Venus Williams, Coco Gauff, Sloane Stephens Talk Roland-Garros, Fashion Influence, & Their Matches

Venus Williams, Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens joined the TNT crew at Roland-Garros to talk battling through adversity on the court, Coco looking up to Venus, the Williams sisters’ influence on tennis, and their past matches against each other.

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TO THE ROUND THREE OF ROLAND GARROS. AND I DO NOT LIE. AND WHEN I SAY THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED RIGHT HERE, THE TIMING IS PERFECT. COCO WAS WALKING OVER. VENUS SAT DOWN. SLOANE STEPHENS CAME OVER. WE HAVE THREE DECADES OF EXCELLENCE AND THREE ABSOLUTE JABRONIS ON THIS. >> SIDE OF THE TABLE. >> CHRIS EUBANK, SAM CURRY, ADAM LEFKOE HUMBLY SITTING NEXT TO VENUS WILLIAMS, COCO GAUFF AND SLOANE STEPHENS. THANK YOU GUYS. CAN WE GET SOME NOISE, PLEASE, ON LIVE TELEVISION? UNBELIEVABLE. WOW. LET US GO. I’M GOING WITH VENUS BECAUSE SHE IS THE QUEEN. FIRST, THESE TWO RIGHT HERE, SPECIFICALLY COCO, WHO JUST WENT OUT THERE AND WON A MATCH TODAY. YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE YOUNG STAR WHO’S REALLY PERFORMING AT A SUPER HIGH LEVEL AS OF LATE. >> OF COURSE. >> SO HAPPY. >> FOR YOU. >> YOU’RE HERE. YOU’RE. I’M SO GLAD YOU CAME AND TOOK THE TIME OUT TO BE WITH US HERE, TOO. AND JUST. >> SO PROUD. >> OF YOU TOO. THANK YOU. AND SHE’S HAD A GREAT. YEAR SO. >> FAR. >> AND I KNOW YOU HAVE BIG DREAMS TO WIN THIS TOURNAMENT. >> YOU’VE BEEN SO CLOSE. >> YEAH. AND YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO IT. BUT YOU HAVE. >> TO DO. >> IT ONE MATCH AT A TIME. >> YES. >> BUT SHE’S GOT THE GOODS. YOU GOT THE ATTITUDE. I KNOW YOU WANT TO WIN EVERY POINT. MAYBE TOO MUCH SOMETIMES. SO THE PASSION IS THERE AND IT’S JUST MORE THAN ANYTHING IT’S ENTERTAINING, IT’S ENTERTAINMENT. SPORT IS SO IMPORTANT. BUT THE ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR IS SO IMPORTANT TOO. AND YOU JUST GIVE IT LIKE EVERYBODY CAN FEEL WHAT YOU’RE FEELING AND I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> COCO GAUFF THE PERSON TO YOUR LEFT. RIGHT HERE. WHAT DOES SHE MEAN TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER WATCHING HER? >> EVERYTHING. YOU. SERENA, THE REASON I STARTED THIS SPORT AND, LIKE, BEING HERE IS SURREAL. I DIDN’T KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE AT THE DESK. I’M REALLY. I’M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND. YEAH, I’M HAVING A LITTLE MOMENT HERE, SO I’M TRYING TO GET THE WORDS OUT. BUT HONESTLY, IT MEANS A LOT TO BE HERE AND TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU. AND YEAH, I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WHEN I PICK UP A RACKET, I WOULD BE HERE, SITTING HERE WITH YOU AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE. BECAUSE OF YOU AND SLOANE, THERE ARE SO MANY GENERATIONS OF GIRLS WHO ARE PICKING UP RACKETS, AND THAT’S SO IMPORTANT. AND ALSO, WE PLAY DOUBLES HERE. WE PLAYED DOUBLES HERE. SO THIS IS ONE OF MY DOUBLES PARTNERS HAVE VERY FEW SO HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT LIST. YES. >> AND I KNOW YOU’RE WORKING WITH US AT TNT. YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING EITHER. I DON’T THINK ANY OF US KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE STARS ALIGNED. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU RIGHT NOW? >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY. >> I INTERVIEWED COCO AFTER HER MATCH TODAY. I’VE HIT WITH. >> COCO AND SHE WAS LITERALLY SEVEN. >> YEARS OLD. SO IT’S. >> LIKE JUST THE WHOLE FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. I’VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THE COURT WITH VENUS AND JUST BE ABLE TO BE AROUND BOTH OF THEM. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE ALL ENDED UP AT THE TNT DESK. >> YES. >> HOW ABOUT THAT, CHRIS, FUNNY ENOUGH, YOU’VE KNOWN COCO FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I MEAN, YOU SAW HER ON WHAT WAS IT, AN OUTDOOR COURT IN ATLANTA? UNION CROSSING MAN SHOUT OUT TO UNION CROSS. WHAT WAS WHAT? HOW OLD WAS SHE AT THAT TIME? >> SHE WAS ABOUT. >> BETWEEN 5 AND 7, I THINK. WHEN YOU WERE IN ATLANTA. >> SHE WAS STILL. >> SO YOUNG. HONESTLY, WHEN I SAW HER START TO KIND OF SEND AS ONE OF THE TOP JUNIORS IN THE WORLD, I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE. >> SHE WAS THE SAME GIRL. >> WHO WAS ON THE COURT NEXT TO US. >> WOW. >> SHE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MY PARENTS, MY DAD AND I, WE USED TO JUST TRY TO BUM AROUND ON ANY COURTS WE COULD FIND IN SOUTHWEST ATLANTA. SO TO SEE EVERYTHING COME FULL CIRCLE AND TO SEE THE SUCCESS THAT SHE’S HAD, I IT’S REALLY SPECIAL, LIKE TRULY, TO BE ABLE TO SAY I SAW HER FROM REALLY THE BEGINNING AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE’S ACCOMPLISHED, AND SHE REMAINS ONE OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE, THE MOST HUMBLE PEOPLE I’VE EVER COME ACROSS. SO IT’S BEEN REALLY, REALLY COOL TO SEE. >> IT’S AN HONOR TO BE AMONGST US, TO BE SITTING IN IT. VENUS, YOU’VE BEEN AROUND PARIS, YOU’VE BEEN ENJOYING THE CITY. I HAVE. THIS IS THE ERA AFTER RAFA. WHAT IS THE ENERGY RIGHT NOW? WHAT ARE YOU FEELING FROM THIS TOURNAMENT IN THE CITY? >> THE TOURNAMENT? THERE’S SO MANY GOOD PLAYERS. IT’S SCARY HOW GOOD PLAYERS ARE SO YOUNG. FONSECA. WOW. HOW OLD IS HE? STILL IN DIAPERS. >> HE CAN LIKE. >> I WISH I WAS HITTING LIKE THAT AT THAT AGE. >> IT’S CRAZY. >> IT’S CRAZY. I LOVE SEEING THAT. YOU CAN SEE, LIKE, THE NEW RIVALRIES THAT ARE GOING TO START FORMING. SO I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO SIT BACK. I’LL BE WATCHING, EATING POPCORN, LIKE WATCHING GOOD TENNIS. AND THE CITY OF PARIS IS INCREDIBLE. AND I JUST I’M SO HAPPY HERE. I COULD LITERALLY LIVE HERE, BUT MY MOM AND DAD WOULD NOT AGREE. NO, I KNOW I’M OLD ENOUGH NOW TO MOVE AWAY, BUT I STILL FEEL THE GUILT. >> YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. >> I CAN’T. >> COCO, I’VE TRIED TO GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO COLLECT YOURSELF AND I’M WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR VENUS? >> QUESTIONS? I MEAN, THERE’S A LOT I COULD ASK, BUT I MEAN, FOR ME, LIKE, WHAT DRIVES YOUR, LIKE, PASSION IN THIS SPORT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU’RE ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE PLAYERS TO HAVE EVER PLAYED THIS GAME. SERIOUSLY. AND I SEE THAT EVERY TIME YOU PLAY. SO I KNOW, LIKE BEING ON TOUR AT MY LITTLE EXPERIENCE. BEING ON TOUR IS NOT ALWAYS LIKE EASY. THERE’S GREAT MOMENTS AND LIKE SOME NOT SO GREAT SOME MOMENTS. SO HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH THOSE NOT SO GREAT MOMENTS? PASSION. LIKE LOVE, LOVE THE GAME, BUT ALSO A SHEER DETERMINATION TO HAVE FUN NO MATTER WHAT. YEAH, LIKE YOU WANT TO WIN, BUT YOU WANT TO LOOK BACK AND SAY I HAD A GOOD TIME. IT’S HORRIBLE TO LOOK BACK AND BE LIKE, I HATED IT. YOU DON’T WANT TO REMEMBER IT. YOU REMEMBER IT LIKE YOU FELT SAD. SO WIN, LOSE OR DRAW LIKE THAT WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE AND LIKE MAKING A LIFE AND A SCHEDULE THAT FIT AROUND HAPPINESS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU’RE HAPPY, YOU PLAY WELL. YEAH, RIGHT. SO THOSE TWO GO HAND IN HAND AND IT’S LIKE A SIMPLE EQUATION, BUT NON-NEGOTIABLE. IF YOUR SCHEDULE EVERYTHING AROUND YOU HAS TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. AND IT SOUNDS A LITTLE SELFISH, BUT TENNIS PLAYERS ARE SELFISH. WE ARE. WE’RE VERY SELFISH, BUT WE CAN’T HELP IT. WE’RE BY OURSELVES. SO WE HAVE TO BE. YEAH, BUT I THINK YOU’RE DOING PERFECTLY WELL. THANK YOU. >> I WAS JOKING EARLIER THAT ALL THREE OF YOU COME WITH IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. GROSSMAN ROCKING THE LEATHER JACKET OUT ON THE COURT. I’M NOT BRINGING UP THE RACKETS. EVERYONE BRINGS UP THE RACKETS. >> YES. WHAT HAPPENED? >> OH. >> MY BAD. I WAS LIKE, THIS CAN’T BE HER FAULT. USUALLY MY COACH PUTS HIM IN BEFORE MY MATCH, AND I JUST THOUGHT HE PUT HIM IN THERE. I SHOULD HAVE DOUBLE CHECKED THAT THEY WERE IN THERE. AND THEN. I KNOW I SAID I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL BY WEIGHT, BUT SO MUCH HAPPENED. CHRIS PULLED UP THAT CLIP. SO MUCH HAPPENED PRE-MATCH THAT I WAS JUST LIKE, FLUSTERED. AND THEN, YEAH, I DIDN’T REALIZE IT, BUT IT TOOK THE COOL OFF. LIKE IT MADE ME LESS NERVOUS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHAT ELSE? LIKE, WHAT’S THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER THIS? I WAS LIKE, MAN, SHE JUST WENT TO WORK. SHE GOT THE RACKETS AND JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL. YEAH, I MEAN, I DIDN’T I HAD SHEER DETERMINATION BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY I LOST BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE MY RACKET. SO I WAS LIKE, THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE NARRATIVE TODAY. >> BUT EVEN SLOANE, WHEN YOU WERE INTERVIEWING COCO AND YOU ASKED ABOUT THE LEATHER JACKET, PART OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS SERENA AND WHAT SHE CAME. YOU GUYS HAVE CHANGED THE WAY FASHION AND TENNIS ARE INVOLVED AND YOU’VE CHALLENGED THE NORM. AND THAT’S NOT ALWAYS EASY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALSO HAVE KEPT GOING BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN COMING WITH FITS ALL WEEK? I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES YOU SEE TENNIS AND IT’S A POLO SHIRT. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE. >> DEFINITELY. I THINK FASHION IS A WAY TO EXPRESS. YOURSELF WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEAK. I PER SE, I THINK IN TENNIS EVERYTHING HAS BEEN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, STATUS QUO. IT’S WHITE SHIRTS, POLOS, IT’S VERY BASIC. AND I THINK BEING ABLE TO WEAR THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AND MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPY AND THE COLORS ARE BRIGHT AND ALL THOSE THINGS IT ACTUALLY MAKES YOU LIKE, IT BRINGS THE BEST OUT OF YOU. I FEEL LIKE, AND IT’S JUST LIKE ANOTHER PART OF AN ELEMENT THAT YOU CAN BRING AND HELP YOURSELF. I THINK THERE’S SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN AROUND YOU, BUT THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONTROL, AND YOU CAN WEAR A BRIGHT COLOR AND FEEL HAPPY AND LIKE, LOVE WHAT YOU’RE WEARING, LOVE WHAT YOU PUT ON. I FEEL GOOD, I LOOK GOOD. I KNOW NOBODY’S TOUCHING THIS, BUT LIKE ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING AN INDIVIDUAL SPORT AND YOU’RE ON TV AND YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU SEE YOURSELF ON TV, YOU SEE WHAT YOU’RE WEARING, YOU’RE LIKE, MAN, I LOOK GOOD. >> AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE EMULATING THE LOOKS AND COPYING, AND THEY’RE TAGGING YOU IN PHOTOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT’S GOT TO BE SPECIAL. >> DEFINITELY. I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE LEATHER JACKET, THE COLLAB, LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE SO SPECIAL AND IT’S LIKE THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE ARE DOING IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPORT, KIND OF LIKE GOING OUT AND ACTUALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN EFFORT TO OH, THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. CUTE FASHION. YES, WE LOVE IT. JUST BRING MORE TO THE COURT. >> YEAH. >> COCO, DO YOU GET TO HELP WITH SOME OF THESE FASHION IDEAS WITH NEW BALANCE WHEN YOU’RE PRE TOURNAMENTS. >> OH YEAH FOR SURE. WE’RE USUALLY PLANNING LIKE TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. SO YEAH IT’S A LOT GOES INTO IT OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS BEING THE ICONS I KNEW WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS LIKE I’M GOING TO BE THAT GIRL WHO CARES ABOUT HER FITS. AND LIKE A LOT OF TIMES WITH THESE BRANDS, YOU HAVE TO WIN TO LIKE GET TO THAT POINT. SO IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT I’M GRATEFUL TO NEW BALANCE FOR LETTING ME EXPERIMENT. AND YEAH, JUST SHOWING UP, LIKE SLOANE WAS SAYING, SHOWING UP IN A PLACE. AND WHEN YOU FEEL GOOD ON THE COURT, IT MEANS A LOT. AND ALSO, I FEEL LIKE BEING A BLACK WOMAN IN THIS SPORT, LIKE SO MUCH PART OF OUR CULTURE, IS FASHION. AND I WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THAT AND CONTINUE TO BRING SOME OF THAT INTO OUR SPORT. SO YEAH, I’M REALLY EXCITED TO JUST BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THIS ON THE BIGGEST STAGES IN TENNIS. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S A REALLY COOL SCENE HERE TO SEE THREE OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN THE HISTORY OF WOMEN’S TENNIS ALL SITTING BESIDE EACH OTHER, THREE INCREDIBLY JUST PROFOUND BLACK WOMEN WHO’VE DONE GREAT THINGS IN THIS SPORT. I KIND OF WANT TO DIVERT A LITTLE BIT TO SOMETHING THAT YOU AND VENUS HAVE IN COMMON ESCAPE ROOMS AND. >> ESCAPE ROOMS. >> AND WE WENT IN INDIAN WAVES. >> TOGETHER, AND. >> WE WALKED OUT AND WE SAW VENUS WAITING TO GO. >> IN THERE. YES, I REMEMBER. >> SO I WANTED TO ASK BOTH OF YOU SPECIFICALLY, DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE ESCAPE ROOM EXPERIENCE? AND COCO, DON’T BE AFRAID TO SAY THE ONE IN WHICH I SAVED THE DAY SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD. >> I DON’T. >> THINK BACK. YOU DON’T REMEMBER? THAT ONE DOESN’T RING A BELL? >> NO, I DON’T RECALL. >> YOU DIDN’T KNOW WHAT A FLOPPY DISK WAS? NO, IT’S A THUMB DRIVE I HAD TO SHOW YOU. OH, YOU PUT IT IN A COMPUTER. >> OKAY. SO VERSUS EXPERIENCE. >> YEAH. >> THAT’S A GENERATIONAL ISSUE. >> THIS IS NOT MY FAULT. FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? >> BUT IS THERE ONE THAT STICKS OUT IN PARTICULAR? >> IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE WE DID WITH MY FAMILY AND I DON’T REMEMBER. IT WAS LIKE MY WHOLE FAMILY, MY UNCLE WAS THERE AND I THINK I LIKE FELL ON THE GROUND. YES, MY UNCLE BIG CAT WAS THERE AND I THINK I FELL ON THE GROUND BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A SCARY ONE. AND THERE WAS LIKE A JUMP SCARE AND YEAH, THAT ONE WAS SCARY. AND THEN I THINK WHEN YOU AND BEN AND I, WE DID THAT ONE, THE DRAGON ONE. >> WE HAD TO CRAWL INTO THE BOTTOM. >> OF THE. YEAH, THAT ONE WAS PRETTY. >> THAT WE. >> NEVER GOT OUT OF. >> THAT ROOM. SO I DON’T KNOW. >> THIS IS A YOU SHOULD DO ONE. >> WE ARE. >> IN. >> ONE RIGHT NOW. >> YOU CAN’T LEAVE. >> I’M ALWAYS DOWN TO DO ONE. THEY KNOW THAT I LOVE ESCAPE ROOMS. I THINK IT’S JUST FUN. I LIKE GAMES AND IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I’M LIKE, IN ANOTHER WORLD. SO. YEAH. AND I’M SURE YOU CAN RELATE TOO. BUT SHE WAS DOING IT AND YOU WERE THERE LATE. >> YEAH, BUT JUST ONE. >> OTHER PERSON. ONE OTHER PERSON. >> THAT’S SCARY. >> I’VE NEVER DONE ONE WITH ONE OTHER PERSON. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE LIKE THEY WOULD HATE ME AFTER HE ALREADY SAYS I’M LIKE, TOO MEAN IN THEM. >> YOU GET SO CONTROLLING IN THERE. IT’S CRAZY. YOU CAN SEE THE COMPETITIVENESS. >> YOU’RE THE ONLY GIRL WITH TWO MEN IN THE ROOM AND THEY’RE LIKE BEING DUMB. SOMETIMES YOU. >> HAVE TO LIKE. >> YOU HAVE TO LIKE. >> YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE THAT. >> I HAVE TWO BROTHERS. I CAN’T HELP IT. >> JABRONI NUMBER THREE. >> YES, EXACTLY. >> FOR CHRIS. >> WE WERE. >> WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING BEFORE YOU GUYS GOT HERE. CHRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU GOT MENTIONED IN THE TYLER THE CREATOR SONG. YES. UNBELIEVABLE. HAVE YOU ALL BEEN MENTIONED IN DIFFERENT LYRICS, AND DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE OF A SONG? MAYBE YOU’VE BEEN MENTIONED IN I CAN IMAGINE VENUS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. >> SHE’S MY FAVORITE. SHE’S IN HIS TIA TAMERA BY DOJA CAT. SHE SAYS HE GOT HITS LIKE VENUS AND SERENA. SHE PROBABLY. SHE DIDN’T KNOW. YEAH, YOU SHOULD LISTEN. SO UNCOOL THAT I DON’T KNOW TODAY’S MUSIC. SO THAT’S MY FAVORITE THAT SHE’S BEEN MENTIONING. >> SLOANE, YOU GOT ONE? >> NO. >> TO EVERYONE OUT THERE. YOU NEED TO PUT SLOANE STEPHENS IN A SONG RIGHT NOW. >> NO. IT’S OKAY. >> NO. >> THAT’S OKAY. >> DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. >> BUT, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT TYLER’S YOUR FAVORITE, AND THEN HE SAYS IT. DID YOU LISTEN TO IT, OR DID YOU GET A TEXT TO LET YOU KNOW? >> WELL, SOMEBODY SENT ME THE VIDEO, AND I JUST WAS LIKE, THEY’RE SENDING IT BECAUSE I LIKE TYLER. THEY KNOW I LOVE TYLER. HE WAS DROPPING A NEW SONG, SO I WAS WATCHING IT. AND THEN I HEARD HIM SAY MY NAME AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA, THIS IS COOL. I WENT TO HIS FESTIVAL, WENT TO HIS SHOWS. I REMEMBER I BROUGHT MY PARENTS TO ONE OF HIS SHOWS, AND THEY DIDN’T GET HOW A DUDE IN A BLOND WIG WAS SELLING OUT MADISON. >> SQUARE GARDEN. >> AND THEN, YEAH, HE DROPPED ME THE SONG. AND THEN I GOT TO MEET HIM. AFTER MIAMI OPEN, I WENT TO HIS CONCERT AND HE. WE GOT TO MEET UP BACKSTAGE. I LOST TO HIM IN A RACE. ACTUALLY, HE WAS FASTER THAN I THOUGHT. A RACE OF. >> WHAT, LIKE ON FOOT? >> YEAH, IT WAS LIKE. IT WAS LIKE BAREFOOT. KIND OF LIKE I DIDN’T. I DIDN’T GO TO A SHOW TO LISTEN TO A CONCERT. I DID, BUT. AND THEN YOU END UP IN A RACE FASTER THAN I THOUGHT THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS. >> SO HE RANDOMLY WAS LIKE, LET’S RACE. >> YEAH, YEAH. AND YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO GET A REMATCH NEXT TIME, SO I’LL COME PREPARED. >> UNBELIEVABLE. VENUS, YOU THIS CROWD RIGHT HERE BEGAN TO FORM WHEN YOU CAME OVER. AND WHAT YOU AND YOUR SISTER DID HAS BEEN SO INCREDIBLE TO CHANGE. AND I THINK THIS IS A DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF THAT. THEIR TALENT, OBVIOUSLY. AND WHO YOU ARE AS PEOPLE IS WHO YOU ARE. BUT WHAT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE COCO? WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE SLOANE AND YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR SISTER AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU’VE HAD ON THE SPORT. >> YEAH, THE IMPACT STARTS WITH MOM AND DAD, RIGHT? THEN IT AFFECTED SERENA AND I, AND THEN THESE LADIES, THEY SHINE ON THEIR OWN. >> OF COURSE. >> THEY’RE INCREDIBLE. THEY’RE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS. SO I’M SO PROUD THAT THAT LINEAGE OF INSPIRATION WILL CONTINUE. AND AS A LITTLE GIRL, I GREW UP IN COMPTON, I JUST WANTED TO I WANTED TO BE AT THIS TOURNAMENT. I WANTED TO WIN THIS TOURNAMENT. BUT THEN YOU REALIZE SO MUCH MORE COMES WITH IT. BIGGER THAN YOUR DREAMS, BIGGER THAN YOUR OWN DREAMS FOR YOURSELF. SO IT’S FANTASTIC. AND YOU GUYS INSPIRE ME AT THE END OF THE DAY TOO. AND YOU GUYS HAVE PLAYED SO WELL AGAINST ME TOO. LIKE, THESE TWO HAVE BEAT ME AND DIDN’T CARE, I DID, I DID WELL, IT FELT LIKE. >> I WAS. >> IS THIS WHAT I DESERVE? >> NO. >> NO. >> THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT MOMENT. >> THIS IS LIKE ACTUALLY THERAPY RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, TO BE FAIR, WHEN I PLAYED YOU, I JUST TRIED TO PRETEND THAT IT WASN’T YOU. I WAS LIKE, I’M GOING TO PRETEND THAT IT’S SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE I CAN’T TAKE THIS RIGHT NOW. >> IT’S SLOW WHEN YOU LINE UP AGAINST VENUS AND SHE’S THINKING, YOU DON’T CARE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? THOUGH? >> IT WAS AWFUL. >> AWFUL? >> NO, WE PLAYED HERE AND I WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, IT CAN’T BE WRONG. IT’S NOT. IT WASN’T ME. AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD. >> OH, WHO WON THAT MATCH? OKAY, SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. AT THE FRENCH OPEN TOO. >> I WAS LIKE, OH NO. BUT IT WAS. IT’S VERY STRESSFUL. ANYTIME YOU PULL UP. >> OH, OH THAT’S US. >> THAT’S US. SO CUTE. >> OH WE PLAYED HERE TOO. YEAH WE PLAYED HERE. >> WE ALL JUST PLAY HERE. >> YEAH, WE PLAYED AT U.S. OPEN TOO. >> YEAH. >> THERE WE ARE. >> OH. SO CUTE. >> COCO, YOU’RE SO SMALL. I WAS 15, SHE HAD EIGHT STROKES. OH, THERE WE ARE. >> IS THIS THE DOUBLE? >> I BROKE A RACKET THIS MATCH. AND VENUS IS LIKE, SHE DID THAT BECAUSE SHE HAD TO. THAT’S WHAT SHE TOLD THE REF AFTER I BROKE THE RACKET. YEAH. >> BUT IT WAS A FEELING AFTERWARDS WHEN YOU GET THE W, I’M SURE YOU WENT UP AND YOU WERE EXCITED FOR THE HUG, THE HANDSHAKE IN THE MOMENT. >> YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN I PLAYED HER, I TOLD HER EVERYTHING AT THE NET. >> JUST POURED OUT. I REMEMBER IT, YOU WERE SITTING THERE JUST CHIT CHATTING. VENUS WAS SO NICE, LIKE, OKAY. >> I’M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? THIS GIRL IS SO GOOD. YEAH, IN MY HEAD, I HAD REHEARSED IT. I WAS GOING TO DO IT EITHER WAY, BUT I, I DIDN’T, I DIDN’T KNOW, I JUST I WAS LIKE, I FELT LIKE I HAD TO SAY IT. AND LIKE I RECENTLY SAW SERENA AT VANITY FAIR AND LIKE I SAID IT TO HER IN PERSON BECAUSE I NEVER HAD SAID IT TO HER IN PERSON. SO I JUST FELT LIKE, I DON’T KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY ONLY OPPORTUNITY. SO I WAS LIKE, IT WOULD BE IF I WASTED IT AND DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING, I FELT LIKE I WOULD HAVE REGRETTED IT. SO YOU BOTH ARE SO HUMBLE. YOU DESERVED EVERY WIN. AND I KNEW THAT AND IT WAS SHOCKING HOW GOOD YOU GUYS BOTH WERE AND ARE, SO YOU DESERVED IT. I CAN GET OVER IT NOW THAT WE’VE TALKED. NOW WE HAVE CLOSURE. WE HAVE CLOSURE. >> THIS REALLY DID FEEL LIKE THE STARS ALIGNING. THIS FELT LIKE A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT. THIS IS TNT SPORTS FIRST EVER ROLAND-GARROS. WE ARE HERE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND FOR THIS MOMENT TO HAPPEN ON DAY FIVE IS A MOMENT THAT I THINK THIS NETWORK WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. COCO, VENUS, SLOANE, SAM, CHRIS, THE JABRONIS AND MYSELF. AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO GET TO ANOTHER US WOMAN. SOFIA KENIN IS GOING TO BE ON COURT 14. WE JUST SAW JOAO FONSECA. BUT AGAIN CAN WE GET