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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 13, 2019

Daria Snigur

Wimbledon, London, England

D. SNIGUR/A. Noel

6-4, 6-4

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How are you feeling after winning junior Wimbledon?
DARIA SNIGUR: I can't believe it. It was my dream. It's very good for me. I worked hard every day for this trophy. It's incredible.

Q. You said you were feeling pressure through the week. Now that you've won, is it gone?
DARIA SNIGUR: Yes, yes. I am tired now. I can relax.

Q. What did you feel like when you walked out on to the court? You mentioned yesterday about not liking a lot of people. There were certainly a lot of people there. Did that affect you?
DARIA SNIGUR: When I saw the stadium, I'm really happy, I'm really scared. But I must to play. I don't know.

Q. Were you nervous?
DARIA SNIGUR: Yes, I'm really nervous. I'm now nervous. I'm nervous before match, during the match, after the match. I'm nervous whole time.

Q. You were down both sets in that match. How did you recover? How would you describe the recovery?
DARIA SNIGUR: I didn't think about it.

Q. She plays with a lot of slice.
DARIA SNIGUR: Yes.

Q. How did you feel you dealt with that?
DARIA SNIGUR: I know her game because we played in Roehampton final. Is very hard game for me because I don't like when she play all time slices.

But I must to play because it's finals Wimbledon. I don't have any choice in that.

Q. What did you try to do? Seemed like you tried to be more consistent.
DARIA SNIGUR: I tried to push the ball. I don't want to play slice on slice. I must push the ball.

Q. How different do you feel the match was compared to last week in Roehampton?
DARIA SNIGUR: It's more hard than matches I think because it's final, Wimbledon final, Court No. 1, too much people.

Q. What are your plans after this tournament?
DARIA SNIGUR: After this tournament, I have a rest. About tournament, I don't know.

Q. Will you be playing US Open juniors?
DARIA SNIGUR: No, no. I finish my junior career here.

Q. How does it feel to go out as the champion of Wimbledon?
DARIA SNIGUR: Very good feelings. Very good for me, for my career I think, because I won 15, 25 woman's tournaments. I want to won Grand Slam, of course. It was my dream.

Q. What do you think about Elina Svitolina and Yastremska as well? Why so many great players coming from Ukraine? Marta Kostyuk as well.
DARIA SNIGUR: I don't like Elina's tennis because Elina I think play maybe slices, maybe volleys. I don't know. I love Dayana's tennis. Push all the balls. It's very good, I think.

About Marta, I don't know. We are friends. Now she don't play tournaments. I don't know.

Q. Why?
DARIA SNIGUR: I don't know.

Q. Will you be playing in the junior masters?
DARIA SNIGUR: I want to play, yes.

Q. Why?
DARIA SNIGUR: Because it's masters. Eight players. It's the best in ITF, girls and boys. It's very good.

Q. Can you tell us why you enjoy playing on grass so much?
DARIA SNIGUR: Because it's very fast surface. I love when points is too fast. That's all.

Q. Why do you think you are an aggressive player that likes to push the ball?
DARIA SNIGUR: I want to push the ball, yes.

Q. Why are you this and not like Svitolina?
DARIA SNIGUR: I don't know. Don't like Elina, that's all.

Q. What are your goals now that you're going to professionals?
DARIA SNIGUR: I want to play in professional tennis.

Q. Do you have anything this year that you want to do?
DARIA SNIGUR: No, I don't.

Q. You're going to the champions ball, correct?
DARIA SNIGUR: (Nodding head.)

Q. Are you excited about that or nervous?
DARIA SNIGUR: I'm nervous.

Q. What does it feel like to be in this big room, people asking you questions?
DARIA SNIGUR: It's very good, I think.

Q. You looked nervous when you came in.
DARIA SNIGUR: Yes. I am nervous.

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