Czech tennis participant Barbora Krejčíková is experiencing a really demanding finish of Wimbledon. Just some hours after her two-set win over Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia, which received her first London semi-final in girls’s singles, she nonetheless needed to begin a really lengthy doubles match, by which she failed. Now she is making an attempt to do every thing so as to be as nicely ready as attainable for Thursday’s duel to advance to the singles last, by which she’s going to face Jelena Rybakinová from Kazakhstan.
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9:14 a.m. July 11, 2024 Share on Fb
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Barbora Krejčíková | Supply: Reuters
Dude, you are within the semi-finals of Wimbledon. How do you are taking it while you bear in mind the start while you claimed that this was your worst Grand Slam?
It is a tremendous achievement, I am glad that I used to be capable of play that match like that and he or she beat Jelena. I gave her again numerous defeats that I took from her in the previous couple of matches collectively. The Wimbledon semi-finals sound wonderful.
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Hear what Barbora Krejčíková needed to say after advancing to the Wimbledon semifinals
So what did you need to do to prepare for the subsequent singles match since you had been going into a troublesome doubles match that lasted three hours?
I solely acquired an hour and twenty between matches. I used to be on the physiotherapist, she was making an attempt to eat. Then I went to doubles and I am terribly sorry that it did not work out as a result of I used to be there for nearly three hours and it did not carry victory. I did my finest and fought till the very finish, and that is a very powerful factor for me, that I do know I could not have achieved extra.
Are you placing it above the consequence right here, since you jeopardized the preparation for the singles match?
As soon as I get into it, whether or not it is a doubles or a mixture, I play till the tip. I do know that it’s inside my energy to play each competitions. It is in all probability not optimum to spend three hours taking part in a single, however I will not take care of it. I’ll do a superb restoration now, I’ll consider that I’ve numerous vitality and that I’m nicely ready and I’ll attempt to take a step additional.
Will you sleep nicely after such bodily exertion? (the interview occurred on the evening of 10.7. notice purple.) They are saying that the perfect restoration is sleep
I hope to eat and sleep nicely. I have not been to the finals of tournaments for a very long time, however I actually need to get pleasure from it. The Wimbledon semi-finals are already an enormous achievement and I am trying ahead to taking part in on heart court docket and taking part in in opposition to the previous champion. I am actually trying ahead to that match as a result of she’s among the best gamers and I am to see the way it will prove.
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