Do you want style?
I do like style, and truly, I’ve to reap the benefits of it to buy groceries after Wimbledon [laughs].
What’s your favourite piece of clothes? And what accent is all the time in your suitcase?
I actually like skirts, and the accent that’s by no means lacking from my suitcase is a pleasant bag.
How essential is your aesthetic facet to you? Do you could have a magnificence routine?
Sure, I’ve a magnificence routine that I attempt to observe every single day, particularly as a result of we tennis gamers are uncovered to the solar for a lot of months of the 12 months. So, I believe it’s essential to care for my pores and skin.
Let’s discuss leisure time. What do you do whenever you’re not coaching?
Nothing specifically, I’m only a very regular woman. I like hanging out with my buddies, watching TV collection, studying a e-book, going out for dinner. In brief, doing regular issues. I don’t have one thing particular that I take pleasure in; I’m fairly fundamental in that regard.
What’s your relationship with social media and your public persona?
I contemplate myself a non-public particular person: on social media, I attempt to share extra of my athletic facet than my private life off the courtroom. Sometimes, I do submit one thing private, nevertheless it relies on how I really feel.
Could I ask in case you have a romantic relationship that’s supplying you with extra power on the courtroom? How a lot can love assist—or, conversely, distract—an expert tennis participant who all the time wants to keep up excessive focus?
I’m presently not in a romantic relationship. However I believe a wholesome relationship can solely be useful.
What do the Olympics imply to you?
Rather a lot. I nonetheless bear in mind when my father used to point out me athletics on TV once I was a toddler; that’s the primary picture that involves thoughts once I consider the Olympics. After I attended the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony in 2021, it was a really emotional second—a dream come true. The athlete on TV was me.
This story was translated from the original Italian.
