La tournée australienne avait marqué le grand retour à la compétition d'Emma Raducanu en 2024, qui ne s'était pas passé avec grande réussite. Cette fois, la Britannique est arrivée sans tournoi préparatoire mais en pleine forme à Melbourne pour tenter de passer le deuxième tour pour la toute première fois de sa carrière. Ce mardi, le premier a été passé malgré un tirage défavorable, face à la tête de série n°21, la Russe Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-6(4), 7-6(2)). L'ancienne Top 10 a fait la différence dans les moments clés malgré six breaks concédés et 15 doubles fautes. Elle retrouvera l'Américaine Amanda Anisimova au prochain tour.
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00:00I'm very happy with the performance, with the way I served also today, so I'm looking forward to the next match.
00:10Alright, questions?
00:17Being the sort of favourite on a court where everyone wants the other person to do well, how do you deal with that?
00:24Because she's Australian and, you know, it was obviously an atmosphere where any mistake you made, people were clapping in some ways.
00:30Yeah, of course I knew that people were going to support Australia and she's very young, I knew that I'm going to have a lot of opportunities, so I was kind of prepared for anything.
00:45Sorry, in the back there and then we'll come back, yeah.
00:48So I know you've been working with Goran for a short time, but is there anything new he's brought to your game or anything you've been working on specifically?
00:55Well, I think it's too early to say. I mean, we worked a little bit on everything and still getting to know each other, so I would say a bit on everything.
01:09And how much input did you have from Stefano as part of this as well? I know he's not allowed to be here, but did you speak to him before the match and maybe get advice from both of them?
01:19Well, I generally speak with him, of course, and same as with Goran, so I got a bit of advice and also I met the other girl who played with her just recently, the previous tournament, so a bit, a few words from them.
01:34So, of course, I didn't know how she played, I needed some time to get used to her ball also, but overall I was prepared.
01:45Can I just check, Stefano wasn't here, you didn't get him a ticket or anything?
01:48He was not in the match today.
01:52Was that a hand? No? Any other questions? Yeah, go.
01:58Okay, any other English questions?
02:01Tell me a little bit about your next opponent, I think it's another wildcard, someone you haven't met before.
02:07Well, I don't know her at all, so I will need to watch a bit of her matches, so I can't say much right now.