Aryna Sabalenka's on-court interview after her win against Jessica Pegula in the final of the 2024 US Open.nnIn this interview following her 2024 U.S. Open victory, Aryna Sabalenka expresses immense gratitude and pride for finally achieving her dream of winning the tournament. She reflects on how close she had come in the past and the struggles she faced, particularly in this challenging final against Jessica Pegula. Sabalenka acknowledges Pegula’s strong performance and predicts future Grand Slam victories for her.nnSabalenka shares that her victory is especially meaningful after the tough losses she's experienced at the U.S. Open in previous years. She emphasizes the importance of perseverance, stating that hard work and determination can ultimately lead to success. Sabalenka feels proud of herself and her team for their unwavering support throughout the difficult season.nnWhen asked about her team's impact, Sabalenka highlights how crucial they have been to her both personally and professionally, calling them her family and expressing her deep love and appreciation. Lastly, she thanks the New York crowd, recognizing that while many supported Pegula, their energy and support made the tournament a special and memorable experience for her.

Jessica Pegula On-Court Interview following her loss against Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the 2024 US Open.nnJessica Pegula reflects on her remarkable journey after reaching her first Grand Slam final, acknowledging the unexpected success she's had in recent weeks. Despite a challenging start to the year, she was able to turn things around, culminating in strong performances throughout the summer. She expresses gratitude for the incredible matches she's been part of, highlighting her surprise and appreciation for how far she's come.nnIn her match against Aryna Sabalenka, Pegula notes the difficulty of facing such a powerful opponent, especially given Sabalenka's dominance on hard courts. She recalls their tough battle in Cincinnati and admits that Sabalenka’s aggressive style often made it difficult for her to gain control. Although Pegula fought back in both sets, she ultimately couldn’t overcome Sabalenka but remained proud of her resilience.nnFinally, Pegula thanks her support team, including her coaches, family, and friends, for standing by her throughout this journey. She emphasizes how meaningful it is to have their support, especially at her home tournament, and expresses her deep appreciation for everyone who contributed to her success.

Frances Tiafoe's press conference following his loss against Taylor Fritz in the semifinals of the 2024 US Open.nnFrances Tiafoe reflects on his tough loss, expressing disappointment in how his body shut down during the match, especially in the fourth set when he experienced unexpected cramps. Although he felt physically fit leading up to the match, he admits that nerves likely played a significant role in his performance.nnTiafoe believes he was in a strong position to win, noting that this year presented the best opportunity for him to make it to the final. However, he acknowledges Taylor Fritz's resilience and credits him for deserving the victory. Despite the pain of the loss, Tiafoe is determined to learn from the experience and continue improving.nnIn the Q&A session, Tiafoe mentions that the intense 31-shot rally wasn’t the cause of his physical issues, but rather a later moment in the set where he experienced cramps. He also shares his strategy between sets, where he tried everything possible to recover.nnLooking forward, Tiafoe remains optimistic, emphasizing that his recent performances, including a strong run at Cincinnati, have positioned him well for the future. He plans to finish the season strong, learn from this setback, and believes that his and other young Americans' successes will open doors for the next generation of tennis players.

Taylor Fritz on-court interview following his win against Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals of the 2024 US Open.nnTaylor Fritz says it's a dream come true. He's in the final of the US Open and promises to give it his all to lift the trophy.nnChristopher Eubanks:nWell, Taylor, that was an incredible effort, physically, mentally. Frances came out and played some really good tennis to get up two sets to love, and you stayed with it, you stayed true to your—two sets to one, sorry. You stayed with it, you stayed true.nWhat were the keys in order for you to be able to turn that match around?nnTaylor Fritz:nHe was—I mean, he was overwhelming from the baseline so much. He was taking the ball so early, changing lines so well. It was just, like, really overwhelming.nAnd I just tried to tell myself to stay in it and fight to just hold my serve and kind of just apply that scoreboard pressure as much as possible. I told myself that if I didn't give it absolutely everything I had to just stick with it and see if, you know, his level might drop a little bit, then I was going to regret it for a long time. So I just did everything I could to just stay in it.nnChristopher Eubanks :nYou know, you said that, you know, you told yourself to stay in it, but I looked over at your coaching box a little bit, and Michael Russell, who's usually one of the most calm, cool, and collected coaches, seemed to get really, really into it. Did hearing him kind of, you know, give you that energy, did that also play a part in kind of turning that momentum and getting your energy level up?nnTaylor Fritz:nI mean, I think a big thing was a lot of these points that were being played where I felt like I wasn't really doing anything wrong and I was just getting overwhelmed. I was freaking out a little bit, and, you know, he kind of just told me to keep doing what I was doing, and he kind of just accepted that's okay and keep making him do it, and I think that, you know, it helped me just calm me down and reaffirm I was doing the right thing.nnChristopher Eubanks :nWell, you did the right thing, and you also did something else that's incredibly special. Tonight you became the first American man in 18 years to advance to the final of the US Open. I know how hard you work, and I know how much you've put into this moment right here.nWhen you hear that, that you'll be playing in the final of the US Open come Sunday, what goes through your mind?nnTaylor Fritz:nI mean, it's the reason why I do what I do. It's the reason why I work so hard. It's, uh, I mean, I'm in the final of the US Open.nnChristopher Eubanks :nI'm sure it's a dream come true. You're going to have a couple days to kind of get ready for it, but I got to ask, in that final of the U.S. Open, you will face Yannick Center. I want to get your thoughts on that match and what you look forward to doing over the next 48 hours to prepare for the final on Sunday.nnTaylor Fritz:nLike I said, it's a dream come true. I'm in the final, so I'm going to come out, and I'm going to give everything I possibly have, and I know that's for a fact. I'm going to give it everything I can possibly give it, so I can't wait.nnChristopher Eubanks :nAnd I know this crowd in New York will be behind you 100%. Ladies and gentlemen, our number one American and US Open finalist, Taylor Fritz.

Jannik Sinner's press conference following his win against Jack Draper in the semifinals of the 2024 US Open.nnJannik Sinner ne se fait pas trop de souci pour son poignet avant la finale de l'US OpennnQuestion :nJannik, if you could, your thoughts on the win?nnJannik Sinner :nYeah, tough match, physical match. Playing against Jack, it's never easy. He served very well and yeah, felt like it was a very tough match.nSo happy to win this one. Thank you.nnQuestion :nHi there, Jannik. You took a tumble and had some attention to your wrist there, or your hand. How is it?nHow much of a concern is it?nnSinner :nYeah, the physio loosened it up very fast on court. So after I felt OK in the beginning, then after it went away by playing, which is good. Let's see how it is tomorrow when it's cold.nIt's going to be a different feeling. Hopefully it's nothing to concern about. I'm quite relaxed because if it's something bad, you feel it straight away a bit more.nSo yeah, let's see how it is.nnQuestion :nCongrats on reaching the final. You said before the tournament it wasn't ideal conditions coming in, given what was happening away from the court. I just wondered, now that you're through to the final, how have you been able to compartmentalise all that and keep your focus?nnSinner :nYeah, we went just day by day, really, with not so many expectations. Trying to find my game, trying to find our rhythm. I started off the first day losing the first set.nI was at the breakdown, going through that one and just trying to find confidence throughout the days. We practised very hard in the days in between, trying to prepare each match in the best possible way. I'm happy to be in the final here.nIt's a special tournament, so let's see what's coming Sunday.nnQuestion :nHow strange was it when Jack was being sick on the court and trying to stay focused on your own game? Is that even weirder when it's a good friend of yours who's going through a hard time?nnSinner :nYeah, as I said already, we have a good friendship. We know each other quite well. Obviously, it's tough for him, for sure.nSame as they are a bit different to play in Grand Slams, finals are a bit different. You feel a lot of tension, it's a bit different. But it was nice to share the court with him.nHopefully, we have some more battles in the future which I'm quite sure about. He's made his breakthrough this week a little bit, playing some amazing tennis, serving very well. Physically, he has improved a lot.nHe's going to be very tough to beat in the future, for sure. I'm happy for him. Talking about today, the first two sets were very physical.nI also felt physically it was very tough. I tried to stay there in the third set, which then brought me to finish it off in three.nnQuestion :nTo follow up on that, what advice can you give to Jack to deal with that? He doesn't have as much experience as you at the high end. Do you think Jack, from what you've seen this fortnight, has the capabilities of perhaps winning a major in the next five years?nnSinner :nYeah, of course. He's ball-striking and choosing the right shots at the right time. There are some feelings you have with certain players and he is one of them, I feel like.nEveryone has his own time, way and path. I'm quite sure that he's potentially winning some big titles in the future because he's a tough player to play against. He has a great attitude on the court.nHe's working hard. These are all things together, which is great to see. He's also lefty.nIt's something different. From my point of view, also today he played very well the first couple of sets. Then after, he dropped physically a little bit.nI think we're going to see him much more from now on.nnQuestion :nCongratulations. Jack was just asked what your greatest weakness was and he said that you were too nice. What do you think of that and what do you think your greatest weakness is?nnSinner :nGoing for sure on the net. Sometimes I miss some volleys. Shot selection sometimes is still...nI feel like I can make it a little bit better. They're all some small things which make the small details what makes a big difference in high level. For sure, me and my team, we know what we have to improve.nToday maybe I should have gone a little bit more on the net sometimes. It takes time. It's not like magic.nYou have to go through certain moments. I lost matches by doing the right things. Then you have to keep working on that.nSometimes I won matches even doing the wrong things. You always have to talk with your team trying to find the right balance. I'm quite sure that I still can improve.nnQuestion :nWhat did you think of Jack's comment that you were too nice?nnSinner :nThat's not true. We know each other very well. We had a chance to play doubles together.nWe give ourselves sometimes some tactical... For example, when he has to play against certain players sometimes if he asks me I give him a couple of things trying to play against. Obviously, I know in my mind he's lefty so it's completely different.nI feel like we are both very nice off the court. We are good friends. On the court we try to play some good tennis.nI think that's also what the crowd wants to see.nnQuestion :nJannik, they're about to begin their match, the two Americans, Fritz and Tiafoe. Starting first with Taylor, what are your thoughts about the biggest strengths in his game and how you two match up?nnSinner :nBig serve. Very solid player from the back of the court. He can hit strong.nHe can hit with rotation. He can mix up the game very well. He has played a lot this year so he has a lot of rhythm of the match.nIf he wins or if Frances wins, whoever is going to be in the final, they deserve to be in the final. It's going to be a tough match in any case. If it's Frances, we just played the final in Cincinnati.nHe's a very good mover. Good serve also. He can mix up the game with the slice.nHe's coming a little bit more to the net than Taylor. It's a slightly different two players. I'm just looking forward for Sunday and then we'll see how it goes.nnQuestion :nAtmosphere, what are your expectations?nnSinner :nIt's right that the atmosphere is what it's going to be. We are in America. We are in New York playing against an American.nIt's going to be, for sure, the crowd a little bit more on their side. It's normal. It's like when I play in Italy.nIt's a bit the same. I'm going to accept that. I have my team and my people who are close to me.nIn my mind, I know that there are many people watching from home from Italy. I just take some support from them.

Jack Draper's press conference following his loss to Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of the 2024 US Open.nnQuestion :nJack, if you would, your thoughts on the match?nnJack Draper :nYeah, I mean, I thought it was a decent level from both of us, especially the first two sets. Very physical, I think, the first couple of sets were about 2 hours 15. And it was tough having both of them not go my way.nBut yeah, I thought obviously Jannik, again, plays at such a high level all the time, had chances here and there and I didn't take them. And obviously, when you play the best players in the world, you need to do that. And yeah, I obviously wasn't feeling my best and struggled at certain periods of the match, especially towards the end.nBut, you know, Jannik beat me fair and square. He was too strong for me today.nnQuestion :nSimon from Telegraph. Can you tell us if you came in feeling any stomach issues or was it the nausea just to do with the humidity?nnDraper :nYeah, I mean, I obviously was extremely humid today. Hasn't been pretty much the whole week as of yet. You know, I think, you know, it's obviously a very physical match.nObviously, that's why Jannik is number one player in the world, because when you play the top players, the intensity is different. You know, it's a step up. You know, and I think obviously it's a big occasion for me.nYou know, I definitely felt, even though I generally feel pretty relaxed and stuff, I definitely felt a little bit more excited today, you know, a few more nerves around. And, you know, I'm definitely someone who's, you know, I think quite an anxious human being. So I think, you know, when you add all that together, sometimes I do feel a bit nausea on court and I do feel a little bit sick when it gets tough.nSo, yeah, I didn't have any problems before the match, but it obviously just built up. nnQuestion :nNeil McClellan from the Mirror. Do you actually feel better when you threw up on the court? How close were you to retiring?nnDraper :nNo, you don't. You don't feel better. You just, you feel worse and worse because you can't put anything in your body.nYou know, like when you're playing long matches, you need to be able to drink and to eat things and to, you know, give your body the supplies it needs to keep on going. But obviously when you're feeling sick and stuff like that, you can't put anything inside your body because it just comes straight out and it's the worst feeling ever. You can't move around the court when that happens.nSo, no, it's a horrible feeling and you just feel more dizzy and more sick the more you are. Sorry, don't talk about retiring. Oh, sorry.nNo, no, no. I'm not going to retire in the semis of a Grand Slam. I tried to, I know the last set, you know, I probably looked like from courtside or on TV that it was, you know, not a great look.nBut, you know, at the end of the day, I always try and give my best. You know, the second set I was feeling not too great and, you know, I still pushed it to a tie break and I was just, I was fighting hard. You know, I'm proud of myself.nI tried to fight as hard as I can. You know, it's just not going to get it done against someone like that.nnQuestion :nHi, Jack. David Law from the Tennis Podcast. When did you first start to feel unwell in a match?nnDraper :nI think, you know, we had like a tough opening set, you know, five all. We had a really tight game. You know, I definitely was, sometimes in the matches, you feel your anxious build up, you know, in certain moments.nAnd I definitely felt like five all in the first set was a big game, you know, threw in a couple of double faults. I think it was juice a few times. And then definitely when I came out for the first game in the second set, he was trying to obviously get the break first game.nAnd I managed to hold him off, but definitely he was starting to not feel great in that moment. So, like I said, like it was just, I tried to do my best to fight it for as long as possible. And I did a good job.nYou know, I put myself in a winning position in some of those moments in the second set. Like I definitely felt like he was struggling as well. But obviously when you go two sets to love down, you know, it's still such a long way to go and you're just constantly getting feeling worse and worse.nnQuestion :nYou talk about the anxieties that you've had. You're 22, it's your 10th slam. Do you think those anxieties will go with more experience?nDo you think that's something that will disappear? And what do you do as a coping mechanism behind the scenes for those?nnDraper :nYeah, definitely. You know, like I'm getting as a player, you know, I'm getting more and more experience, you know, that's the one thing, you know, that's helping me this year and helping me to, you know, feel better in general is, you know, the more experiences you have of situations, the easier things become and you just take it all in your stride. You know, obviously Jannik's been in this situation a few times now, you know, so he can sort of relate to maybe the feelings.nYou know, it's difficult, you know, like obviously I'm an athlete, I'm a tennis player, you know, there's so many athletes out there, you know, we've all got things we're working through all the time, you know, tennis especially or just any sport is hugely mental and physical and, you know, I try my best all the time to keep on evolving, to keep on learning and it's definitely something, you know, I've had to just work through my whole entire life, you know, I think I've got quite a strong mentality and quite sort of almost, you know, I use up a lot of mental energy a lot of the time because I want it so badly but obviously that doesn't necessarily help a lot of the time especially in these five set matches and that sort of anxiety and those feelings can build up so it's definitely just something that, you know, is a real strength of mine but also a weakness and I have to continue to work on it.nnQuestion :nHi Jack, Charlie from Athletic. Congrats on a great tournament. I just wonder like how different and what are the main differences of playing someone like a top player like Jannik in a best of five set match on that court?nWere there things that you sort of almost never experienced before?nnDraper :nYeah, I mean, I think firstly Jannik's obviously had, even though he's so young, he's obviously been in these situations many, many times. You know, I think to be fair, you know, before Australian Open this year, he kept on getting to the quarterfinals, the semifinals and came unstuck and I think, you know, it's all a process. You know, you have to go through the losses and the emotions of being there and not quite getting it done and, you know, maybe it was too much for him at certain times and, you know, as players we're constantly being put in situations that sometimes are new to us.nSo we have to learn how to deal with it. I think someone asked me, you know, what do people say? It's like, well, you got to experience that yourself to understand it better and to know how you react to that situation.nI think, yeah, I think Jannik's got huge experience already and also, yeah, I mean, the reason why he's number one in the world and, you know, he's barely losing matches is because he's so consistent. His intensity, his ball speed, he's barely got any weaknesses and he's just able to be there point by point and raise his level when he needs to and mentally, physically, emotionally, everything's, you know, constantly improving and he's rock solid in all areas. So he's tough to beat.nnQuestion :nJack Davidson from the Sunday Times. What do you feel that you most need to do apart from just the experience and the passage of time? What do you feel that you need to do to maybe make that last step to get to that ultimate level?nnDraper :nI think, honestly, I don't think I need to do anything different. I think it's just a matter of time. You know, I think I'm constantly trying to improve.nI've got great people around me. I'm doing all the right things. You know, like I said yesterday, when I came here last year, I was, you know, 120 in the world.nI barely played the whole season. You know, I think I'll be leaving here this week top 20 and, you know, having continued to achieve, you know, things that, you know, I'm breaking new barriers down the whole time of what I think is possible. So, you know, I don't think anything's going to just, oh, I need to do this and that's going to help.nI think it's more just keep on doing what I'm doing, experience. You know, for someone like Jannik or Carlos or some of these young players, you know, they've been on the tour for about three or four years now, constantly playing, constantly learning, constantly taking wins and losses and experiencing losing in the quarters or semis of a Grand Slam. And, you know, I'm still, this is my first proper year, I'd say, because of all my injuries and all my setbacks.nAnd so I'm a few years behind almost. So I think I just need to keep on learning, keep on growing, keep on, you know, having situations like today where I came unstuck. And, you know, how am I going to do it different next time and all these types of things.nAnd that's the biggest thing. I think it is honestly just a matter of time, it's experience, it's doing all the right things, it's training consistently. And, you know, over time you just progress and you get stronger and you get better.nAnd hopefully I'll be in these situations more often and I'm able to come through them.nnQuestion :nCongratulations, Ubaldo Scanagata, UBITennis.com. Congratulations for the great tournament. Maybe was it too easy, the tournament you had until today, because you never had to play tiebreaker, never a very long, long set, maybe once or twice.nThat could have helped you if you had done it. And one thing, you say it doesn't have almost any weakness. If you have to point out one weakness of Sinner, which one would you say?nToday he missed quite a few forehand.nnDraper :nYeah, in answer to the first question, I mean, I just did what I had to do, you know. I'm not going to take it to a tiebreaker. I don't need to take it to a tiebreaker or lose a set because I need to lose a set.nBut, yeah, obviously, you know, my run to the semis, I didn't feel like I was overly sort of pushed almost. You know, I was playing good tennis. I felt like, you know, my opponents, maybe first round guy was injured and then Alex in the quarters maybe had a niggle and, you know, not taking anything away from me because you have to beat the guy in front of you at the end of the day.nBut, no, I don't know. I don't know the answer to that question. But I suppose Sinner, what's one weakness?nHe doesn't have many, mate. One, I don't know. Maybe he's too nice. Maybe he's too nice.nHis forehand is pretty good as well. I'll tell you that for a fact.