Profound display of tennis promise: ‘When someone is struggling to provide for a family, that’s the pressure’

young people coconut goffGreat American tennis star beat Latvian on Tuesday Jelena Ostapenko And qualified for the first time in his career to reach the semi-finals of the US Open. But it wasn’t her resounding 6-0, 6-2 victory in just 68 minutes that had an impact on public opinion, but her response at a news conference when asked about the need she felt when she jumped onto the pitch. remarks.

At just 19 years old, she is already in the top four grand slam She is a North American player and a finalist for Ronald Garros in 2022, so one aspect of understanding her is how she lives, and from such a young age, she is the best on the planet one of the players. Given that, her response was specific: “I think it just puts my life in perspective. I mean, at first, I used to think about negative things like ‘why is it so stressful’ or ‘why is it so hard’ I realize that in one sense it’s stress but in another it’s not. I mean, Some people are struggling to provide for their families, some don’t know when their next meal will come, some have to pay bills… that’s the real stress. That’s the real difficulty, that’s real life. “.

In this sense, he continued: “I’m in a great position and they pay me to do what I love And get support to do what I love. I don’t take it for granted, so I just put my life in perspective, and especially in New York, I think you’ll see that perspective a lot more. Especially compared to where I live, I say, “I’m lucky in life, and I should enjoy it on the road.” I know there are millions of people who might want to be in the position I’m in now. So instead of saying “why this or why that”, you should just say it. “Why don’t I like this?”

In the hunt for his first major trophy, goff She is already the first American under the age of 20 to break into the top four in New York since her great idol achieved that feat in 2001, serena williams. The Delray Beach (Fla.) pearl has a huge chance to succeed in her country’s majors, while the likes of Swiatek, Vance Gabriel or Elena Rebakina Candidates keep dropping. She will now face the winner of the Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova and Romania’s Solana Sistera in the semifinals. Another big favorite is Sabalenka of Belarus, the next world number one, knocking out 20-year-old Zheng Qinwen of China.

The American tennis player has 16 victories in her last 17 matches, a streak that saw her win her first two Grand Slam titles in Washington (WTA 500) and Cincinnati (WTA 1000) in August. “I’ve been very lucky in my life, I’ve been very lucky, and I don’t want to take that for granted,” she concluded her reflections at a news conference.