00:00Tatiana, you must be so proud of that performance. What a final to go through there.
00:05I'm incredibly proud of my players, all of them, all five, but I have also players at home
00:13cheering for us and had two great performances today, but during this competition everyone
00:25give an extra support and all the play for our country and I'm so proud of my players.
00:37Let's talk about Elisabetta first, obviously lots of pressure, a really tough match against Emma Navarro, but how do you think she performed?
00:44We knew it was a difficult match because Emma has a lot of different styles of tennis.
00:57So she can play a slice, she can play very difficult for Elisabetta, but the game plan was to try to take the space and try to move to the net and be very aggressive.
01:15And today she play with heart, with a lot of passion and with the game plan very consistent in her game.
01:33So that was the key.
01:35And Paolini then comes on and what a great performance against Jessica, someone who she's not actually beaten before.
01:42Yes, she stepped on court with very focused and also she tried to be very aggressive with extra power maybe because this competition for my players is very, as I said, every time they wear the national jacket they find the energy and the passion and they play really well.
02:11They play really with the heart, so we try everything today and it looks good the way it finished.
02:23You seem always very calm and relaxed and philosophical about how you approach this, but surely there must be some drive there to lift the trophy and what does it feel like to do that?
02:34It's unbelievable.
02:35It's unbelievable.
02:36It's a big dream come true.
02:39Yeah, we, as I said two years ago, it's not matter about the victory and the losing.
02:52It's a matter of sense of unity and try to build a team spirit and I think my players and my staff, they made a great job.
03:04So my federation, she's the one who gave us the power and the capacity to drive this team with a lot of power.
03:21So I'm very honoured to be part of this unbelievable movement.
03:30And you just told us they're all very keen to come and play here and play for this team, which is something very special in itself.
03:37Exactly.
03:38Exactly.
03:39Every time I phone them and I tell them they will play for Italy in Billie J King Cup, they are always very exciting.
03:51It's that's my lucky part, you know, have a spirit to represent your country with very high, powerful and commitment.
04:12That's the key of my team.
04:19I think it's, as I said, it's not just this week.
04:23We build this mentality in all the year.
04:28We try to be with them as much as possible to be like a family, you know.
04:35In the tour it's not easy because many times you are alone and every time you fill this group, the real group, then you have an extra power to stay a little longer outside of your country.
04:52And finally, just a word on Shenzhen and the tournament itself this year.
04:57What were your feelings towards it because it was a great event?
05:00We love to be here. We love the Chinese food actually and we find also the Italian restaurant here and we really enjoyed this time.
05:14We didn't have time to visit the city because there's a tournament after the other but I would really love to stay here a little longer and try to visit the city.
05:29And just a word on the fans quickly, like, because they were already supporting Italy and there seems to be huge support here for you.
05:34Unbelievable, yeah. But my players, they are able to reach all the people around because I think it's the spirit they bring on court.
05:47So that's something that just some players can do and my players, they have so much passion on court and I think it drives all the people around them.
06:04See?
06:05See you again.
06:09So that's Mr. Chisholm, we have a beautiful family that is just for you to enjoy this body writing program.
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