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Coco Gauff Joins TNT After Winning Roland-Garros Final · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: What an honor one a moment, the first American champion
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  Speaker 1: in a decade, the youngest to do it since two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and two. Cocoa golf is the role on garreage
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  Speaker 1: champions to honor this moment. And now that you're twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: we do want to celebrate.
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  Speaker 2: You want to you want to pop.
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  Speaker 3: A bottle or pop to him. But Taylor helped me.
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  Speaker 1: Do you need guidance?
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  Speaker 2: All right, so unscrew that.
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  Speaker 1: We're I'm gonna protect Chrissy.
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  Speaker 3: I'm kind of scared.
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  Speaker 1: You've never done the shaw. Okay, now you take that
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  Speaker 1: off the cage all right, Okay, amazing, Oh boy, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Now you're gonna aim it that way Okay, and you're
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  Speaker 1: just gonna push it.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, that's it. That's way with nails, nails.
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  Speaker 2: It's a little bit tougher.
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  Speaker 4: Oh god, I think I'm a great man to get
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  Speaker 4: in there.
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  Speaker 2: Yees arazy.
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  Speaker 3: I did a waterfall guy the lights out there? Now
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  Speaker 3: that's actually not too bad?
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  Speaker 5: Should report?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, celebrate, cheers, goodness as Chrissy, Ever, this is not.
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  Speaker 3: Gonna go well because I eat anything since the fruit
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  Speaker 3: on court.
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  Speaker 2: So it's gonna go great.
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  Speaker 4: The most simple question that exists.
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  Speaker 2: Can you believe it?
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  Speaker 3: You did it? How does it feel? Yeah, it's like
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  Speaker 3: it feels crazy. I couldn't believe it, especially like the
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  Speaker 3: way the match was. It was just so windy, it
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  Speaker 3: was so hard to play tennis. And then after that
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  Speaker 3: first match point, I was like, come on now, just
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  Speaker 3: give me one, and then yeah, it feels crazy. Honestly,
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  Speaker 3: you know, regardless of how many matchpoints you have, when
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  Speaker 3: it's finally over, that reaction is just so natural. I
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  Speaker 3: always thought on TV like they were faking it, but
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  Speaker 3: they're not.
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  Speaker 6: So falling and getting in the play it.
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  Speaker 4: That was what happened.
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  Speaker 3: I told myself I would never fall at French Open
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  Speaker 3: because I didn't want claim I hear, and I literally
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  Speaker 3: said that before the match. I was Yeah, before the match,
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  Speaker 3: I said I was gonna go on my knees and
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  Speaker 3: if I were to win, I would fall on my knees.
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  Speaker 3: But then I was just so happy.
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  Speaker 5: Didn't you end up the other way too?
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  Speaker 3: I don't on your stomach.
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  Speaker 2: Probably we saw your dad when you went up afterwards
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  Speaker 2: into your box to greet every When your dad took
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  Speaker 2: the towel and kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Went he was looking out for me. Usually That's something
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  Speaker 3: my mom would do. So I'm glad he paid attention.
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  Speaker 1: To you such a big because.
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  Speaker 4: First first year.
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  Speaker 5: Cool please go oh no, no, no, no, You're so emotional.
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  Speaker 5: You look so surprised, Like did you really not think
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  Speaker 5: that you could win that match?
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  Speaker 3: I did obviously before going into it, and then you
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  Speaker 3: go down then break in the first set, and then
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  Speaker 3: after losing like the set like that. Yeah, and you're
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  Speaker 3: playing Irena, so it's like she's obviously the best player
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  Speaker 3: in the world and playing great tennis, so it really
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  Speaker 3: doesn't feel real. And and I've only had Grand Slam
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  Speaker 3: finals against Ego and Arina, which is the best players
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  Speaker 3: on the court, so it doesn't really feel real into
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  Speaker 3: it's over.
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  Speaker 5: But after that first set, did that discourage you or
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  Speaker 5: were you even more determined to win the match?
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  Speaker 3: I was more determined. I think it did discourage me,
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  Speaker 3: just because I was up in that tie breaker and
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  Speaker 3: playing against Madison. I was up four two as well,
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  Speaker 3: and I was telling myself not to let the same
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  Speaker 3: thing happen, and it did. But overall, I think I
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  Speaker 3: when I went to the bathroom and used the bathroom
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  Speaker 3: and then just told myself, I just got to give
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  Speaker 3: it my all and give myself the best shot to win.
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  Speaker 4: When you're in that final game and you're that close
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  Speaker 4: to achieving something so special, you look so calm to us.
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  Speaker 4: What's going on behind the mask.
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  Speaker 3: It's so tough. Like first I was thinking about the wind,
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  Speaker 3: and I was like, oh my gosh, this side is
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  Speaker 3: the worst side to serve on. I was like, please,
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  Speaker 3: why can I feel the other side of the court.
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  Speaker 3: And then I was just like, I just got to
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  Speaker 3: go for my shots. And I was just telling myself
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  Speaker 3: high toss, keep my left arm up, and just trying
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  Speaker 3: my to be honest. And I was definitely super nervous
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  Speaker 3: that last game, but I knew I had to kind
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  Speaker 3: of take it from her and not give it to
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  Speaker 3: her because she would take it from me.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of the wind, it just poured round rain out here.
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  Speaker 2: You went into the match, you knew it was going
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  Speaker 2: to be windy and swirly. You both probably maybe didn't
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  Speaker 2: play your cleanest match you've ever played. Now, did you
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  Speaker 2: consciously go into the match telling yourself, hey, let's not
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  Speaker 2: outwardly show frustration toward the wind, because every time the
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  Speaker 2: camera was on you, boom, you looked like nothing was
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  Speaker 2: bothering you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I told myself like that before the match. I
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  Speaker 3: was like, I just can't show anything. I a plus
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  Speaker 3: with that, Yeah, thank you. I didn't know it was
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  Speaker 3: going to be so windy, to be honest, just because
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  Speaker 3: we practiced with the roof closed and they weren't sure
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  Speaker 3: if the roof was going to be open or not,
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  Speaker 3: so and I knew it was going to be a
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  Speaker 3: little bit windy just from being outside. But that was
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  Speaker 3: the worst. I think it reminded me of my first
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  Speaker 3: round and I won that match too, and two. But
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  Speaker 3: I feel like I played literally the same today. It
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  Speaker 3: felt so awful, But you know that's what just outdoor tennis.
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  Speaker 3: Being from Florida. Literally in the warm up when it
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  Speaker 3: was windy, I was like, all right, this this is
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  Speaker 3: gonna be one of those Florida practice days that you
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  Speaker 3: just don't feel good, but you kind of have to
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  Speaker 3: grind out.
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  Speaker 1: You just posted on social media a pretty I think
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  Speaker 1: you may be prescient. You can see into the future
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  Speaker 1: four years ago A note. I had a dream last
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  Speaker 1: night that I will win the French Open. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if it's true, if it is this year's frendsh Open,
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  Speaker 1: but I had to dream about it.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, what was did you think of this immediately.
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  Speaker 1: After you won?
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  Speaker 3: I remember last night that I wrote that in my notes.
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  Speaker 3: I obviously forgot about it, and for some reason the
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  Speaker 3: thought came up last night. And I don't know. I
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  Speaker 3: just feel like when something happens in my dreams, I
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  Speaker 3: feel like it's gonna come true. And I remember like
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  Speaker 3: the moment happening, and it just felt so real when
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  Speaker 3: I was dreaming. I woke up and it kind of
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  Speaker 3: felt disappointed and it wasn't real. So I was just like,
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  Speaker 3: I gotta strive to make that. And that's the only
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  Speaker 3: time I've had a dream about winning any tournament or anything.
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  Speaker 1: Was there any similarities when you looked around? Can you
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  Speaker 1: remember was it that vivid of a dream?
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  Speaker 3: You know? I was wearing blue, and the dream obviously
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  Speaker 3: wasn't that exact outfit or anything, but I remember it
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  Speaker 3: being blue in a skirt in a top and yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and then I had like a deja vu moment when
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  Speaker 3: I was having a TV moment after the match, and
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  Speaker 3: I was like, I felt like I've been here before.
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  Speaker 3: It's so freaky, but yeah, it's just weird. And that
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  Speaker 3: was the only time that I've felt like that with
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  Speaker 3: with want or dreamt a tournament win or anything anything
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  Speaker 3: with tennis. To be honest, I don't really have that
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  Speaker 3: many dreams. And that's why when I lost that final
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  Speaker 3: against Ega, I was like, did I just ruin the dream?
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  Speaker 3: So I've always felt like this was a tournament that
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  Speaker 3: I just had to win.
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  Speaker 6: Amazing.
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  Speaker 5: I'm going to talk about your game a little bit because,
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  Speaker 5: and I've told you this before, I've been following your forehand.
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  Speaker 5: That is the one stroke that everybody was really exposing.
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  Speaker 5: You were having a lot of crosscore forehand rallies. People
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  Speaker 5: thought you were going to maybe mishit it or break
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  Speaker 5: it down. It's not happening anymore. You've changed something. What
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  Speaker 5: have you changed on your forehand?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think when everybody plays you the same way,
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  Speaker 3: you kind of practice it and you naturally get better,
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  Speaker 3: and so just having it happen and so many times
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  Speaker 3: like breaking down or feeling like it's not there. So
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  Speaker 3: I just like I told myself just to accept and
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  Speaker 3: I feel like when I accelerate on it the most
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  Speaker 3: is when I do the best. And I knew today
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  Speaker 3: that I kind of had to change the rhythm, like
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  Speaker 3: with her anyways, Like regardless, I knew I couldn't stay
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  Speaker 3: in too many back ind rallies with her or too
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  Speaker 3: many foreign and I just had to keep changing it.
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  Speaker 3: So that was a game plan going in today. And
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  Speaker 3: I think just having so many people playing me the
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  Speaker 3: same way because everyone placed me the same way, to
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  Speaker 3: be honest, So you just get better. I just got
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  Speaker 3: used to it. Yeah, you just get better.
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  Speaker 5: I think you're stepping into it more and yeah, I mean.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I've definitely worked on the footwork on it, and
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  Speaker 3: I still think it has a lot more improvement that
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  Speaker 3: I need to improve on. It's nowhere near where I
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  Speaker 3: would like it to be. But I did improve the
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  Speaker 3: footwork and kind of acceleration and trying to prepare early
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  Speaker 3: and be less tight on it. So yeah, I look great,
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  Speaker 3: Thank you great.
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  Speaker 4: Did look great. And we were listening into your press
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  Speaker 4: conference too, and you know you spent some time in
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  Speaker 4: France right at the Moroudical lou Academy, and you were
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  Speaker 4: talking about how you were considering maybe saying some words
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  Speaker 4: in French to the crowd, and you did you chicken out?
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  Speaker 4: Would you like to say some French?
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  Speaker 3: No, you're definitely not. You don't want to do it though, No,
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  Speaker 3: I need to write it down. There's not thing I
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  Speaker 3: had to write it down, And then last night I
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  Speaker 3: thought about it. But I'll say, I don't want a jinxus.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not going to write anything down. So yeah, maybe
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  Speaker 3: next time, if I ever get that, I'll write it
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  Speaker 3: down and just think here, Yeah, maybe you're but no,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not too confident. Honestly, I've been slacking really bad.
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  Speaker 3: But I always had the vision that I would speak
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  Speaker 3: French if I won this tournament. And since I was ten,
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  Speaker 3: being spending so much time at Moronsickle Academy, everybody's made
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  Speaker 3: that joke to me and I should have.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's okay, well you spoke French and your
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  Speaker 1: second franchial you'll get out.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, your second one, the second one, okay, so second one.
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  Speaker 3: If I went second one, I'll say something might not
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  Speaker 3: be the whole speech, just a smidge, just a smidge, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: with a taste.
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  Speaker 4: We know that you were campaign.
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  Speaker 1: You were superstitious. You didn't want to do that. I
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  Speaker 1: know your dad gets very superstitious. He also dropped a
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  Speaker 1: bar afterwards, so take a listen to what he said
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  Speaker 1: when he interviewed about his shirt choice today.
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  Speaker 6: Oh god, your shirt it's got a lion.
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  Speaker 2: I can't be coincidence.
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  Speaker 6: No. Once you won US Open, I bought a shirt
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  Speaker 6: early on that's hid imagine, and I picked it out
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  Speaker 6: before the tournament to wear it. And then I bought
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  Speaker 6: this shirt. Initially it was because I'm a Leo. It's
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  Speaker 6: a lion. And then I told I told Candid before
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  Speaker 6: the show, I said, look, they bringing the tigers, so
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  Speaker 6: we don't have to bring a lion.
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was a tiger. When I saw him after,
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  Speaker 3: I was like, he's like, I wore a lion. I
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  Speaker 3: was like, this is tiger and you know it's Tyger Seal.
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  Speaker 6: So I was like, who are you?
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  Speaker 2: But they know it's a lion.
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  Speaker 3: So I mean, you know my dad he picked out,
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  Speaker 3: he picks, he does stuff, and yeah, I mean.
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  Speaker 1: That was a bar in addition to all of us.
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  Speaker 2: I can see the joy you're bringing to them. It's
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  Speaker 2: really special.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I think they just put so much years into this
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  Speaker 3: learning and really supporting me, and I think just having
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  Speaker 3: people support you more on the emotional side and and
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  Speaker 3: being happy, I think it's the most important and the
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  Speaker 3: game come. So just having those people protect me from
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  Speaker 3: other people who maybe want other alterio motive. It means
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  Speaker 3: a lot, and I'm grateful that, you know, God blessed
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  Speaker 3: me with parents like that have and you.
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  Speaker 1: Have blessed us with an incredible action. Thank you for everyone.
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  Speaker 3: Hearing took very much.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe your first bottle.
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  Speaker 6: I know.
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  Speaker 4: Let's go, don't go go, Let's.
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  Speaker 2: Amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Cheers sus