16-year-old Czech talent Sára Bejlek Source: Profimedia NEW YORK – Sixteen-year-old Czech tennis player Sára Bejlek became the youngest participant in the main competition at this year’s US Open, and although she lost in the first round to the favored Russian Lyudmila Samsonova 3:6, 1:6, she made no secret of her enthusiasm for advancing in life among the elite. She believes that the experience gained will help her further development and that she was not at the Grand Slam last time. He will not repeat the post-match celebration with the team, which caused a stir after the successful qualification. “What is it like to be the best in your year? It’s great and it gives me self-confidence,” Bejlek told Czech journalists. “It was a great experience for me and I’m very happy for the US Open. I’m already looking forward to the next tournaments. I’ve had good results, but this opponent really believed in herself. She’s on a big wave and I couldn’t do anything with her ,” Bejlek said to Samsonova, who claimed her 11th victory in a row after her triumph at the tournaments in Washington and Cleveland. The youngest woman in the US Open spider Bejlek reached the main part from the qualification, where she knocked out the Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovičová, the Australian Priscilla Honová and the British Heather Watsonová. She thus confirmed her potential. “For me, my family and the whole team, it’s an incredible success. I really appreciate it. I hope it’s not my last Grand Slam,” said the native of Hrušovan nad Jevišovkou. “I’ll definitely take away many beautiful memories from here. Playing the main competition of the US Open at the age of sixteen is great,” she added. The 209th player in the world was rewarded with a pizza for her progress. “Don’t even ask! At three o’clock we ordered two pizzas and each one was bigger than this table. So we threw away one and a half pizzas,” noted Bejlek with a smile. According to her, she is closest to Rafael Nadal’s style, she always liked to watch Serena Williams’ matches. Czech captain Petr Pála supported her in the audience during the match with Samsonová. Her head coach is he was absent for family reasons. “His father has been in a coma since Saturday, which he learned only on Monday morning. So he got on the first plane,” said Bejlek with tears in her eyes. She outraged the USA, it will not happen again. After the successful qualification, the sixteen-year-old Czech tennis player caused a lot of reactions in the USA due to a video on social networks. In it, her father and coach celebratory patted her on the back parts of the body. “Of course I saw the video. It was a spontaneous reaction of the whole team. We rejoiced. It may seem uncomfortable to some, but we have already discussed it with the team. It won’t happen again,” said Bejlek. The reactions on the Internet did not discourage her before the match with Samsonová. “Not at all. Dad is my dad and always will be. And I have known the coach since I was eight years old. He tapes me, massages me. If something similar happened in the Czech Republic, no one would deal with it. But since we are in America, everyone comments on it. But as I say, we talked about it and it won’t happen again,” added Bejlek. Author: © Zoznam VIDEO: Youtube, US Open Source: ČTK, Športky