The adventure began in a positive way Jasmine Paolini In the WTA500 in Eastbourne (Great Britain). On British grass, the Tuscan (n.7 in the ranking) took advantage of the withdraw of the Belgian Elise Mertens (no. 33 in the world), forced to stop when the score was 5-2 due to knee problems.
Winning like this is never the best Jasmine admitted it with her usual genuineness to the WTA microphones shortly after shaking hands with the Belgian: “I hope that Elise can recover as soon as possible, I hope that her injury is not too serious“, Paolini’s first words. “I’m happy to be here, it’s a magnificent and ideal place to prepare for Wimbledon“, he added.
“I’m playing well and this gives me great confidence ahead of the Slam. I know I don’t have the same certainties I have on clay, but I will take advantage of the matches I play without having particular expectations“, underlined the Tuscan tennis player. The Italian, currently n.7 in the ranking, will face the host, Kate Boulter, and it will be a good test in view of the path that will take her to the Championships.
“I am very happy for everything that happened to me in Paris, for having given such a positive image of myself. People tell me I’m always smiling, but I’m like that every day, it’s never forced. I’m happy that the audience can like my personality, but I’m not doing anything extra to bring out that character, which is very good.”, I have finished.
