Podoroska: “I have learned from Zen to be in the present”

Nadia Podoroska, brilliant Roland Garros quarter-finalist after coming back against Czech Barbora Krejcikova, he attended with his usual sympathy to the media by telematic means and spoke about the work that has led to this success for Argentine tennis.

The match: “It was a very difficult game, I didn't feel as good as in the previous ones. In the second set I started to notice that my forehand and backhand were hurting. She started making mistakes and I gained a bit of confidence ”.

Expectations: “I did not expect this result here at Roland Garros, I came with great confidence, winning many games. It helped me a lot not to think about the external context, without or in going out in each game to play my game “

Security: “The decision comes from the hand of my good moment, because I am very sure on the field of what I do well. At first the conditions did not help me, the ball was heavy. Not grabbing at it, looking for excuses and feeling better and better. Trying to adapt my game, run, make my forehand weighed and she wasn't even so comfortable, which she was in the first set. “

Svitolina: “The serve is what would improve. It's going to be a very difficult game, against a player with a lot of experience, she comes from winning in Rome, I have to focus on those little things that I do well ”.

Philosophy: “Taking it to the side of philosophy, it has done me very good to work with a mental coach, from the Zen Buddhist side, who has given me a lot of lessons, for example, not looking at the context, the wind, the conditions and not look at the negative side, the complaint, but be in the present and take advantage of every opportunity I had, I have learned it from the side of Zen and they serve me within “:

Help: “From a very young age I had the unconditional support of my parents, without that I would not have been able to do this career. If my 12-year-old daughter told me that she wants to dedicate herself to tennis and study at a distance, you have to have a lot of courage to accept it. The ups and downs of this race have endured me, in which you are not sure where you are going to go, I have read the messages of the boys, and it is nice to have the support of them, who are specialists, Argentine women's tennis needs that livelihood. Hopefully my results help ”.

Improvements: “There are no precise aspects of the game, but the confidence and the security of being clear about what you do on the court. I trust a lot in it and that is key “

Gratitude: “There are many people who have helped me in my career at different stages and I am grateful to them. It takes a lot to get here and I'm lucky ”.

Surprise factor: “Maybe it helps me to be a player who is entering the circuit and who does not know my strengths and my weaknesses, but nowadays there is a lot of information going around.”