Caroline Wozniacki Press Conference | 2024 US Open Round 3

first of all I'm so happy to be through to the next round and um it was tricky today because I didn't really know my opponent I'd never met her before and she played um a bit of a an unorthodox tennis compared to to other players it was really difficult to to read her game so um just really happy to be through I think I kept my composure when I needed to and um yeah we able to mix up the pace and kind of go for my shots when I needed to so um just happy to be through affiliation one question each I'll get to a followup if I can David david.com 3 wins for you now how does it feel to be in sort of a good Rhythm heading into the second week well it's it's always nice I I love playing here um anytime I get to play another match here I I'm very pleased with that I'm I'm thrilled to to be in this into the second week of course um and then just excited to get to play hopefully on one of the big courts in the next one as well and and just kind of move from there I always get great support here so um that's something I really appreciate really after your last match you spoke about you'll go as far as your body will take you that you're feeling confident you're playing well what is that balance right now between what's in your head and how you're feeling physically well that's uh from day to day that's a very different answer that I can give but today I feel I feel a lot better than I did yesterday and the day before so it's uh we're in a positive direction and and I think tomorrow I'm going to feel a lot better than I do today um my arm feels a lot better my my back feels pretty good so so we're moving in a good in a good way and hopefully I can just get a good practice in tomorrow get some good Rhythm and and kind of move on from there in the back I am wondering if your arm and back are related to ra and have you had to change your protocol at all since 2018 um neither are related to my ra um so I guess that's good or maybe that's bad I don't know but um but neither of them were I think um I don't really know why either of them came um on I've had a couple of back issues you know months ago but has been pretty good since then so um yeah just something that I have to manage and I guess when you push your body to the Limit sometimes little things come up but um my arm feels good that was my big concern and my back is is feeling better every day so time Caroline how how different is that to when you were 20 25 and I guess you work up every day feeling good now it's not quite the same yeah I think my my thing throughout my career has always been I wake up every day something is hurting but it was you know kind of manageable and now as I've gotten older sometimes it's not as manageable and I think that's kind of the difference where you know I really need to be careful and really need to take care of every single little thing because that quickly becomes a big thing um whereas before Oh a little thing here a little thing there it's all right you know we kind of just push through it and I think that's kind of the the main thing I I I can feel that I'm not 20 anymore and I'm not recovering as as a 20-year-old anymore as well and I think in my head I can still feel like maybe I'm 20 and sometimes when I move around the court I'm like I still got this but I'm definitely paying a lot more for some of those mov ments that I probably wasn't previously following up on that this stage of your career how do you approach goals and expectations while still managing your health well I think for me at this this stage obviously um it's a lot different than it was back in the day I think I I really try and Peak for the slams right now back in the day you know I was fresh and ready to play every single tournament now I'm using every tournament that I play to for for the grand slams and that's my main goal and you know that's that's where I want to be that's where I know I play every other day I can I can really set myself up my body can be set up for for playing 100% every single match so so that's kind of where my mindset is that um and I think that's that's the most realistic thing that I can do right now is just you know think of the slams and how can I play the best in those moments on the left craig Cara do you appreciate apprciate it a lot more second time around now that you've been back on tour for an extended period compared to before kids and marriage Etc yeah I think I mean I don't think you know obviously marriage is is a big deal and and super happily married but when you're married it doesn't really change your preparation of how you prepare for practice or matches or days off but having kids is a big difference obviously you know my kids are are there every single day and I I really appreciate it's the best job in the world and I I love it but also you know I I try to make sure that I am still there as a 100% present mom while I'm also trying to balance you know being the best tennis player that I possibly can be and I think that's where sometimes it can get a little tricky and and you know obviously my family is the most important thing to me but at the same time I love winning and so so finding that balance of being like I need to take time out for me and and be able to recover and and play and practice as much as I can and try not to feel guilty of taking a few hours away with from the kids and I think that sometimes that Mom guilt comes comes out but you know I try and manage as well as I can and right now it's 6 o'clock and I'm hoping to be back before bedtime so I can see them tonight as well David last question I was just wondering if you ended up getting in touch with Serena and in the last two years since her Evolution just what she has been like in the sort of post tennis phase well Serena is obviously still very busy um you know I think when you've been such incredible at something I think you know you'll always have the opportunity and you'll always be great at whatever you put your mind to and you know she obviously is busy she has two kids she has a husband she has her sponsorship she has all of that um but you know I I love hanging with her I love talking to her and um you know it's I I love the support that I get from her as well so it's uh it's nice I'm I was texting her earlier today and and hoping that we'll have time to catch up thank you everyone seem lighter to you not having to compete anymore I don't know I feel like to me she's always been you know that upbeat and happy person obviously we are all in the zone when we're about to compete and so that's different when you don't play anymore but at the end of the day I think I think she's always been you know a happy and outgoing person now we can transition go ahead gentlemen thank you thank you IA sweet visits yeah so spe for for Miami for um again for thank you super