Caroline Wozniacki: My biggest dream was to be No. 1 | Forward Progress

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0:52Subject to credit approval, Apple Card is issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA Salt Lake City Branch. Terms and more at AppleCard.com. Hey, it's Thursday, which means we're coming at you with a short, feel-good story from a past guest. Hope you enjoyed the clip. This week, Caroline Wozniacki.

1:13I was talking to your agent, John Tobias, and he was telling me, and I think you signed with him at like 14 years old. Yeah, I think something, 13 maybe, because it was at my, I remember six men in suits coming to my junior French Open qualifying. Right, and that's something that agents apparently don't go to. Don't do not do that. He even felt awkward sitting there in a suit. So you sign with him 13, 14 years old, whatever you are. He said he would have bet his house that there was no chance you would have ever been number one at 18 years old. And obviously not only do you prove him wrong, but you're number one for two consecutive years, which I think you're one of only maybe seven players ever to do so.

1:55So why do you think you ended up being able to do it and do it at such a young age? I don't know. I mean, I didn't expect myself to do it in such a young age either. You know, I think everything just went so fast and I moved up the ranking so fast. And yeah, I think, again, I had good hands. I had some really good runs. And all of a sudden I was playing and I knew that if I won a match against Petra Kvitova in Beijing, I'd become number one. and I was so nervous going into that match. You were. It was my biggest dream to become number one. I knew I was so close just one match away, and I ended up winning, and it was such an emotional time for me.

2:35And he said you were playing better tennis players, but you were winning because of your confidence. Agree? I don't know. I mean, I always think I'm the better player when I go on court. I mean, even then, though? I mean, even when you're this 18-year-old kid? I've always believed in myself. When you go on court, I always believe I'm better than the other player. Well, that's confidence, even if you aren't. It is, definitely. But I think if you don't, you've already lost beforehand, so there's no point in going out there. You have to believe in yourself. You have to believe that the work you've put in, that that's going to pay off.

3:16The 2010 China Open, the first time you became number one in the world. What do you recall from that? It was, I couldn't even describe the feeling. I was playing again Petra and I went out to that match. I was feeling so nervous. Beginning of the year, I didn't expect myself to be in a position where I was fighting for the number one spot. And Veres van Areva was breathing down my neck. And I knew that either one of us was going to be number one. And she kept winning. She always played matches before me. And I knew that whoever of us would go further in the tournament would capture the number one ranking.

3:55And she kept winning and winning. And I'm like, oh, my God, are you kidding me? But I knew that if I win, I think it was my semi-final match against Petra, then I would at least have it for one week. And when I won, I was like, this can't be true. can't be true that already by now I have one of my biggest dreams come true and we had this big cake and champagne and everything there it was it was amazing how cool was it celebrating on court with your dad after that it was amazing you know my dad kept telling me you know you're number one in the world this is what you always you know dreamed of this is what you were aiming for growing up and yeah it's kind of hit me at one point I think after the tournament I was like oh my god this actually really happened so you pretty much immediately get global endorsement deals uh after that how does life change on almost like the business end after being number one it changed it changed a lot for me and uh i had so many things both on and off the court that i need to remember and you know obviously when when you're just a young upcoming player you have all the time in the world to practice you can do whatever you want but you know all of a sudden you have you know a lot of sponsors you have commitments you have things that you have to do off the court as well and i think you always have to kind of try and find a time but sometimes i cut down on my training schedules just because you know it was too much but at the same time when i was then on the court i would give it a hundred percent because i knew that you don't have four hours you know you can't start off terribly and then you know kind of make up for later but you know that worked really well for me and obviously I you know I love I love both on and off court thing of of the sport and my job and I think you know it's a great place to be in every game day you show up for your team now it's your time

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