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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: «I'm not afraid of anyone!»

October 15, 07:30 PM

In her post-match press-conference Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova spoke about Simona Halep, her new coach and discussed Russia’s prospect in Fed Cup.

How hard was your match? How did you feel on the court?

It is always tough to play at home. The first match at any tournament never comes easy. Plus my opponent was in a good shape, it was a smooth match. I am glad that I won all the important points in both sets. I am happy with my match overall.

The next match won’t be easy for you – you are to play Simona Halep? What can you say about your opponent and are you afraid of her?

To be honest, I'm not afraid of anyone, it's not even about fear. Yes, Simona is the top player of the world now, there is a lot of talk about it. But I want to take revenge. It's always difficult for me to play with her, no matter what her ranking is. I will fight, I hope to show a good game.

Nastya, how is your season, you won a title but also had failures?

The season wasn’t easy. It is always nice to win tournaments. Last year was hard, I finished the season late. There was little time to rest, I did not have time to recover from my shoulder injury. Therefore this whole year was sort of crooked. I felt some tiredness already at the beginning of the year. Not my best season, unfortunately. Therefore, I am trying to focus my energy on the end of the season to finish it well, as best as I can. Yes, fatigue accumulated, the season was not easy, but it is what it is.

You used to admit that for you it’s impossible to work with one coach for a long time. But obviously now you have a very good relationship with the coach, what do you have in common? What did he bring to your team?

Well, how many times can I change coaches? (laughter), I want consistency in my team, and with that will come consistent results, of course. In the past I would begin working with one coach, I works fine for one tournament, then after two it doesn’t work anymore. You always want to blame someone for your defeat. So you break up. Sometimes you really cannot find the right synergy, but the truth is that I want a consistent team. In addition, I am now looking for a physio for the next year who would travel with me. I am getting older, I need to take care of myself. I hope that my results will become more consistent.

And what is special about your current coach?

He is serious on the court and he is fun to be with off-court.

Does he say something special to you? Are there any motivating phrases?

Sometimes he cheers me up, sometimes he scolds me. Sometimes he makes me play even when I am out of gas and touched the bottom. He always helps me mentally.

Earlier this summer you posted a photo on your Instargram page from the official fan zone of the World Cup 2018 in Russia. Has anybody from the tour approached you after the World Cup and said: “Nastya, we’ve just found out that it’s so cool in Russia, are we going to playing tournaments there anytime soon?

You know, for me, the World Cup was awesome. I was here for almost two weeks, I traveled to St. Petersburg to watch the match France vs Belgium. For me it was delightful and just unbelievable. I had with me ten foreign friends enjoying the World Cup in Russia. For them, our country has opened up from its bright side. There were no fights or any negative incidents. There was an unreal atmosphere and a lot of football. Everything was top-notch, it's nice.

The Russian national team begins its journey in the Confederation Cup. How do you feel about the fact that the Russian national team is in such peculiar position? And will you help the team?

I do not see anything tragic in this situation, well, we are knocked out, with whom does it not happen? It's like with a ranking - today you are on top, tomorrow – falling down. I hope that we girls are united, we will gather our strength and come back quickly with the hope of remaining on top for a long time.

Have you already received offers from the captain Igor Andreev?

Yes, we talked with Igor about that topic. Discussed the next year. I still do not know my schedule for next year. Igor Andreev often visits Grand Slams, watches matches, cheers us up. I think this is very good, the captain should watch the players, follow their personal growth.

The press conference ended in an informal setting, Yakov Shatkhin, the general director of “VTB Kremlin Cup”, presented the Anastasia with a symbolic gift, a hat with earflaps.

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