Tatjana Maria is enjoying probably the best week of her life as she reached the 2022 Wimbledon quarterfinals.
World no. 103, Tatjana Maria never got past the third round at the Grand Slam tournament. Now, she defeated world number 5, Maria Sakkari and 2017 Roland Garros champion, Jelena Ostapenko, on her way to her first quarterfinal appearance. Although her fourth-round opponent branded her victory as "lucky", the German player stays focused enjoys the special moment.
“There’s always the belief that I can do it. I mean, that’s why I came back after the first [child]. It’s why I came back after the second [child]. If not, if I don’t believe I can do these things, then I would not be here. So there’s always this believing and keep going and improving and trying my best at the end."
“I mean, I’m now in the quarter-final of Wimbledon, so it’s really amazing for me. This means also that you always have to keep going. Doesn’t matter how old you are, doesn’t matter how many kids you have, you just have to keep going and to believe in yourself. I mean, it makes me so proud to be a mum.”
“I mean, that’s the best thing in the world. I love to be a mum and I love my two kids, and to be able to do this together – really, from the morning when we arrive here and we practise indoors, already at 08:30 with my daughter, everybody’s so nice and supporting us and believing in me and in our family and it makes it really special.”
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