00:00Mira, congratulations on making your first semifinals here in Madrid, but also on a performance
00:04with so much fight and grit shown.
00:06How happy are you with the performance today?
00:08Yeah, I'm super happy with the win today, pretty happy with the way I played.
00:13A slow start in the beginning and then I was feeling that she was taking the time away
00:17from me very fast and super happy that I was able to come back and get the score even.
00:24And then after also super happy that I managed to save those set points in the first set
00:30and yeah, super happy with the win and first time in semis here in Madrid, so very excited
00:36about that.
00:37And you mentioned there, you defended 12 out of 15 break points today and three set points
00:42as well.
00:43I mean, just excellent composure in the really decisive moments today.
00:47You might even say you played like a champion.
00:51Maybe, maybe, but still I feel like it's a long way to go still to say that, but obviously
00:58today was better.
00:59I felt like I was trying to be more brave, you know, no matter what the score is, I was
01:05just trying to go for my shots and be aggressive, the same with the serve.
01:10So yeah, very happy about that and that's a good number on saving a lot of break points
01:14today.
01:15And just in those sort of really brief moments before sort of you're facing a break point,
01:19is there anything you tell yourself or how do you sort of focus in those moments?
01:24Well, I kind of already tell myself that, you know, just try and go for it.
01:29Because, I mean, if you're just going to put the ball back in the court pushing and waiting
01:33for her mistakes, she's probably just going to go for it and get it done.
01:37So kind of try to do the same first.
01:39And then if it doesn't work, it's better to, you know, lose the game like that and miss
01:43it rather than, you know, just put the ball back and be pushy and just wait for the mistakes.
01:49So that's kind of the mindset that I was trying to go for today.
01:53And just lastly, obviously the birthday girl tomorrow, still playing in the doubles, but
01:57do you have any nice celebrations planned for tomorrow?
02:00Well, we're planning to go to the restaurant all together with my team, with my family,
02:05some friends as well.
02:07So all of that is going to happen after we play the doubles.
02:11But also tomorrow my focus obviously will be on a doubles court because I've never lost
02:17on my birthday here in Madrid.
02:18So I don't want to, you know, I don't want this year to be the first time.
02:23So obviously I'm just going to try to do my best and get the win in doubles.
02:28Let's hope you can keep the streak going.
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