Paula incredible battle out here second time you've played her this season same result but she pushed you I mean it was three straight games to end the the match what were you most happy with yeah she's a tough one she's really tricky uh really aggressive she was serving very well I know she's coming from playing a lot of matches a lot of confidence so I I knew it was going to be a battle but um I'm really happy I I returned well I served well in the important moments I I went for it and uh Happy it went my way it's been so beautiful to see you battle through some incredible challenges the last couple of seasons and now a title in Washington DC and crazy enough your first time into the third round here at the US Open finally were you thinking about that at any point during the match in the match point I thought about it in the first one I'm like oh come on you're going to do something you never did before um I know it's just a a third round but I was really looking forward to do this in New York I know today I was playing against an American but also I feel a little bit also I was born here so um thank you guys for coming for supporting even though it wasn't for me uh it's really nice to have you here a couple of nights ago you and Steph were on a super a romantic date you guys won mixed Madness $250,000 in pocket money for the two of you but you announced that the two of you will play mixed doubles can you confirm that because that is delightful to hear yeah I'm confirming uh that I think hopefully we play tomorrow um we're looking forward to it it's really nice to be able to share the court together I mean we're spending time off court but also on court it's really special in a slam so it's like um a dream come true also um big shout out to him that uh he's going through tough moments but uh he's a champion and he will always be a champion it's always a champion absolutely incredible show some love everyone Paula badosa thank you thank you