Sevastova and Alona Ostapenko are conducting joint training before the Tokyo Olympic Games. It was already known that a big glow was expected in Tokyo in July and August. The daily air temperature can exceed +35 Celsius.
“I think there will be difficulties after a long flight, but it wasn’t so crazy. I’ve managed to train here in hot conditions. I have to say that it was also hot in Latvia and Austria, but there is also a lot of humidity here. I can get used to hot conditions, “Sevastova told the Latvian media on Thursday.
The matches in Tokyo will take place on hard courts. Sevastova admitted that the cover is quite hard, but not too fast.
“After ten strokes, the balls become big and fly differently. It makes a difference whether you hit with a new or old ball – one flies and the other does not. But these days I am also used to the court,” the tennis player noted.
The Sevastov Olympic tournament is equated to a big competition, because the conditions are just like in the “Grand Slam” tournaments.
” Courts are just ten minutes from the Olympic Village. On the tour, for example, there are tournaments where we go to the courts for up to an hour. Everything is quite professionally organized, “Sevastova told about the conditions.
Olympic debutant Sevastova is 53rd in the WTA rank, while her rival Fiona Ferro from France is 11th down.
“I know what she looks like and that she’s playing with her right hand. She played pretty well last year. I’ll watch a couple of her matches and try to develop tactics. It’s going to be hard, but I have to fight in every match. opportunities – I have already proved it, “said Sevastova about the first opponent.
In the second round, it is possible to meet with the first rocket of the planet Ashley Barthy from Australia. Sevastova has also explored the branch of further tournaments and believes that Barthy’s opponent in the first round – the Spaniard Sara Sorrives-Tormo (WTA 48) – is a pretty good player.
The Olympic tennis tournament will start on July 24 and end on August 1.
The Tokyo Olympic Games are scheduled for July 23 to August 8. Latvia will be represented by 14 athletes in 14 sports.
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