Jasmine Paolini gives her thoughts on ‘rollercoaster’ quarterfinal

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00:00The Chinese put up a great fight tonight, but you and Elisabetta found such strength and belief.

00:05Did the game plan work?

00:08I don't know, not really well.

00:10But I think today at the end of the day was a positive match, of course,

00:14because we both got the win, but at the same time I know that it was a really rollercoaster match,

00:23a lot of up and downs.

00:26Hopefully I'm going to increase the level for the next one.

00:30But it was tough.

00:31I know that at the end it was a positive one.

00:36It wasn't easy to play the home country.

00:38A lot of people cheering for China, of course.

00:40My opponent was playing really well, so I'm glad that we won.

00:45But you did bounce back and you showed such spirit and belief.

00:49Is that what the Italian team is all about?

00:54Also that we try to stay there at every point to fight until the last ball.

00:59And I think today we showed that really well.

01:03Of course, a bit of luck as well because it's tough to turn those kind of matches.

01:09But we are happy that we managed to stay there with a very big heart.

01:13Yeah, and so you're still on course for potentially doing back-to-back titles.

01:18Is that something that you're talking about at the moment as a team?

01:22Honestly, no.

01:23We are thinking about the next one.

01:26We know that it's going to be a really tough one.

01:28A lot of top players here and big, big teams.

01:32So it's going to be tough.

01:34But we are here to try to make our best, try to improve the level for the next one and we will see.

01:42But talk me through the comebacks and the swings that happened in that game.

01:47Obviously, you watched it for the first game and then in yours as well.

01:50What was that like and that experience?

01:53Watching Elisabetta was really tough.

01:55But when I was 6-4, 5-3 down, I was thinking about that match.

02:01And somehow I turned around as well.

02:07But yeah, I got inspired, I think, from Elisabetta.

02:10Obviously, it must have taken quite a lot out of you as well.

02:12How are you feeling for the future matches?

02:15Do you think you'll be ready for the semifinals?

02:18I think we have two days.

02:19So we are going to rest and to practice a little bit.

02:22We are going to recover with our medical team and physios.

02:27So it's good to have two days because today was a really tough match for me and for Elisabetta.

02:34But we'll see.

02:35Tomorrow we are going to watch for sure a bit of our opponents.