Paolini: "Today it was difficult to find the smile"

A significant scare for Jasmine Paolini this Monday in her first match of Wimbledon 2025. The Italian was facing off against Anastasija Sevastova, but it was the Latvian who started the match better, to the point where the reigning tournament runner-up found herself in a tough spot. In the end, she turned it around (2-6, 6-3, 6-2), but Jasmine herself would later admit how difficult it was to stay composed in those high-pressure moments.

"I was trying; I kept telling myself over and over that I had to smile, no matter what happened. If things go wrong, relax a bit, it's just a bad day. At that moment, that's what I was thinking, that despite it being a bad day, I had the privilege of being there. The worst thing that can happen is losing a tennis match, so you have to try to smile, to relax. In a way, I get less nervous when I do this, but today, it was hard to find the smile," said the World No. 4.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Paolini: “Hoy fue difícil encontrar la sonrisa”