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medya biraz daha ilgili. Futbol gibi
tenis izleyen, oynayan sayısı arttıkça
medyanın ilgisi daha da artacaktır.
İlginin olması sporcuyu her zaman
motive eden birşey.
Tenis sende neleri değiştirdi
ve sana ne kattı? Özellikle tenis
sana en çok neyi öğretti?
Karakter olarak hırslı bir insanım.
Tenis sayesinde duygularımı kontrol
edebilmeyi öğrendim. Tenisin bana
öğrettiği en önemli şey, duygusal
zekayı sürekli kontrol etmek. Nega-
tifliği hayatından çıkartmak.
Tenisin katkılarından bir diğeri de,
sürekli çalışma ve bunun gerek-
tirdiği disiplini edinme. Şampiyon
olabilirsiniz ama bir sonraki hafta
ne yapacağınız belli değil. Sürekli
konsantrasyon gerekiyor. Yarış
hiç bitmiyor. Bizim sporumuzda
kaybetmek işin bir parçası. Her maç
kazanılacak diye bir şey yok.
Sosyal hayatınız nasıl, başka
neler yapıyorsunuz?
Ne mutlu bana ki, onlara vakit
ayıramadığım durumlarda beni
anlayışla karşılayan bir ailem,
arkadaşlarım oldu her zaman. Vakit
buldukça ailemle, arkadaşlarımla
vakit geçirmeyi çok seviyorum.
Sosyal medyayı da aktif olarak
kullanmaya çalışıyorum.
Kendimle ilgili olarak da; vücudumu
dinç tutmak için yoga yapıyorum ve
masajımı hiç aksatmıyorum. Bazen
de pilates yapıyor, yüzüyorum. Hep-
sinin tenise faydası var çünkü.
Marmara Üniversitesi’nde spor
yöneticiliği bölümündeyim. Çok
kitap okuyorum, üstelik tenis men-
torlarının yazdığı zihinsel gelişim
kitaplarıyla da sınırlı değil okumam.
Maç öncesi ve sırasında
vazgeçmediğiniz ritüeller, ya da
totemleriniz var mı?
to go one better, and my club
ENKA Spor, my Federation, the
Ministry of Youth and Sports,
Turkish Olympic Committee and
to all those beautiful people who
support me. I do hope 2017 will
be at least as year.
So, you loved it in the Olym-
pic Village. What about your
feelings during the match? How
did the result affect you, were
you very sad?
I was in mixed feelings when
I entered the court. I knew that
it would be difficult against
Yekaterina Makarova, world # 30,
and that I had to play an aggres-
sive game and maintain it too. I
won the first set but afterwards I
felt a little bit fallen and Makarova
made it 1-1. I felt better in the
third set thinking we were equals
and we displayed a very close
contest. I lost at the end of the tie-
break. I believe I performed well
and lost by a margin.
Of course I was saddened by the
defeat. Who wouldn’t? Yet, you
have to maintain your emotional
stability and always look ahead if
you want success. I keep remind-
ing myself “It’s only a game. We
play a game, there will be a win-
ner and a loser. Losing is a part of
it.” This way of thinking balances
everything.
Success requires iron disci-
pline and continuous practice.
Do you sometimes have diffi-
culties in that? What motivates
you most?
Now I am a tennis player
taking part in some international
tournaments abroad 25 weeks
a year. No vacations, no birthday
parties, very little social life... Lot
of self-sacrifice. There are some
days when I don’t want to train
due to fatigue, but knowing that
every practice will repay, I try to
provoke myself and to overcome
the unwillingness. Sometimes
one comes close to giving-up,
not only in tennis but in life as
well. But then one tries to keep
up thinking positively. The love I
feel for my job, tennis, is my most
positive trait. I think one should
stay clear from the negative
people... It is very important to be
surrounded by positive people.
My main source of motivation are
people who support me. When I
see that they do, I am exceedingly
motivated to work harder and get
better results.
So, you like attention?
Of course I like attention.
There’s a lot of it presently which
motivates me to achieve more.
Medeia is attentive, social media
even more. I think the interest will
increase more as the number of
tennis players and lovers grow,
like in football. Attention and
interest motivates any athlete any
time.
What tennis changed in you?
What did it teach you the most?
I am an ambitious person
by character. Tennis taught me
to control my emotions. I think
keeping my emotional intelligence
under control is what tennis
taught me. Writing off negativity
out of your life...
Another thing tennis contributed
to me is gaining the discipline to
work unceasingly. You may be-
come a champion but that doesn’t
guarantee that you’ll do the same
next week. There’s no such thing
as winning every match, losing
is part of the game in our sport.
Incessant concentration... The
race never ends.
How about your social life?
Lucky me that I always had a
family and friends who under-
stand me when I couldn’t spare
time for them. I love to spend it
with my family and my friends
when I have time. I also try to use
the social media actively.
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