00:00 Hello everybody. As I'm out of the tournament, I think it's time for me to say a few words about what happened on Tuesday night.
00:07 I did not think that my first WTA success would cause such a big storm, and I'm extremely sorry for what happened.
00:14 I respect Zhang Shuai as a person and just as much as an athlete.
00:19 It was never my intention to disrespect, to upset, or to hurt anybody, let alone Zhang Shuai.
00:26 I do realize I shouldn't have celebrated the way I celebrated after the match, and I am sorry for that.
00:32 But I got caught up by my emotions, by the heat of the match, and I got caught up by the moment.
00:41 I focused on tennis, I didn't want to win like that.
00:44 I hope that in the future I will have the opportunity to sit down and talk with Zhang Shuai and tell her how badly I feel that our match ended this way.
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