Jasmine Paolini reflects on the quarter-final tie with China (Italian)

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00:00Welcome to Shenzhen, how are the preparations going and how is the team feeling?

00:17And what's the best thing personally or professionally about playing for your country at the Billie Jean King Cup?

00:30And there's a bit of pressure I guess to play in a team environment, do you like that? Do you get an extra fire?

00:54I think it's not a simple thing, in the beginning I had a little bit of difficulty, then I found my balance,

01:05I think it's a question of finding balance between playing for yourself and playing for all your teammates in a nation,

01:13so try to think about yourself, to enter yourself in the field and to give you the 100% as a tournament,

01:24but we can say that there is an extra, which is the team at home, but also the team at the bench.

01:30Your quarterfinal opponents are China, the hosts, what do you expect from that matchup?

01:34And what do you like most about these weeks in the calendar where you get to play with your team and be with the support staff?

02:00Well, certainly the fact that we are together, we are a very united team, both with the players and with the support team.

02:10We are people that we see often during the year, so it's a great family.

02:16We're a great family.