Australia Melbourne- Brave
Go.
They were Mantra Madison Key, who faced the most important point of tennis career. ARYNA SABALENKA on Saturday.
Keys thought there was no reason not to be aggressive now. There is no reason to have no nerves at that moment. There is no reason to worry about the journey of the major champion within a 30 -year -old prodigy of the United States within a 12 -year -old prodigy.
“I continued to say ‘I’m brave’. And ‘Go and go.’ I just kept it repeated. He said in an interview with the Associated Press after his first grand slam title with height 6-3, 2-6, and 7. -5 wins for Sabalenka in the first place in Rod Laver Arena.
“I followed all the points. And if I missed it, I could live with it if I didn’t run it. I didn’t want to regret what I missed passive and missed. (At that time) I thought I should have had to do anything else, Kiss said. “So I just kept saying that.”
She delivered a credit for her achievements. To the team around, including Bjorn FratangeLo, a former partner for several years, coaches since mid -2012, husband from November. To the therapist who spoke or texted often for the last two weeks. To my friends on the tour that she raised her when she needed.
They all believed in the keys, and she recently believed herself.
At the press conference after the game, Keys discussed the way her outlook changed.
She never lived for over -advertising with her before she was in her teens and only increased when she first appeared in the Grand Slam semi -finals of the 19 -year -old Melbourne Park (Serena Williams). She didn’t think about anything about tennis career. She assumed that she did not feel the best of sports like the people who interfered with her in the first Grand Slam finals at the 22 -year -old US Open (she was for Slon Stevens).
In the end, the height left all of that. It was okay to not be obsessed with the opinions of others. It was okay if she didn’t win in the slam. After all, it was okay to face nerves. After all, it is a way for great people to succeed. They feel uncomfortable, but they play through it.
“I was nervous throughout my career. The same is true for Djokovic. The same was true of Roger (Federer). FRATANGELO, a former player who looked at red eyes when the key accepted the trophy, said in the tournament. “It’s a way for you to deal with it. And she began to deal with it in a better way. ”
TOP-10 SEEDS (No. 1 SABALENKA, No. 2 Iga Swike, No. 6 Elena Rybakina and No. 10 Danielle Collins), which are characterized by the overall running, characterized by four victories. It was over. Major Champions (Sabalenka, SWIATEK, RYBAKINA). Women have not defeated the top two players in the WTA rankings since 2009.
SWIATEK uses the word “brave” to explain how the height plays, and saved the game point before coming from the final setting Thai Breaker.
Kiss said at the news conference, “To do so, I thought I could win absolutely on Saturday,” he said.
She went down to start with Sabalenka.
At 5 o’clock and 30 years old, he insisted 6 out of the last eight points. She ruined the first strike forehand winner with a continuous point to hold the sub, and took a lone rest of the third set and closed with another forehand winner.
Sabalenka said, “If she can play so consistently, you don’t have much to do.
The key was brave.
She went for it.
“My first semi -final seems to be forever. My words, I honestly felt as if I was someone else. But I think that kind of thing happens when a lot of things have happened in the last decade. ”Keys told AP. “Everything has been accumulated to reach the point where you finally went out and walked to the Grand Slam.”
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Howard Fendrich has been a tennis writer of AP since 2002. Find his story here: https://apnews.com/author/howard-fendrich. More AP Tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
