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Kimberly Birrell a signé l’un des premiers grands coups de Roland-Garros 2026 en renversant Jessica Pegula [5], 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, sur le court Simonne-Mathieu. Ce mardi à Paris, l’Australienne, 83e mondiale, a décroché sa première victoire dans le tableau principal Porte d’Auteuil et surtout son premier succès contre une joueuse du Top 5, après avoir longtemps subi la puissance et les retours gagnants de l’Américaine dans le premier set.

rès fière d’avoir enfin transposé en match le travail effectué sur terre battue, une surface qui sort clairement de sa zone de confort, elle a aussi raconté l’importance de son clan, de sa coach Nicole Pratt, de son frère, mais aussi de sa “famille parisienne”, qui lui offre un petit bout de maison pendant la tournée européenne. Inspirée par l’exploit d’Adam Walton plus tôt dans la journée contre Daniil Medvedev, Birrell a profité de l’élan australien pour faire tomber une des favorites du tableau et s’offrir un deuxième tour contre Oleksandra Oliynykova.

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00:03J'ai essayé de faire tout ce qu'il est possible.
00:06J'ai essayé de faire tout ce qu'il est possible.
00:07J'ai essayé de faire tout ce qu'il est très difficile à faire aujourd'hui.
00:13Donc, merci.
00:14Mais commentez-vous, comment vous avez joué aujourd'hui?
00:19Je ne pense pas que j'ai eu l'impression que j'ai eu l'impressionné.
00:24Je suis très heureux de la façon dont j'ai été dans le match
00:27et je suis capable de tourner ça.
00:30Je pense que j'ai eu l'impressionné vraiment bien dans le premier set.
00:33Et donc, j'ai dit que j'ai eu l'impressionné de me faire en place
00:36et j'ai eu l'impressionné de jouer mieux et mieux.
00:39J'ai eu l'impressionné de jouer à l'endroit.
00:41Donc, je suis très heureux.
00:43Merci.
00:44Kimmie, comment avez-vous l'air l'air ?
00:47Parce que à ce moment-là, c'était une fois de traffic, essentiellement.
00:50Oui.
00:51J'ai eu l'impressionné, j'ai eu l'impressionné.
00:54J'ai eu l'impressionné que j'avais une bonne attitude
00:57et j'ai eu l'impression injury d'après l'après-midi.
01:02On a un moment où je savais Haute-midi que j'avais pas mon ou deux points.
01:06Et donc, j'ai eu considérémires d' forbinde pour moi.
01:11Et oui, je sais que j'ai eu l'impressionné.
01:14Merci, j'ai eu l'impressionné j'ai ateu un moment enfin blow.
01:15Mais je sais que je devais pointer les deux domain nôtres.
01:18I was giving her too many opportunities
01:21make lots of first serves
01:22and then when I could
01:24in the rally take the opportunities
01:26to make her move
01:28so I think I just started to do that
01:30a little bit better
01:33and maybe
01:34yeah I think that's what turned it around
01:37I just wondered
01:39Kimberly whether you felt
01:41at any point a little bit demoralised
01:43at the start
01:44oh yeah I did
01:46without a doubt she was playing very well
01:48and especially the way she was attacking my second serve
01:52I've been working a lot on my second serve
01:54and I thought that I was actually hitting it all right
01:57and able to get it you know
01:59into her backhand and into her body
02:01and she was kind of just stepping around on both sides
02:04hitting winners
02:05I don't know how many return winners she hit in the first set
02:08but I felt like it was more than 10
02:12so yeah I think
02:13like I'm experienced enough now
02:16to know that
02:17when someone's playing that well
02:19that you know
02:21if they can keep that up for two sets
02:23then that's too good
02:25and so I just was trying to
02:29just weather the storm
02:30really at that point
02:31and like I said
02:32I think I was giving her
02:34a couple opportunities
02:35with too many short balls
02:37too many balls down the middle of the court
02:38so yeah I think she was playing really well
02:40but I also knew I could do a few things better
02:43and so I was just trying to focus on that
02:46yeah
02:46I just wondered if you thought
02:48that the perhaps
02:49the turning point
02:51was that lovely little drop shot
02:53that you put in
02:54which I mean
02:54that turned things didn't it
02:57yeah I guess
02:58yeah looking back
03:00there are definitely
03:01you know key moments in matches
03:03and yeah that probably is one
03:04and I think that maybe
03:07made me sort of
03:09break
03:10the ice a little bit
03:12because I looked at my coach
03:13and had a little bit of a smile
03:14because we've been working on that
03:15and I'm glad I had the courage
03:17to take the opportunity
03:19and saw that she was
03:20quite far back in the court
03:21and hit the drop shot
03:22which I think in the past
03:23I probably wouldn't have had
03:24the courage to do
03:25so yeah
03:26probably was a turning point
03:29Kim congrats
03:30thank you
03:30you've had some big wins
03:32and big runs in Brisbane
03:34on home soil
03:36where does this one rank
03:38in terms of some of the magic
03:40you pulled off there
03:41it's one of the
03:43yeah
03:43it's definitely up there
03:45I mean it's hard to beat
03:46playing at home
03:46in front of my friends and family
03:48but I think
03:48in terms of my career
03:50and just how hard I've worked
03:52over the last couple of years
03:54to improve my game on clay
03:57because it's out of my comfort zone
03:59and to really just
04:01know that I've put in the work
04:02and trust it
04:03on a match court
04:04I think that's like the difference
04:05that happened today
04:07because in the last few matches
04:10I've felt like
04:12I've been able to play
04:14how I want to play on clay
04:15in practice
04:16but not quite done it
04:18and executed it
04:19in the big points
04:20in matches
04:21so yeah
04:22I guess I'm just really proud
04:24that I was able to play
04:25this well on a surface
04:27that doesn't feel that familiar
04:29to me
04:29to be honest
04:30totally fair
04:31I think a lot of times
04:32Aussies would say that
04:34but it's quite a first round
04:35for your crew
04:37yeah
04:38with Adam this morning
04:39yeah
04:39and you know
04:40Tanasi doing what he did yesterday
04:42yeah
04:42absolutely
04:43is there a feeling
04:45of kind of momentum
04:46there at all
04:47or do you feel like
04:48these are just all
04:49yeah
04:50results
04:51you know
04:51I don't know
04:52I think
04:53as Aussies
04:54we do really cheer each other on
04:56and I'm good friends with Adam
04:58and his coach as well
05:00has helped me out
05:01in my career
05:01and when I saw
05:02he won
05:03I was following his match
05:05and then saw him
05:06and his coach afterwards
05:07and I was super happy for him
05:08and I think I did feel
05:09and I was inspired
05:11by his win
05:11and when you see someone
05:14have a result like that
05:15it does give you
05:16like a little bit of a pep
05:17in your step
05:18so
05:19yeah
05:19I think
05:21it's maybe not a coincidence
05:23yeah
05:30Kim I was interested
05:32in your
05:33your
05:33your Parisian family
05:35as you described
05:36oh yeah
05:36can you tell us a little bit
05:37about who they are
05:38and yeah
05:41just tell us
05:41who the cheerleaders
05:43all were there
05:44because there's a lot of them
05:45yeah
05:45yeah
05:46so my parents
05:47they're Aussies
05:48but they lived in Germany
05:49for quite a while
05:50and I was born there
05:51and they moved home
05:52and my mum met
05:53a French
05:54lovely French lady
05:55who is now
05:56her best friend
05:57and have
05:58they've been best friends
05:59since in their 20s
06:00when they met in Germany
06:01and so each time
06:02I come to Paris
06:03I stay with them
06:05and they've also come
06:06to Australia
06:07throughout my childhood
06:08and they're girls
06:10of similar age
06:10to me and my brother
06:12so yeah
06:13they're some of my
06:14our closest family friends
06:16and they always come
06:17to watch me play
06:18here in Paris
06:19and I haven't quite
06:20got the win for them
06:21so I think this was
06:22a pretty cool moment
06:24for me to see them
06:25in the stands
06:26and yeah
06:27win with them
06:28watching too
06:30is it kind of
06:31home from home
06:31this place
06:32I mean
06:32yeah
06:32yeah I mean
06:34as Aussies
06:34we're just on the road
06:35all the time
06:35so to have
06:36somewhere
06:37where I know
06:38I can
06:39well AAC
06:40people that I love
06:41leave some stuff
06:43in Europe
06:44and make my bags
06:45a little bit lighter
06:46when I'm travelling
06:47around to tournaments
06:48get a home cooked meal
06:49and I also know
06:51the area that they live
06:52really well now
06:53it's so familiar
06:54so yeah
06:55I think
06:55that really helps
06:57and we all try
06:57to find little pieces
06:59of home on the road
07:00and this is definitely
07:01a piece of home
07:02for me
07:04second top 10 win
07:06and the biggest one
07:08that you've had
07:09third
07:09who's the other one
07:16it was
07:17well
07:18Kazikina
07:19I think she was
07:2010
07:20yeah
07:21and then
07:22in Brizzy
07:24against
07:26Navarro
07:26ah
07:27okay
07:27first top 5
07:30come on Craig
07:31you're better than that
07:34so
07:35what did it feel like
07:37on that match point
07:38I mean
07:38it was
07:39I think
07:40tough for you
07:41to contain your excitement
07:42and rightly so
07:43and I don't think
07:44I've ever seen
07:45Pratty get so excited
07:47about anything
07:48yeah
07:49she's very good
07:50at hiding her emotions
07:51Pratty is
07:52ah
07:52yeah
07:53I think
07:54it's been a real team effort
07:56over the last month
07:58to
07:58just
07:59get me to this point
08:01where I feel
08:01so comfortable
08:03on this surface
08:04and she's really put in
08:05a lot of time
08:07and effort
08:07you know
08:08I think it started
08:09in last year's
08:10clay season
08:11to be honest
08:11and then we've just
08:12been building on that
08:13and I just love
08:14working with her
08:15and I know
08:16that she
08:17believes in me
08:18and I think
08:18that's just huge
08:20massive feeling
08:21you know
08:22from a coach
08:23and player
08:24relationship
08:25perspective
08:26and then also
08:26my brother too
08:27and they're always
08:28having meetings
08:29just them two
08:30chatting about
08:31ways I can improve
08:32so I'm very lucky
08:34to have them
08:35in my corner
08:35yeah
08:36you
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