In an interview with The Tennis Channel, Catherine McNally commented on her second-round, three-set loss to Serena Williams at the US Open. McNally said: “I have so much respect for her for coming back after having a baby.
She still continues to prove every single day that she’s at the top of the game.” McNally also credited her parents on helping her to gain success: “I think it’s just who I’ve been brought up around, my mom, Kevin O’Neill (her coach), they both play the exact same way.
They always encourage me to do that. I think it’s the right way to play, especially taking time away from your opponent. It’s huge. Not everyone is just going to stay at the baseline and smack balls. That’s not who I am.
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That’s not who I’m trying to be. I’m trying to get into the net, endpoints at the net, take away time from my opponents. Just going to keep working on that.” On what that match against the American means for her, McNally concluded: “I think it just shows that I’m capable of playing with the best.
I got a set off Serena Williams. Had her close in the second set, too. Had some chances. For me, it just gives me a lot of confidence, shows me that I can compete out on the biggest stages. Just keep my head down, I’m ready to go back to work.”
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Diego Schwartzman said: “I think after the first set, I have many chances in that first set, so I was thinking after that how to figure out how to take the chances, to be leading in the score in the second set quickly. I did a great save at 2-All in the second set. Was very, very important for me. Also against him, he’s a big guy when he’s up in the score, so was important to won that game. After that, I think I start to change a little bit my game and I start to think, Okay, now this is how I need to play.”
