00:00 Yeah, it feels great.
00:02 Crazy match, difficult match, but I'm glad that I got the win this time.
00:07 Hi, France. Bravo.
00:14 Merci.
00:15 Apollinaire de France Télévision.
00:17 You said in your previous interview that you wanted to follow the plane to coach to 100%.
00:26 Did you follow the plane today and what is it?
00:29 The coach said I followed the plane 70%, which is a high percentage, I think.
00:34 It was very tough.
00:36 Sometimes someone like Elena pushes you to play a different plan,
00:42 but I'm glad that I did stick to the one we agreed on.
00:47 Even though there were very difficult moments, she was putting a lot of pressure on me.
00:51 She was hitting like amazing.
00:53 I'm very, very glad that I stayed focused.
00:56 I turned the anger at the beginning, last set actually,
01:01 and second set, third set was much better.
01:04 The anger there was more me focusing and taking command of the game.
01:09 Paul Walsh, News Australia.
01:13 In what ways do you think you've improved from this time last year,
01:17 getting this far into the tournament?
01:19 Where's the improvement been in your game, do you think?
01:22 I think there are a few aspects, a lot of experience,
01:28 dealing with different situations in matches, learning how to handle it.
01:34 That helped me a lot with the game today.
01:37 I think I'm hitting better, I'm more confident in my shots.
01:41 Serve-wise, I think it's getting better.
01:44 It definitely needs to get better, especially playing players like her or Elena.
01:49 You always need to be serving great.
01:52 But most of all, I think I was hitting fast.
01:55 If you want to hit hard, I'm ready to hit hard too.
01:58 Hi, I'm Elena Cripps from Press Association.
02:02 You said out on the court that you wish you could exchange this one for last year's one.
02:07 I just wonder, is there a slight mixed feeling,
02:09 where you think, "Oh, I've done it now, but if only I could have done it last year"?
02:14 Yes and no, because I believe that last year maybe I wasn't ready to play this kind of match.
02:21 I don't regret last year, it happened for a reason, I always say it.
02:27 It was meant to be this year, it was meant to be in the quarter-finals.
02:31 I have learned a lot from the final last year.
02:34 I'm definitely very proud of myself for the improvement that I did mentally, physically,
02:41 and with the tennis racket.
02:44 Hi, Molly from The Daily Telegraph.
02:48 How did you deal with going into this match mentally?
02:51 Because obviously you had the final from last year and knowing everything that happened.
02:56 How happy were you with how you dealt with also going a set down?
02:59 Because you must have then been thinking, "Oh no, not again."
03:02 Well, mentally, honestly, I was going and had nothing to lose.
03:09 And especially after losing the first set, I didn't care.
03:13 I went for every shot.
03:15 I was with Martine and she gave me some stats.
03:19 She told me I hit 13 winners and only 3 unforced errors.
03:23 I was like, "Whoa, is this me really?"
03:25 The way I played, I think I felt so free on the court.
03:34 I felt like I believed in the stages of the semifinal, the finals in the Grand Slam.
03:39 And it's definitely getting closer of getting my wish done.
03:44 And hopefully, yeah, I don't regret anything.
03:47 I'm doing 100% from every aspect.
03:50 And let's see.
03:52 Hafsa Adil from Al Jazeera English.
03:57 You seem to be quite a firm crowd favourite.
04:00 How do you feel about that?
04:02 And how do you feel about the support that you're getting back home?
04:06 And what have you heard from family and friends back home?
04:09 How are people in Tunisia following your progress?
04:12 I always spoke about the connection between me and the crowd.
04:16 And I believe that the crowd gives me the great energy.
04:21 Thank God they're not against me.
04:23 Or maybe if they are, it could be a good thing.
04:26 I can turn that energy into a good one.
04:29 People from home, honestly, I'm receiving a lot of messages.
04:32 So I don't know. I haven't spoken to my family yet.
04:35 But yeah, they're very happy. I know they're following.
04:38 And hopefully this time I can go all the way and really make Tunisia and Africa proud.
04:46 Matt from the BBC. Congratulations.
04:51 How much was last year on your mind when you kind of stood behind the screens
04:57 as they were about to open and you stood there next to Alina, the same player again.
05:01 Or maybe when you stood at the net and you're doing the coin toss.
05:05 Is it on your mind last year at that point?
05:08 A little bit when we entered the court.
05:10 I felt like a similar feeling of playing the same match against her.
05:16 But I made sure I changed seats this time.
05:19 I went for the other seat that she won last year.
05:21 So maybe it's the seat that made me win today.
05:26 Hi, Anzalex from WCA.
05:28 A lot of people think of you as a fun player with a lot of magic shots and stuff,
05:32 which is something you've had all your career.
05:34 Can you talk about the process of becoming a better competitor over the past four or five years?
05:38 How to fight through things when things are going against you?
05:42 Well, I think maybe today wasn't that much fun.
05:45 I was really hitting the ball and maybe I did a few drop shots.
05:49 It's not the same as before, but I was enjoying myself a lot.
05:53 I was enjoying using her power and enjoying showing that I'm not one kind of a player
06:00 that only mixes and does drop shots and slices.
06:04 But also, if you want to hit hard, I'm also here to hit as fast as I can.
06:09 And I did show that not only to the player, but I did show it to myself too.
06:15 And that really gives me a lot of confidence to continue and be one of the great competitors here in Wimbledon or in the world.
06:25 Hi, Ian from the Daily Mail.
06:29 I just wanted to ask you how far out from that game did you decide on this particular approach?
06:36 Did you think about this approach months ago and you reflected on it last year?
06:42 Or was it just a couple of days ago?
06:45 And the second thing I wanted to ask you, for those of you who don't watch you all year round,
06:48 where does that run in terms of your own personal performances?
06:51 Because it seemed like a huge performance.
06:53 Yeah, I mean, I think I'm a different player from last year.
06:59 Even though I wanted to stick to the plan and follow the plan, maybe I couldn't do it last year.
07:04 I was also emotionally and physically tired at the final.
07:09 It takes up a lot of energy playing these kind of players.
07:14 And I think I honestly don't regret anything that happened last year.
07:20 It was meant to be.
07:21 This year, I'm glad that I would maybe be angry with myself if I didn't change anything and I didn't do anything this match.
07:29 But I did.
07:30 And it worked very well for me, even though first I said I should have won it.
07:36 And then second, I said I stayed focused.
07:39 And I'm glad that I showed another image to myself first on the court.
07:44 Ranking-wise, I don't know if people don't follow tennis.
07:49 Probably they think it's a big upset today.
07:52 But I've won against Selena before.
07:55 It's very tough winning against her.
07:57 But I'm glad that I'm showing that I'm here.
08:00 And hopefully the ones who don't follow tennis follow me more.
08:05 Thank you.
08:06 Alison from The Times.
08:08 Did you make yourself watch last year's final a lot and forensically analyse it?
08:14 Very difficult.
08:16 I couldn't watch it.
08:17 Very, very difficult.
08:19 Until this day, I couldn't watch this match.
08:23 I can watch today's match.
08:24 It's okay.
08:26 But not last year.
08:28 You would have learnt.
08:29 I know.
08:31 But even watching the Netflix show was painful.
08:35 So, if I watched the whole match, it would have been terrible.
08:40 So, I'm glad that I'm speaking with my coach a lot.
08:44 And he's explaining things for me.
08:45 I've watched a few points, but not the whole match.
08:49 Nick from Wimbledon TV.
08:51 It sounds like not watching that match.
08:54 But it seems as though you've digested Wimbledon last year and the U.S. Open too.
08:59 Thank you for reminding me.
09:01 You're welcome.
09:02 How long does it take you to go through those ingredients and sort through the ones that you want to keep in your kitchen
09:09 versus the stuff that you want to throw out and not remember?
09:14 It's not about not remembering.
09:17 I think every single player, the first few days especially, the match goes over your mind.
09:24 Especially the painful points.
09:26 As much as it's painful, I try to speak with my coach and get his view.
09:34 I believe I have the best coach on tour because he's really very good.
09:39 He's trying to help me as much as he can.
09:42 Sometimes I'm stubborn, which makes me me as a player.
09:46 But preparing for these matches, the finals or any other match, I do 100%.
09:55 I try not to regret anything at the end.
09:58 If I did miss something, honestly, I'm just a human being.
10:02 I cannot be so tough with myself.
10:04 But I am tough with myself sometimes because I need to be able to be in these stages.
10:09 I believe that I need to be tough with myself in certain situations.
10:13 But not do it a lot because it will probably destroy me.
10:19 I came from Smash Magazine.
10:23 Congratulations.
10:24 In order to be able to hit the ball harder, did you spend more time in the gym and do more physical training?
10:34 Or more like hitting the ball on the practice court?
10:38 I think the practice makes you perfect, like they say.
10:42 I think I'm having more muscles, maybe.
10:49 I think everything connects working out, feeling better physically, especially after a tough year, starting this year, especially with the injuries.
10:59 But believing that I can hit as hard as the other players, I think that makes the difference for me.
11:07 And that's what I'm doing right now.
11:15 According to Rui Rakina, the winner of your semi-final will have a very good chance to win the title.
11:21 She's very right.
11:23 I can't tell you how tough this part of the draw is.
11:28 I spoke about it.
11:29 I believe that every amazing grass player is playing on our side.
11:36 Either Elena, either Sabalenka, Aleksandrova, Gvitova.
11:41 The names are very, very tough.
11:45 I do believe our part is stronger than the other part.
11:50 But every Grand Slam final is a final and you can change a lot of things.
11:57 But for me, I think I'm going to focus on the semi-final and see what's going to happen.
12:03 Just in terms of the semi-final, any thoughts on how you're going to approach it?
12:09 I didn't change a lot of the style of the game.
12:13 Playing another player who hits very hard and is very emotional on the court.
12:18 It's going to be a very difficult match.
12:20 Probably her shouting that way, me shouting this way.
12:23 For me, it's going to be very similar to today.
12:27 But I'm going to try my best to stay focused and take every opportunity.
12:34 Irena is more emotional than Elena.
12:39 It could be a good or bad thing, I'm not sure.
12:43 But let's see tomorrow. I'm going to prepare and take my revenge from two years ago.
12:48 Just on that meeting, the fact that you played a similar player today,
12:57 do you think that will help you tomorrow?
13:00 Definitely. Definitely that will help me.
13:02 I think I showed to myself that I can stand up against these players.
13:09 It's a great proof for me to start the game and to be confident and to go 100%.
13:17 Honestly, I have nothing to lose.
13:19 I'm going to go and play the second and third set like I played today.
