Say what?! Best French Open day 10 quotes

With only two singles matches completed on a rainy day 10 in Paris, the press room was much quieter than usual. That is of course when the ever-chatty Timea Bacsinszky wasn’t in the hot seat…

“If I’m surprised? I mean, I would say yes, because I amaze sometimes myself with, like, the focus I can have on some important moments during the whole tournament.”
Timea Bacsinszky on being in the semifinals

“I don’t like to play with the wind. I’m not sure if any other player likes it. But I just said, anyway, I have no choice, and I have no influence on that. I just better be friends with the wind today and with the rain delays, as well.”
Timea Bacsinszky on dealing with the weather conditions

“Lucky her, she’s way younger than I am (smiling). But maybe lucky me, experience-wise, I don’t know. But anyway, I think those stories are just very good and nice. You guys have something to talk about.”
Timea Bacsinszky on sharing her birthday with semifinal opponent Jelena Ostapenko

“Is she nervous or does she feel pressure? Maybe she drinks pressure. I don’t know.”
Timea Bacsinszky on the fearless Jelena Ostapenko

“I know it won’t be a bed of roses.”
Timea Bacsinszky on her semifinal

“I remember my nightmares and dreams pretty well, so I’m going to really tell you, even if you’re not interested. But I remember that I had, like, three towels that I wanted to give to my siblings because I have three, but I forgot them in the closet. So it was a big drama, so I could not get into the plane without giving the towels of the French Open, and I woke up and I was sweating. It was terrible for me. So probably if I would not be playing a quarterfinal of a Grand Slam, I would probably not have this kind of nightmare issues.”
Timea Bacsinszky explains her pre-match nightmare, dreaming she was on her way to another tournament

“I think I was very, very far from my best tennis and it was still a close two-sets match. So, in quarterfinal of a slam, so it would be silly if I’m not positive about that.”
Kristina Mladenovic finding positives from her loss

“Of course when I came here I didn’t expect I’m going to be in the semis, but I was playing better and better every match. So I think if I keep it up, I think anything can happen.”
Jelena Ostapenko on whether she is surprised by her run

“If I have a chance to go out to the net, I’m going to the net and I just finish the point, because I think it’s easier.”
Jelena Ostapenko on her aggressive game plan

“I think maybe this one is one of the best ones. Because to play semifinal of Roland Garros on your birthday, I think it’s really nice (smiling).”
Soon-to-be 20-year-old Jelena Ostapenko on her best ever birthday present

“You know, it’s obviously the Grand Slam that I have had the hardest (time) at and the one I probably like the least. But, you know, at the end of the day, I tried my best.”
Caroline Wozniacki is not the biggest French Open fan