The French women's tennis team won Sunday in Australia the third Fed Cup in its history, the first in 16 years, thanks in particular to a decisive Kristina Mladenovic. At the microphone of Europe 1, Monday, the tenniswoman returns on this moment "magic", which is about a "dream" lived with her friend Caroline Garcia.

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They did it. The girls of the French tennis team won Sunday in Perth the third Fed Cup in the history of the Blue, the first since 2003. And this year, double decisive, Stephanie Cohen and Emilie Loit have left their place to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. The latter, still on a small cloud with this prestigious victory for women's tennis, said Monday at the microphone of Europe 1 she saw a moment "absolutely unforgettable" which gives him "a lot of pride and emotions". "I have never stopped fighting," she says.

A "second state" after the match ball

First of all, there is this feeling, that of achieving at the same time a major feat of French sport and one of the highlights of the sporting year in the whole world. The victorious point of the double, quite simply. "We have our legs cut, we say it's done, we are world champions," says the North. "It's a dream come true, it's very hard to put words on what you can feel.With Caroline [Garcia], we would say 'but what's going on?' It's really a black hole, it's such strong emotions that we're a bit in a second state and we can not realize. "

For Kristina Mladenovic, this victory is also a reward for her self-sacrifice: "I have never stopped fighting and believing in myself, and I have proved myself many times in my career that it was one of my best qualities, if not the best. "

" Ashleigh Barty is a very complete player, with a crazy talent "

It was necessary to overcome a (very) strong team from Australia, led by an imperial Ashleigh Barty on the circuit and comfortable world No. 1. "She is a very good ambassador for world tennis," said Kristina Mladenovic, 39th. "She is a very complete player, with a crazy talent: she serves very well, she has a big forehand aggressively, she has a lot of variations with her backhand, one of the best slice backhands I've seen in my She is a very intelligent player who makes you run, she is very difficult to overcome, and there is no surprise in terms of her results. " This year, Ashleigh Barty won Roland Garros, the Shenzhen Masters and the Miami tournament.

With Garcia, no "bad rivalry"

Before losing in doubles, Ashleigh Barty crushed Caroline Garcia (6-0, 6-0) in the first game of this Australian final. "There is no shame in the score suffered by Caroline, it was simply unplayable," relativizes Kristina Mladenovic, happy to have the page of tensions with the Lyonnaise. "The story was not simple at times, we are individualities ... At one time, we had different programs and decisions.What was difficult in this period is that the public believes that "There was a bad rivalry, yes, there was a disagreement about our double, but in no case was there any hatred or bad relations."

Today, in any case, the coronation world of Bleues guided by Julien Benneteau has swept this tumultuous past. "We had this common dream and realized it today", sums up "Kiki". "It's our story, we already proved last April [in a double against Romania, Ed]." Repeat the story and bring back this trophy after 16 years, it's magic. "