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00:32I feel like I had very decent opportunities in the second set.
00:41I screw up and then she stepped in and she played great.
00:44And I feel like mentally I couldn't really recover after a second set.
00:50And that really, yeah, I think that was the biggest mistake from me.
01:00My question was going to be similar.
01:02Just what was, as the match was slipping away from me, what were you trying to do to change the
01:06direction of it or to slow it down?
01:08And what just wasn't working for you to be able to, you know, find the breaks?
01:12This is a very uncharacteristic kind of match for you.
01:15Yeah, I don't know when was the last time that happened to me that I lost 10 games in a
01:20row, but I don't know.
01:23I guess mentally I got into a very deep, deep, dark hole over there and I just couldn't get back
01:31mentally on track.
01:35Irina, I just wondered how big a factor the conditions were as well.
01:38It was a windy afternoon.
01:40Yeah, that's another question.
01:41I don't know why would they keep the roof open when it's like, it was crazy windy.
01:47But how can I complain if almost for the whole match everything was working okay for me?
01:52But then it just slipped away and it was also, I feel like it was getting crazy maybe just because
01:58mentally I wasn't really okay.
02:00So for me it felt that we was getting crazy, but I remember even from last year for our match
02:07they kept the roof open and the next day it was similar conditions, but for the guys they closed the
02:12roof just to make, I believe, better conditions and better quality of tennis.
02:17I don't know why would they keep it open.
02:19It was really, even though I was winning, it was very dirty tennis and I don't know how people could
02:25actually sit there and watch me play.
02:28I mean, then at some point she stepped in and she played unbelievable in those conditions, but I don't know.
02:35It's a big question.
02:36Did you ask for the roof to be closed?
02:39No, I didn't.
02:40I feel like, you know, no need.
02:44Hi, Irina.
02:46What challenges do the clay and I guess also the grass present to you that has, you think, prevented you
02:55from matching your success on hard courts?
03:00Many things.
03:02No, I don't know.
03:04I really feel great on clay.
03:05I feel great on grass.
03:08I think just, I don't know, maybe I'm focusing too much that I never want to slam on H, you
03:16know, and maybe it's like kind of like make me overthink stuff, make me over emotional at some moment.
03:25And I don't know, this is something that I actually have to, you know, kind of like step back and
03:32kind of like try to find a solution because I just, I'm so tired of me losing so much as
03:40not in the best way just because I was over emotional.
03:46When you were in that situation, you said it was very difficult mentally.
03:50Do you find that you end up almost fighting against yourself and you can't find a way back?
03:54And how does it happen?
03:56Is it a sense that it's just too overwhelming and there's something you can't turn around?
04:01No, I just think it's a combination of everything, you know, you overthink, then you make easy mistakes, then you,
04:07you know, I don't know.
04:11You miss opportunities, then the other player on another side kind of like stepping in and start playing a bit
04:16more aggressively and more free, kind of like fearless.
04:20And, you know, it's sometimes it's really tough to hold the pressure and put it back on the opponent.
04:27Hi, Irina.
04:29From the outside, it looked like that match had some similarities to last year's final.
04:34I just wondered from, in terms of your experience, what those similarities were.
04:40Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
04:42I just have to sit back and, I don't know, openly think about what's going on in my head in
04:52those tough moments because I'm quite an experienced player.
04:55I've been through so many things and I overcome so many things and, you know, I just have to figure
05:01that little thing that is not working for me sometimes and hopefully I can overcome it.
05:09Hi, Irina.
05:10How were you feeling going into the match this morning?
05:13Were you in your best spirits mentally and did it sort of, is there a moment before 5-3 that
05:21you started beginning to feel things?
05:23No, no, I felt really great.
05:24I felt ready to fight.
05:25I felt ready, you know, I was, yeah, I was super motivated as always.
05:30So I wouldn't say that I've done something differently, you know, in the morning.
05:34I just think that there is something in a specific moment during the match that happens that, like, I lose
05:40control over the match.
05:43Hi, Irina.
05:43How much more difficult is this to take when it was such a big opportunity for you given the openness
05:50of the draw and where you were?
05:52I don't like easy wins, you know, I guess for me, it's about, you know, suffer, overcome and get it
06:01done.
06:02But also, you know, how can you say like that, like, Marta is in a great shape, Miri is playing
06:06great tennis.
06:10I mean, I'm going to make a mistake pronouncing the Polish girl, I'm so sorry.
06:15Maya, I'm so sorry.
06:19She's also playing really great tennis suits.
06:22I mean, maybe I have the least, like, the my shows I have the least, I don't know how you
06:29say, chance.
06:33Irina, I think everyone will really appreciate your honest, raw reaction to this defeat.
06:37How do you bounce back from disappointments like this?
06:41What's your plan going to be over the next few days?
06:44I don't know.
06:45I honestly don't know.
06:47I guess, I don't know.
06:54I don't know.
06:58I don't know.
07:26What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, I guess.
07:29At some point, I will figure that little situation and I only will get back tougher.
07:38By the way, you know, I just figured how I can overcome it.
07:41You know those rooms where you just go in and you smash everything?
07:46Probably I'll spend a whole day tomorrow over there destroying stuff.
07:50Maybe it will help.
07:51Maybe not.
07:55Thank you, Grace.
07:56Thank you, Grace.
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