Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini qualified for the women’s doubles final at Roland Garros 2024 of tennis, after overcoming the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk and the Romanian Elena Gabriela Ruse. Tomorrow, however, Jasmine Paolini will also play the last singles match against the world number 1, the Polish Iga Swiatek. These are the topics covered by blue in Press conference.
Jasmine Paolini on the difference between the victory in Rome and the final at Roland Garros: “I don’t know the same, that is, I don’t know what to say. It’s crazy to be here in the final. We played a good tournament and we are trying to improve game after game, but it’s great to finally be here“.
Sara Errani: “Among other things, after winning a match that was very difficult in my opinion today, they are playing really, really well. In the first set they hit us with balls and shot really hard, I didn’t expect them to shoot so hard. Then from the second we got there, we took the measures a little, we managed to fit into their weak points a little and pull them up, staying there. Every now and then I thought ‘I’m making Jasmine tired, she has to play tomorrow’, but we managed to turn her around by playing really well, so she’s special“.
The longest game of the match lasted 32 points. Sara Errani: “I remember it well, it was very hard. Among other things, we also lost him. Even though we lost him, we stayed there, it was a very tough game. I served and at every point I felt like I was being hit by balls, I tried to block their shots in some way, with some lobs trying to go to the net when I could. They played really deep, so it wasn’t even easy to get ahead. The match was very tough, as I said before“.
How to deal with one Slam final? Errani has already been through it: “Eh, I don’t know, otherwise I would have handled it better too, so it’s not easy at all. The thing I have to say is try not to overdo it with those players. One feels that he has to do the triple to win, but I think it’s still important to maintain your style of play, try to hold on to your game, knowing that it’s difficult, but in that way, not wanting to overdo it, trying to play your game . Being there, believing in it, is not easy, but with these players you still have to think that you can score every point“.
How he would play Errani against Swiatek: “It’s one thing to play it with my game, it’s another thing to play it with his game, so they’re two completely different things. How would I play it if I were her? Certainly playing her game, which is to try to push and be aggressive, orderly, in her own way, the other player is very powerful, but I believe that she is also very powerful and can keep up with her in terms of speed. ball, so it will also be a bit of having the patience to accept that maybe there will be longer points, but still playing by pushing in an orderly manner“.
Jasmine Paolini on Iga Swiatek: “I think that in my opinion she does everything quite well, obviously, she is winning a lot and I think that my goal is to try to be more tidy, but as soon as I can try to take charge of the game. It won’t be easy, but the objective is to try to push and try to hurt her, basically because otherwise it becomes difficult, so I think the objective is to, as soon as there is a slightly more accessible ball, to try to take the field“.
Sara Errani confirms: “Jas said it well. Obviously she is playing really impressively, but we must not forget that she is a girl with two arms, two hands, two legs, so we must also be aware that she is not a machine. In the first round she had some match points against her, so let’s hope“.
Statements from Vanni Gibertini
