00:30Hello, congratulations, tough conditions.
00:32How do you recharge your batteries with these conditions?
00:36And in your time off, what do you like to do?
00:41Well, how do you recharge?
00:43You mean on the court or off the court?
00:45Both.
00:46On the court, I just try to stay cool.
00:48I have a bunch of ice on my face, on the legs,
00:52trying to just keep the body cool.
00:54And I feel like it doesn't feel that bad like moving on the court.
00:57I feel like it's worth like sitting on this hit
01:00and kind of like boiling there.
01:03Playing it's okay.
01:04And on the court, I like to spend time with my team,
01:08with my friends, go for dinner.
01:12Sometimes go outside and walk around,
01:15just trying to keep it easy.
01:17Or watch Netflix.
01:18You know, I feel like today I'm in the mood
01:20to just get back in the room, do treatment,
01:23and put on Netflix, have some hot chocolate.
01:28Still hot chocolate because AC is like 16 degrees in my room.
01:31So hot chocolate and just watch Netflix.
01:37Obviously a tale of two sets today.
01:40In the first week of a slam,
01:41do you enjoy being tested?
01:44Do you enjoy close sets to keep you matched tight?
01:47Or would you be very happy if everything was 6-2, 6-2?
01:51I don't know.
01:52I like it both, you know.
01:55But it's also good to be tested, you know,
01:57like to feel the fight, you know,
01:59to kind of like activate this fight mode
02:01and to feel the pressure a little bit.
02:06I feel like it's a good preparation for the second week.
02:10Hi, Irina.
02:11Congratulations today.
02:12I'm so jealous of the AC in your hotel room.
02:16Keep it as long as you can.
02:18Keep it 16.
02:20I'm wondering, since you face Naomi again next,
02:23just how much confidence you take
02:24from having played her two times?
02:27No, that's okay.
02:27It's a big bug.
02:29Having played her two times,
02:30Indian Wells and Madrid,
02:31and especially on two different surfaces,
02:33what can you take from kind of those past matches?
02:35Yeah, it was really...
02:37I feel like the last one in Madrid
02:39was really tight match, was great level.
02:41She really stepped in and raised her level
02:45in the last match,
02:46and I'm just ready for the fight, you know.
02:48I'm ready to go out there to fight for that match,
02:52for that win,
02:53and ready to do anything it takes to get the win.
02:57And I wanted to ask you a question about Ash.
02:59Oh.
02:59And if you've noticed all the other dogs,
03:01it feels like so many more players have dogs now.
03:03What have you found is maybe the hardest thing
03:05about traveling with him?
03:07The hardest thing?
03:11I think we're not really great in managing
03:13where we're staying to have the park around,
03:15just so you can go outside and walk the dog.
03:18You know, usually we keep our habits the same.
03:21We stay in the city,
03:22and then there's no place to walk around.
03:26But so far, it's been pretty good.
03:28You know, he's a very smart dog,
03:30very easy, very chill,
03:32and super easy to adjust to new places.
03:36So, so far, it's been pretty good.
03:39Congrats.
03:40I also am jealous of your air conditioning.
03:43Sorry, guys.
03:43No, it sounds great.
03:45It sounds great.
03:46I just want to ask about Naomi also.
03:48You hadn't played her for a long time,
03:50and now three times already this year.
03:53Just what has it been like
03:53sort of getting the chance to play St. Ponent again,
03:56and now the biggest, you know,
03:58tournament that you've played her at
03:59at this fourth-round Grand Slam?
04:01No, that's great.
04:02It's great to see her back on her level,
04:04you know, back,
04:06maybe not at her best level,
04:08but she's back, she's fighting,
04:10she's building, you know, her level,
04:11and it's nice to see her.
04:13She's a great player, great person,
04:15and yeah, I feel like I really enjoy our battles.
04:20It's a high-level match,
04:21and I really enjoy when someone
04:23really pushes me to the limit.
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