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Bartoli's French Fairytale
credit: By Helen Gilbert , rolandgarros.com
There is something to be said for confidence - you only have to ask Novak Djokovic who has not lost a match this year. Putting the hours of practice in is all well and good, but a lack of self belief will ultimately hinder progress. It is a scenario with which Marion Bartoli is all too familiar.
The French no.11 seed is currently poised to do battle with defending champion Francesca Schiavone in her first French Open semifinal on Thursday and will relish the challenge. But it has taken until now - her eleventh outing at Roland Garros - for the 26-year-old to tackle the inner demons that have eaten away at her faith. "The past years I really felt the pressure here," Bartoli admits. "I've been in a bad way. I was really going to the court without any confidence to be honest.
"I was not feeling well on the court. I was not feeling well outside the court. I was scared about what the press would say when I'm gonna lose the match or whatever."
Now she has changed her attitude. "I trust myself much more than before. In the past I would come here without much confidence. I had not won that many matches. The pressure was on me. I was thinking it's going to be awful. I'm going to lose quickly and people are going to say things about me."
Of course Bartoli is also buoyed by the fact that, coming into Paris, she reached her first clay court final in Strasbourg. On her way to the last four she has survived three difficult three-set encounters. And, of course, she defeated 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova along the way. The wins have stoked Bartoli's confidence; so too have the fans that have been behind her on every step of this tremendous journey. In fact, Marion points out her quarter-final win on her home clay meant more to her than reaching the Wimbledon final.
"I never felt that excited after a match to be honest," she says. "It was just so many feelings the same time. The crowd. The wave. They were telling [sic] my name. They were supporting me. And just when she missed that forehand, then I was just like: 'My God, I'm in the semifinal of my home Grand Slam'. Finally I can play well here," she laughs. "It was a big relief."
Looking ahead to her duel with Schiavone, Bartoli refuses to be deterred. "She won last year so of course it's going to be extremely difficult," she says. "I'm not expecting myself to beat her easily, that's for sure.
"But I really do believe if I have the same attitude and if I'm playing the same way, I will still have a chance. Doesn't mean I'm gonna win for sure, but I think I will have a chance to do something."
The self belief is there. Whether Bartoli obtains the fairytale ending she so desires remains to be seen.
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