Paris (AFP)

The French Fiona Ferro experienced her "best victory in terms of emotions" by beating Thursday the 18th in the world, the Kazakhe Elena Rybakina 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Roland Garros.

The current 49th in the world, victorious in Palermo at the beginning of August for the resumption of the WTA circuit, will face the Romanian Patricia Maria Tig on Saturday for a place in the round of 16.

Q: What does this victory mean to you, which allows you to reach the third round for the first time at Roland-Garros?

A: "It's my best win, not necessarily in terms of level of play, but in terms of emotions. It's really for times like this that I train. Even though the Central was not full. , there was still a little public. It is in the top of my emotions that I had in my career. Since I work with my trainer, Emmanuel Planque (end of 2019, Editor's note), I am convinced that we are working in the right direction. After that, it is sure that it is good to have confirmation on this kind of matches and on the matches that I was able to do and win this summer. It is not why we are going to stop working. There are some things that I did not do very well today. I will have the opportunity to do better in the next game. "

Q: How did you experience your first game on center court?

A: "When I heard I was going to play it, I was super happy, even though I didn't have a chance to hit it. I wasn't worried at all, but I was happy. to be able to play on this beautiful court. In the first set I really enjoyed it. In the second set, I had a little moment where I lost my positive state of mind, but I managed to find it again in the 3rd set. I think the public helped me a lot, they pushed me to the 3rd set. It was great. "

Q: With this qualification, the expectations around your results will be higher ... How do you see it?

A: "So far, the last few months and years, there haven't really been a lot of expectations for me. It's something that's going to be a little new. I'm not sure how I am doing it. gonna handle it. I'm gonna try to do my best. I think the important thing is to stay on the basics, like I said, to stay on the game, try to do my best every time . "

Interview by videoconference

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