New York (AFP)
World No.2 Ashleigh Barty has described her 2019 season as "unbelievable" with her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, although she could not really confirm afterwards at Wimbledon and the US Open where she was eliminated in the 8th finals on Sunday.
Winner of the doubles at Flushing Meadows last year, paired with American Coco Vandeweghe, she is competing this year with Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka.
Q: What do you think of your Grand Slam season?
A: "It was amazing, today was a hard day at work, but over the year we achieved our goals, obviously I would have liked to continue here (at Flushing Meadows) in singles, but we have a chance to do it in doubles, having experienced last year the super cool feeling of lifting the trophy in double, being able to try again this year is the bonus.In singles we had a big season in Grand We have managed to reach the second week each time, which is not nothing, now we will sit, think and prepare for the remaining two months to finish the season. "
Q: What do you think about your career, your success?
A: "I put it very easily in perspective, whether I won a tennis match or not, whether I won a Grand Slam or not, it does not matter, it is not something that prevents me I know that I did everything I could to try, that I made the best possible preparation for today and that I played as well as I could, but when the time came it did not happen. "
Q: Women's tennis is dense right now ...
A: "A defeat is a sudden stop, it does not change anything in the first round, the fourth or the final.Qiang has gone through two incredible weeks, I know she has had good results in the Bronx (she has reached the semi-finals) She has certainly evolved to a high level She has been able to play very good players We have had very close matches in the past Both times, I knew when I left the court we had played a really good quality tennis I knew it would have to be redone today (Sunday) But today, in the important moments, it has been better. "
Interviewed at a press conference
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