Mboko projecting 'calmness and relaxation' in dream Montreal run

Victoria Mboko explains how her 'fight or flight' mentality gets her over the line in tough situations.

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00:00I mean, I really put in a lot of effort to really fight, and I was down like 2-0.

00:06She broke me in the first game of the second set, so I guess I could show that I was a fighter in that situation, I could say.

00:15But no, yeah, I think that moment was just pure fight or flight kind of instincts.

00:22I think being calm in such stressful situations is key to kind of delivering what you want to do,

00:30in those such tight moments.

00:32I mean, the human reaction is always to kind of tense up and act out,

00:36but I think if I project calmness and relaxedness, I'm going to also have the same thing in my head.

00:44So, yeah, I feel like if I don't really think about it too much and I keep it all cool in my head,

00:51that's what I'm projecting on court, and, yeah, that's, I think,

00:55what's been helping me get through those tough and tight situations.