“I also saw the video. They showed me after. I think it's the most excited I've ever been for a match celebration,” Bencic said, still beaming. “No, I mean, it's just my real feelings. I was just so relieved, like, the moment I converted the match point and realized I made it to here last minute possible.
“Yeah, at some point it has become a big goal for me. Just super relieved. I tried to qualify in China and Linz. It didn't go well. Then I kind of stopped believing in it. I thought I would be in Zhuhai. I just took my last chance in Moscow. Somehow it paid off. I'm super happy. I think [Svetlana] Kuznetsova was my idol on this.”
Petra Kvitova, 29, on being the oldest player at this year’s WTA Finals:
Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova ushered in a new era when she became the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title with her 2011 triumph at Wimbledon. But now, the former Newcomer of the Year finds herself in a completely new position as the most experienced player in the draw.
“Well, I just realized yesterday that I'm the oldest one of them, which feels pretty weird!” Kvitova laughed. “But I going to take it. We spoke with Simona [Halep], she's just one year younger. We made some fun of it... I mean, yeah, there are [Bencic, Barty and Andreescu] here for the first time, not the last time probably.
“We going to see them often, I think. Yeah, I mean, the new faces are coming. It's normal that the generation is just changing.”
Kvitova will kick off her WTA Finals round robin run against Naomi Osaka, in a rematch of this year’s Australian Open final.
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October 26, 2019 at 08:25PM
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