Top women’s players speak on Saturday (24th August), ahead of the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York.
Serena Williams, women’s US Open defending champion:“Wow. I have had so many great rivalries. You know, you never really know how deep a rivalry is until you play the person several times. I think the head to head is close, but I think, you know, it’s just always good to play such great players like Victoria who really plays well and makes me lift my game to a new level.”
Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player:“But just, you know, being young and sometimes in the past being alone a little bit, not educated in that way, you know, being from a different country, kind of learning and experiencing all the different cultures and how people react, can be misunderstood I feel sometimes.But all the, you know, bad emotions that I had, all the anger that kind of transferred into my more professionalism that I take on the court right now, and that demand, instead of getting down on myself, got the demand to get a lot better.So I just feel like I switched the light, and tried to take it into more positive and do the best of what I had, the abilities I have, and try to maximize them.”
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