"I was so worried about my speech and all of the things I would say after,"
"I was so stressed about having nothing to say -- win or lose -- or about messing up."
"You're in the finals of a Grand Slam, obviously you want to win, and it's something that you've worked for and trained for your entire life,"
"watching right now in front of the TV, probably crying."
Jennifer Brady sat in a Melbourne hotel room the night before her first Grand Slam final and anxiously typed notes into her phone's Notes app. After an unexpected Australian Open run, she compiled a detailed list of people to thank to prevent blanking during post-match remarks. Brady lost the final to Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-3 but delivered a gracious two minutes and 22 seconds of acknowledgments that congratulated Osaka, thanked tournament staff and her support team, and even drew laughter by mentioning her mother watching at home. Brady retains vivid memory of the pre-match anxiety but not all speech details.
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