ROLAND GARROS

June 7, 2021

Sofia Kenin

Press Conference

M. SAKKARI/S. Kenin

6-1, 6-3

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. With the results not coming your way, do you think the good matches you've played during this week can help you in terms of confidence for the rest of the season?

SOFIA KENIN: Yeah, I feel like the first three rounds were quite good. I was happy with the way I was playing. I'm obviously disappointed today. It's definitely not the match that I wanted to play. I feel like nerves got the better of me.

But of course all credit to Maria. She played a great match. She obviously deserved to win with the way she was playing. Yeah, I wish her luck in her next rounds.

Q. What are your expectations for the rest of the season?

SOFIA KENIN: I mean, the plan is, yeah, just try to get ready for grass season. I guess take some time, a few days off, I guess, to recover, and then yeah, hopefully have a good one.

Right now my emotions are quite high, so I'm really not thinking about anything. I'm still in the match. Yeah, I don't want to make any -- I think it's better for me not to say anything, because as I said, my emotions are high, and I just need some time to be by myself, and I'm sure once everything is settled I'll make a normal decision because right now it's not going to be a good decision.

Q. Talk about your new coach and your new team. Do you have any expectations? What are your thoughts about that?

SOFIA KENIN: I mean, I have my team here, my agents are here, my fitness coach is here, so further I don't have much to comment. I'll figure out eventually how I want my team to look like and be. That's as much as I can say.

Q. You just spoke about your nerves. Do you think that is something that you probably might need to work on in the future? How do you get rid of those nerves?

SOFIA KENIN: I mean, definitely I need some work on that. I mean, obviously it's really disappointing. I had some tough matches, and I was able to win, I was able to deal with my nerves, and today obviously it's really frustrating. I get here and I completely lose it. I feel like I played one of my worst tennis, of course, in terms of everything. Yeah, obviously there's a lot of mental work to be done.

If I'm in the second week, I should be able to play well, but obviously it was completely the opposite, which is obviously frustrating. Yeah, it's a frustrating day and everything.