Tennis - Wimbledon 2024 - Elina Svitolina : "I hope the UK's support for Ukraine will continue" - Vidéo Dailymotion

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Pas de nouvelle demi-finale pour Elina Svitolina à Wimbledon. L'Ukrainienne n'a pas réitéré sa performance de l'année précédente, battu ce mercredi par Elena Rybakina (n°4) de manière sèche (6-3, 6-2). A l'approche des Jeux Olympiques, la joueuse de 29 ans va prendre quelques jours de repos, elle qui a connu quelques problèmes physiques ces derniers temps. En conférence de presse, Svitolina a également parlé du nouveau Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer, en lui demandant de poursuivre l'aide du Royaume-Uni envers l'Ukraine, en pleine guerre.  Vidéo  : @Wimbledon

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00:00Alina, a tough day today. Just give us your thoughts on that match.

00:06Yeah, it was extremely tough today.

00:10Well, I tried everything that was in my power today,

00:15but nothing really was working so much.

00:21But, yeah, she was striking the ball well,

00:24so I think it also didn't really let me into the match.

00:29Questions?

00:34It seemed like it was very competitive until 4-3 on your serve.

00:39I'm just curious how you felt that match shifted,

00:42like how you played in the following five games and how she played.

00:46Yeah, of course, it was quite tough the first seven games.

00:55It was a few chances for me here and there to get into the match.

00:59Of course, break, first game, then I didn't serve so well.

01:03But, you know, Elena, she's a big striker,

01:06and she's not letting you so much into the match as well.

01:16So, yeah, for me, it was missed chances for me a little bit

01:20at the beginning of that first set,

01:22and then she started serving much better,

01:25started to strike the ball really well.

01:28I mean, the game that she broke me in the first set,

01:32she hit like four great returns,

01:36even though I served first serve.

01:41Yeah, it was tough for me to do anything on those balls.

01:45She just played really well that game,

01:47and then she has a big serve,

01:49so, yeah, sometimes it goes like this, especially on grass.

01:53Charlie?

01:54I just wondered how demoralizing that is,

01:57how tough it is to try and stay positive

01:59when she's playing so efficiently, serving really well,

02:02and, as you say, returning like that.

02:04Yeah, it's very, very difficult

02:07because I feel like I'm in a good form.

02:11I feel like I played really good tennis.

02:14And then, of course, you know,

02:18when your opponent is striking the ball that big,

02:21everything goes in, serve, you know, goes really quick,

02:26and a lot of aces, it's tough to do anything.

02:30You know, I was trying to dig, trying to fight,

02:34trying to get my chances back, but she didn't really let me.

02:38So I think it was a really clean match from her side, yeah.

02:43Do you have a question?

02:44Liz Perkins, Daily Express.

02:46I know today wasn't an easy day for you,

02:48but I just wondered what it was like

02:50to have the Queen there in the royal box watching,

02:52given the fact that our royal family

02:54is so supportive of Vladimir Zelensky in your country.

02:58To be fair, I didn't know.

03:01Yes, it's very sad for me

03:04because, you know, I couldn't win this match today in front of her.

03:09But, of course, it's such a big privilege, you know,

03:12to play in Wimbledon in front of the Queen,

03:16even though I didn't know.

03:17But, yeah, the support that Ukraine has been getting

03:21from the United Kingdom has been really unbelievable.

03:25And, you know, we couldn't thank enough

03:29for all the people as well that let a lot of Ukrainians

03:34use their homes and, you know,

03:38share their homes with them.

03:43So, of course, you know, it's something bigger than a sport.

03:48It's just unbelievable support

03:51that all the Ukrainians got from England.

03:55Did you have a question at the back?

03:56No, my question was just...

03:57Oh, OK. No problem.

03:59Hi, Aline.

04:00You've obviously played at a really high level

04:01over the last two weeks.

04:03But Monday was a really emotional day.

04:05I mean, how has it been to prepare for this match,

04:07given what happened in Ukraine on Monday?

04:11Well, for me, of course, it was a difficult day on Monday,

04:15but then I had a day off yesterday,

04:19had a good practice as well,

04:21tried to prepare my very best.

04:23Actually, I was feeling not too bad physically as well.

04:27I could recover, but, yeah, as I said,

04:30today's match went really, really quick.

04:33And sometimes, you know, it's these kind of days

04:35where you're not playing your best,

04:37your opponent is playing great,

04:39and you don't have so many chances.

04:41I mean, I had maybe one or two chances

04:43maybe to get back into the match,

04:45but they just...

04:50They were just, yeah...

04:54So few of them, and I didn't take them.

04:58So, yeah, it was a difficult day in the office today.

05:03Any further English questions, Giovanni?

05:06You talked about...

05:08In Rome, you're talking about how physically difficult

05:11the season has been.

05:12I'm curious just after good results at Roland-Garros

05:15and here, how you're feeling,

05:17how that's developed physically.

05:20Yes, so after Roland-Garros,

05:23I did some manipulation for my back,

05:25and it's much better now.

05:27I'm feeling much better.

05:30Like, physically, I can handle a few matches in a row,

05:33and even here, you know, with the rain delays,

05:36I had a couple of days where I had to play back-to-back,

05:40and I was really happy the way that my body responded

05:43and really looking forward to the second part of the season.

05:48Now that I feel healthy,

05:49I can practice longer than one hour a day

05:52and feel good.

05:54I feel good with my movement, you know, also with my serve.

05:58I feel like I improved quite a lot,

06:00but, yeah, just try to do all the routine work for my back,

06:06for my ankle as well,

06:08and try to take some days off

06:11after the good run that I had here

06:15and reset and go,

06:17because, you know, Olympics on clay,

06:19then Toronto on heart,

06:21and a long season still ahead of us,

06:24so I have to take care of my body

06:26and just try to take every moment to reset again and go.

06:38Go on, it's fine.

06:39On Elena, you've played many great servers,

06:43like Serena and others.

06:45Where does she rank in terms of a server, do you feel?

06:48Well, for sure, I mean, top five,

06:51it's a great serve that she has.

06:56I feel like, you know, Serena as well, you know,

07:02was an unbelievable server.

07:07I think Elena is someone that also returns quite good,

07:15you know, especially on grass.

07:17I mean, grass is such a difficult surface already to return,

07:23and then when you have someone who hits the spots good,

07:28it's extremely difficult.

07:32Elena, you've been a great advocate for Ukraine this week,

07:34and the words that you said after your last match

07:37won a lot of plaudits across the UK,

07:39and I just wondered if we have a new government

07:41and a new prime minister in the UK at the moment,

07:43is there anything that you would say to him

07:46about the UK's support for Ukraine and its forces?

07:53I think, I hope he's aware, you know,

07:59what the help that we got before from the government before,

08:06and I hope this will continue because it's really important for us,

08:11and every day it's not getting easy,

08:17it's not getting easier, it's getting really tougher and tougher for us,

08:22and hopefully, you know, the support will continue,

08:26and I feel like we got unbelievable support before,

08:33and I hope this will continue really because it's super important for us.

08:41Thanks for watching!

Tennis - Wimbledon 2024 - Elina Svitolina : "I hope the UK's support for Ukraine will continue"

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