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Iga Swiatek: "I feel like I’ve proven myself, I realized that I can actually be No.1 and really cope with it properly" The Pole talked to the press following her 6-3, 6-2 win over Jessica Pegula in a quarterfinal of Roland Garros "For sure, I think, it was my most solid match here, so I'm pretty happy with the performance. And from A to Z I was pretty focused and I didn't let Jessica come back in those sets and I'm pretty happy. In the last year I learned a lot, but for sure I kind of felt like the sky's the limit for me, so I feel more free right now, I feel like I've proven myself. So, yeah, a lot has changed in my mind and for sure I also realized that I can actually be No. 1 and really cope with it properly. So that's pretty cool. Today, yes, I was a little bit confused with my age, I forget what year was that, so, yeah, I mean, it happens, so it's so much already that the numbers are big (laughing). Regarding my next match against Kasatkina, well, I played against Daria like three times already this season and every match is a different story, so I kind of want to start from the beginning and maybe take advantage of what I know about her game. But not really become too confident because you have to really stay focused and be ready for anything. And I know that she's playing a little bit differently on clay court so I have to also adjust to that. But my main key for me is to just play my tennis and play aggressively and try to dominate from the beginning. I want to use the experience that I have and also I know her game style pretty well and I know how her strokes how I feel them on my racquet, so that's pretty positive. But I don't really want to become overconfident. I don't think it's going to happen because still it's semifinal of a Grand Slam and she really deserves with her game to be here. Because I feel like she's playing even more solid than she was and she already played really solid. So, yeah, I mean I'm going to prepare as to any other match and for sure I'm going to use the experience, but I don't really want to come back to those matches because they were on hard court and it was a different time for me. I feel like it's also my best surface, so maybe it's going to be even. But I'm not really thinking about that yet. For sure tactically I want to be prepared, but I want to, I know if I'm going to have a good mindset and really be focused and just be focused from A to Z, like today, not like on previous match, I know I can do a lot on court and I know that I have many options and I am pretty sure that I can cope with some problems that I'm going to have on the court. But I feel like any player is dangerous at that point, so I really want to prepare as it would be any other match, yeah. Do I have any flashbacks from the 2020 Roland Garros? Not really, because I feel like the conditions are totally different. And also these two weeks were so weird for me that it wasn't like a normal tournament, honestly. I had a really tough time before the tournament which led to some changes that actually led to winning. But this year it's a little bit different because I'm not an underdog and everything has changed, honestly. So I'm not really coming back to that. For sure I know that I can play good on clay court, but sometimes it's, if you are going to process it the wrong way it may really push you down a little bit because expectations are very high. So I'm not really coming back to that. This time I feel like I'm in the right place and that place that I kind of worked for really hard. And on hard court this year it was all kind of, hmm, it was all kind of new for me and I really didn't expect to be, myself to be in the semifinal. Here, I mean, I kind of, it's not like I expected that, but for sure I felt the pressure and that in my mind I wanted to do better than last year. So I'm even more proud of myself that I could cope with that and really push myself to not think about that and to just focus on tennis. So this is a little bit different, yeah, but still being in the semifinal it's a new experience because it didn't happen very often and, yeah, I hope I'm going to use my chance. What do I think about the night session scheduling and Amelie Mauresmo’s comments that it happens because the men's matches had more appeal? It is a little bit disappointing and surprising because she was also in WTA. But, well, the thing is, from my point of view, for every player it's more convenient to play at normal hour, but for sure I want to entertain and I also want to show my best tennis on every match. So for me I'm always focused the same way when I'm going out. It doesn't matter if it's day session or night sessions. But, yeah, it is a little bit disappointing. But it's always their decision and we kind of have to accept that. But, yeah, I want my tennis to be entertainment as well and I always said that and on my toughest moments I always remember that I also play for people. So I think it's kind of personal opinion of every person if they like men's tennis or women's tennis more or if they like them equally, but I think women's tennis has a lot of advantages. And some may say that this, it's unpredictable and girls are not consistent. But on the other hand it may also be something that is really appealing and it may really attract more people. So it depends on personal views of some people". Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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