Jasmine Paolini "Alex Eala is very DANGEROUS"

[0:03] Good evening everybody, welcome to the press conference for Jasmine Paolini. [0:06] Just a reminder to raise your hands if you'd like to ask a question. [0:08] Jasmine, another nice victory if you could just talk us through the match today. [0:11] Yes, I think I played really well. [0:15] Just a few mistakes and it was a really, really good match from from my side. [0:24] Great win. [0:25] Have you been following the upsets that have happened today on your side of the draw [0:29] and looking towards your next match with Alex Iala? [0:32] How do you look at that in terms of match upsells? [0:35] I don't watch the draw, I know that I'm going to play Iala. [0:39] I saw a little bit the last game. [0:44] You know, I think that the game of Iala fits very well to Gras. [0:49] She's sure a great level also in Berlin and I think she's very dangerous players here. [0:56] And yeah, let's see [1:01] how we are going to prepare the match. [1:03] I played already her in Dubai this year and I think it's going to be a tough one the next [1:10] because, as I said, I think she can play really well here. [1:14] Is that correct? [1:16] Jasmine. [1:17] It was great to see you playing like that out there today [1:20] and seeming to enjoy the process of playing at that level again. [1:24] I know it's not been the most straightforward few months for you, I just wonder how you've been feeling [1:31] in the last few months and how you've managed to get your form back again. [1:36] Yes, I think I had a little bit of dubs in the last few months and it didn't help me to express myself on court, you know. [1:49] I had to stop a little bit after Roland Garros to recover from an injury. [1:58] I came here without too many expectations. [2:04] But I'm happy how I played those three matches because they were, I think, tough matches [2:12] and I managed to play well in the important points. [2:15] Today I did just a few mistakes and I was enjoying myself on court and it's a great feeling, you know, [2:25] when you are a tennis player and you play like that. [2:28] She's got a front row first. [2:31] Hi, Jasmine. Well played. I had a front row seat there for you and it was really, really exciting. [2:36] One of my friends who was watching from abroad said you reminded her a bit of Yvonne Goolgong [2:42] and I wondered if you had taken into consideration people like that from the past who had flair but also played with a joy? [2:50] I think, you know, I try to play with the joy, you know, and when I don't do that, [2:57] it's my game. It's struggling a little bit and but it's not easy, you know, every time to [3:04] to enjoy yourself on court. I think the key today but also the last two matches was to be positive [3:14] no matter the score, you know, and point by point, game by game, be more confident in my game [3:24] and that feeling, I think, to be always there, to be always focused no matter the score makes me more, [3:32] let's say, relaxed on court and more also lucid on what I have to do on tactics and on my [3:45] forehand and backhand. I don't know, the work didn't came to my mind but that's, I think, the point. [3:52] What I play today, Jasmine, you're not playing doubles, you pulled out kind of the last minute, [3:58] was that like a precaution because of the foot injury or is that just what you were thinking about? [4:03] I needed one more day to recover, you know, last couple of months has been tough with the foot, [4:14] my body was struggling a little bit, so we speak, we talk a little bit yesterday [4:25] without my team, with Sarah and that was the best decision. It was tough because I care a lot about [4:33] doubles but was the best decision for today. [4:38] The question about crowd attention, do you, when players are like going like this and like this to [4:48] get the crowd involved after a point, is that a strategy that you use and how do you feel about it? [4:55] I think, you know, I think it's nice to have some people that do that and some that don't, you know, [5:04] I think I like when there are different players around and I think it's really nice and I think people [5:13] also need a little bit of this sometimes, you know, to get involved into the match, so it's something that [5:22] I like, you know, not like when it's too much but I think it's something great for the people, [5:29] for the sport and sometimes also the player I think needs to do that, you know, when you are more nervous [5:36] or it can come out and you don't think in this moment, you know, and but it's nice, nice to have [5:43] different players around as well that behave in different ways. [5:49] Well done, congratulations, so I know you played her in Dubai and it was a really crazy match just [5:54] because of the crowd factor of that, I'm sure you remember, but in terms of like preparing for her [5:58] next round, how much value do you put into that match in terms of like, you know, I know it's a different [6:03] surface but how much like in terms of research or preparation do you put into that match? Are you the type of [6:07] player that likes to look back at all matches against former opponents? Yeah, I think, you know, [6:16] it's good that I already played against her once, but here it's another surface, even if Dubai was [6:23] really quick. I think I'm going to watch some matches here because, you know, it's already like [6:32] five, six months ago and she's playing great. She has a huge crowd with her, you know, now on the [6:40] bridge they were screaming like Alex, Alex. It's so good for for our sport. I think also to get involved, [6:47] to involve more and more people around the world. And yeah, I think she's like a star of our sport, [6:53] you know, and it's going to be a tough battle. The crowd, it's going to be there every point, but [7:02] that's the sport. I really enjoy also to play in those kind of situation and hopefully many Italians [7:09] as well will be there, honestly. Well played. I had a front row seat there for you and it was really, [7:17] really exciting. One of my friends who was watching from abroad said you reminded her a bit of Yvonne [7:23] Goolgong and I wondered if you had taken into consideration people like that from the past who had [7:29] flair but also played with a joy. I think, you know, I try to play with the joy, you know, and when I don't do that,