At Roland-Garros
It is more than one in the morning, 1:10 precisely, when the young Frenchwoman Clara Burel, 19, appeared in front of the media for a remote press conference with the journalists still present on the Roland-Garros site.
The Rennaise, exhausted but radiant is still on her cloud, as elsewhere: "I just saw that it was almost 1am, I did not realize during the match that it was so late, I thought that it was 9 or 10 p.m., that was a bit of a surprise ”.
The latest match in Roland Garros history
An hour earlier, the Rennaise entered the history of the tournament by completing the latest match in history on the night of Paris with a match point played at 0h10 against the Dutch Arantxa Rus (67th) in three sets 6 -7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 and after 2h57 of play. On court n ° 7 illuminated by the projectors installed since this year at Porte d'Auteuil, the 357th player world also offered its first success in a Grand Slam tournament.
"At the end, when I saw my mother, I thought back to last year when I was watching Roland Garros and I had just had an operation on my (left) wrist, it was difficult"
In front of his clan and a few dozen spectators, the Habs was overwhelmed with an intense emotion that she went to share, in tears, by going to fall into the arms of her mother at the edge of the field.
“At the end, when I saw my mother, I thought back to last year when I watched Roland Garros and had just had my (left) wrist operated on, it was difficult.
When I won, I thought about all that, it was a lot of emotion, ”said the protégé of Thierry Champion who received an invitation this year.
Emotion sequence!
After her victory at the end of the night against the Dutch Arantxa Rus, Clara Burel takes refuge in her mother's arms and even lets out a few tears!
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- France tv sport (@francetvsport) September 28, 2020
As many gains at Roland Garros as during his entire young career
The Breton, silver medalist at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018 and who had pocketed just over 85,000 since the start of her professional career is already guaranteed to touch 84,000 with her presence in the second round.
She will face the Slovenian Kaja Juva, 103rd player in the world.
A big challenge in sight since the latter created the surprise by eliminating the former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber.
“I'm super tired but obviously there is excitement after this match.
I will try to rest well this night and tomorrow especially, ”concluded the player who embodies the future of French tennis.
Already in 2018, she had been selected by Yannick Noah, then captain of the France Fed Cup team, as a substitute for the first round against Belgium.
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