarters and I'm really grateful for that, and we'll see.