Les émotions que peuvent provoquer le tennis en l'espace de quelques minutes. Éliminée en qualifications jeudi dernier, l'Allemande Eva Lys avait déjà réservé son vol retour pour mercredi, afin de quitter l'Australie. Mais en cinq minutes, elle est passée de faire ses valises à jouer un premier tour dans le grand tableau de l'Open d'Australie. Un beau cadeau d'anniversaire pour ses 23 ans, célébrés dimanche. L'inattendu forfait d'Anna Kalinskaya dans les dernières secondes a tout modifié.
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00:00So Iba, tell us what you think, your thoughts about the match, what you think about it all.
00:10That's a good question. There's so much. No, I'm obviously very happy that I got in as a lucky loser and I would have never thought that I would have such a nice match, especially after my third round qualifying.
00:24I found out about it 10 minutes before the match, so I didn't have time to get nervous. I think that was the thing that really helped me. I had a pretty loose arm.
00:34But yeah, again, I'm really stoked to be in second round.
00:39Great. Are there any questions in English?
00:43Take us through how you think your mindset changed by being a lucky loser. Did it help you out? And explain a bit about that.
00:50Definitely. I mean, if you're a lucky loser, you don't expect much. Your tournament is kind of over.
00:57But a lot of people around me gave me a lot of hope that there's a possibility for me to get in.
01:02And that's why I was here the whole day, starting off at 9 a.m. and then going back to the hotel at 11 p.m.
01:09Because you never know if someone's going to pull out. And that's exactly what happened.
01:13It was very last minute and I had to be ready. And I was. So I'm very happy I sticked around.
01:19And I'm very happy that I could switch my flight. But I went out and had no expectations.
01:24So I think that definitely helps. And for my opponent, it was definitely tough to have the opponent switch.
01:33Because if you know who you're playing, you're preparing for ages. And I think it was the same for her.
01:40She found out five minutes before the match. And I mean, today I definitely was the lucky one.
01:45Where were you when you found out?
01:48I was on the physio table. I was getting treatment. So I actually had to just get up and get dressed first.
01:55And I was running to Donna. That's the supervisor. And I was talking to her.
02:00And she actually told me that I'm next match on. And I thought maybe they're in first or second set.
02:07But it was actually, I think, who was playing on the match before me? It was Bertini.
02:14It was 5-3. It just turned 5-3. And she's like, yeah, you're playing next match.
02:19And I was panicking a little bit because I didn't really prepare my drinks. I didn't have match clothes on.
02:27So I just went to the locker room, got changed straight away. And then they called my name.
02:33So no warm up, no anything. And maybe that's the key for next match.