8/27/2023 0 Comments Natasha zvereva gigi fernandez![]() We are great friends enjoy each other on the court, off the court, and we are the best team in the world, so why would we split up? GIGI FERNANDEZ: We stay together because we Love playing together. Is that what keeps you together that challenge? I am probably going to have to play tennis until I am 50 to catch them, but it is still in the back of our minds. We still have that and we still have Martina and Pam, we are still trying catch them. GIGI FERNANDEZ: If we had won the Grand Slam two years in a row or even one time, there would be a little less for us to do as a team. We seem to be playing against them all the time in the finals, most of the time anyway, so that makes it very challenging and, you know, once you are out there and playing a final or any match against them, you know it is going to be a great match. NATASHA ZVEREVA: The good thing is there is a challenge out there. We can still have another chance, you know, next year starting all over again and, you know, Jana and Arantxa are playing great doubles, and it would be probably more difficult now than it was before, because they are playing so well. And for the other team, it is better because there is not so much pressure. We played the first one - we played after Super Saturday, after, you know, we went on at 8 o'clock at night and the second one we played fourth on Friday, which - there was like 50 people in the stands and there was like no atmosphere and it is very hard for us to play like that. We were stuck playing too late semifinals, both times. It is like we tried our best and we think - we were a little bit unlucky with the scheduling. Why was it so tough to nail one that really counted for the Slam? What kept preventing you from doing that, what was the difference? So that we were tense not only because it was a Grand Slam final, but because it was windy and it was swirling so you had to get used to it. You can't really go for your shots as much because the ball is not where you expect it to be and also when you hit it, you aim for a spot it doesn't go to your aim, so doubles, there seems to be less - it is hard in both, but in doubles you always have the net crossing you, so your space with the ball is smaller. When it is windy, you tend to not be as loose. GIGI FERNANDEZ: I think the wind didn't help. It wasn't, you know, we weren't going for a Grand Slam here, but it still took a lot of, you know, took me to be a little bit nervous with some points of the match. NATASHA ZVEREVA: Three years, I thought it would be a lot easier to come out because we knew that it's is not a Grand Slam. Can you talk about it about how it feels to finally do it, finally win the U.S. Go to minute 16 to see Gigi explaining the inside return from the ad court.Q.Mary Joe Fernandez and Gigi won two Olympic Gold Medals.Monica Seles was the toughest opponent Gigi played.Lisa Raymond & Sam Stosur who won the 2005 US Open.University of South Florida tennis team.She is on the board of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Gigi won 14 of her 17 majors with Natasha Zvereva.*To help support The Tennis Tribe & provide more free content like this, we may earn a percentage of purchases through the links below. Learn MORE Interview Notes from this Podcast
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