Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Interview | Beating Gauff & Vondrousova + Her Tennis Superstitions

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John Silk (1:43)

One more check. One, two, three.

Just say one, two, three.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (1:51)

One, two, three.

John Silk (1:52)

There you go. There you go. Okay. So, my list of questions.

Oh. I put your name into ChatGPT about ten minutes ago, right? And what do you think? What do you think it says? What do you think is some of the things? There's about five sentences about you. What do you think ChatGPT has come up with?

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (2:21)

Five sentences about me?

John Silk (2:23)

Four, maybe four.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (2:24)

Like...

John Silk (2:25)

What is about... Okay, here's the first clue. One is about a big achievement on the main tour in tennis.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (2:32)

Okay. Probably when I beat the Grand Slam champion Wimbledon Vondrousova.

John Silk (2:39)

Very good.

SPEAKER_2 (2:40)

Yes.

John Silk (2:42)

So, this is what it says. Get to know Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

From Villa Garcia de Arruza in Galicia to Wimbledon's center court. Jessica made headlines in 2024 when you beat defending champion Marketa Vondrousova. 6-4, 6-2. What do you remember about that match?

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (2:58)

I mean, I think for me, I'm always saying that it's the best match in my life, in my career. Yeah. It was amazing. That court, the feeling to went to the court.

I was there and I felt like, I mean, I was playing there like for my whole life, you know? So I don't know, I was so comfy. I played really well. I was, yeah, super comfy with the crowd, with everything there in Wimbledon. I really like grass too.

John Silk (3:27)

Do you?

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (3:27)

So yeah, I really like it. I don't know why, but I like it.

John Silk (3:31)

Yeah.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (3:31)

So yeah, I remembered that everything was really good in that moment, in that match. So yeah, good memories.

John Silk (3:39)

Now, next sentence says, away from tennis, she dreams of owning a...

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (3:46)

A house?

SPEAKER_3 (3:48)

No.

John Silk (3:49)

Well, it begins with H, and it's very similar to house. It says here, a horse.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (3:54)

A horse.

John Silk (3:55)

Yeah, a house with horses.

SPEAKER_3 (3:57)

So it's true. Yeah, it's true.

John Silk (3:59)

You must have said that somewhere in an interview, and they picked that up.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (4:02)

I mean, I'm really love... When I was young, I was like, I want to play tennis, and I want to buy like somewhere a house with horses, because I really like horses. I love it.

So, but I can't now ride a horse, because it's a little bit dangerous.

John Silk (4:19)

True, yeah. There's one more thing that it says about you and your personality, or a little bit about you. What do you think the last topic is?

You know, so basically it says, away from tennis, she dreams of owning a horse, and her something tell a story, a symbol honoring her Galician roots, et cetera, et cetera. What do you think that topic is about?