Nadia Podoroska lived three weeks dreamed of at Roland Garros, in which in addition to reaching the semi-finals for the first time in her career – she became the first player from qualifying to reach this instance – she achieved a huge jump in the world rankings: she arrived in Paris as 131st in the world and today the WTA officialized her in 48th place.
The truth is that for these hours the 23-year-old rosarina is allowed the time to enjoy what was lived in the French Grand Slam. “It was three unforgettable weeks. None of us expected this result as well, but the process was being done and it is now,” said the Russian in dialogue with TyC Sports’s #Bonadeo program. He added: “What I did best was abstract myself from the context, play tennis and do the best I could. Thanks to that I was able to enjoy it, take out the external pressures and concentrate on what I do well.” I was just looking at who I had to play that game against and once I won yes (I asked) to go see her, but I didn’t think anything about the points, ranking or money. When you’re up against who and where, a lot of things start to come up that you can’t handle,” he explained.
On the other hand, the rosarin was moved by the impact her parties had on the paris brick dust. “What has excited me these days is that a lot of people sent me pictures of guys playing, babes, it’s nice that you can make the sport known, that desire to play, to improve, is what makes me happiest, that it gets told,” he said. In this sense, Podoroska referred to the difficult moments he had to go through in order to continue developing his career. “There were times when I didn’t have the money to play, to travel, I was always clear that with the money my dad made at the pharmacy, you couldn’t sustain a tennis career. It is so much what is needed that is unworkable,” he said.” I consider myself fortunate because in difficult times I have always received help from coaches and friends, and it is for them that I am here. There is no shortage of talent, no lack of economic opportunity,” he said.
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