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"I was like, Can you believe it?" Bertens beamed, while speaking to reporters. "Because I cannot. And also my parents were like, No, this is not happening.
"But, yeah, it is."
Yeah. It is.
On yet another cold wet day in Paris, Bertens became the first Dutch woman since 1971 to advance to theFrench Opensemifinal, beating Bacsinszky, 7-5, 6-2, to score her 12th consecutive win. She'll face World No.1Serena Williamson Friday. Behind in much of the first set, Bertens battled back from a break down time after time until she was able to reel off the last three games to take the set. She continued her roll in the second set, racing to a 4-0 lead, before holding off Bacsinszky for the win.

"The circumstances were really tough," Bertens said. "The court is really slow. The balls are heavy. It's really tough to play aggressive, and especially with Timea. She is like changing a lot, like with some slower balls and some higher ones, so it was pretty tough for me.
"But I think afterwards I was 4-2 down, and then I was just like, Okay, we are just gonna be calm and try to fight for each point. I did it and I won the first set."
It sounds so simple. It's been anything but.

我就像，你能相信吗？我进入大满贯四强，半决赛，不，我不信，因为我做不到，我的父母在那，他们也像在说，不，这不可能。
但，就是发生了。
比赛一度变得很困难，球场让球速变得很慢，球质很重，这让我无法轻松去掌控，去打出攻击性，尤其我的对手是巴老师。她似乎变了个人，这些年来进步了很多，比如一些月亮球，所以这让我打得很艰难。
但我觉得在4-2之后，我感觉，好的，我可以冷静下来，尝试每一分去专注，打好自己的，我做到了，而且赢了第一盘。

"Now I can start again at zero," she said last year atRoland Garros. "Stress does so much with your body. I have not slept for a year."
But Bertens' struggles didn't end there. Due to the stress of the cancer scare she was unable to train at an elite level and her fitness slipped. She struggled to get through matches for the rest of the year. She lost 6-1, 6-0 toPetra Kvitovain the first round a few weeks later. With her ranking outside the Top 100, she played mainly on the ITF Circuit, popping up only a the tour's lower level events.
Last September she hired Raemon Sluiter, a former ATP player, as her new coach. Their off-season priority was to get her back to a top-level of fitness.
"In the preseason I did a lot of work," Bertens said. "Like the first three weeks was only physical practices, like two, sometimes three times a day. It was hell really, but I'm really glad we did it. Like with my whole team we were like working every day like really hard."

The hard work has paid off. Along with a new diet - she doesn't eat carbohydrates in the evening and says she's sleeping better and has more energy in the mornings - Bertens looks as fit as ever. It's translated directly into her game. When the tour transitioned to her favorite clay, the wins began to come in bunches.
She beatCaroline GarciaandKristina Mladenovicin Fed Cup, then proceeded to make the semifinals of Rabat, where she had match point to make the final but lost toMarina Erakovic.
"I had match point there I [lost] the match and in my head I was so stressed and all the time and we were like talking with my coach after that match for so long. I think after that match I just was so calm in my head and just trying to go out there every day and just give everything and then just do my own thing. I think that's the most important thing."
Then came Nürnberg. Playing the week before theFrench Open, Bertens won the title as a qualifier, her first trophy since Fes in 2012. Heading into theFrench O

Then came Nürnberg. Playing the week before theFrench Open, Bertens won the title as a qualifier, her first trophy since Fes in 2012. Heading into theFrench OpenonlySamantha Stosurhad more clay court wins than Bertens this year. Back in action immediately in Paris, she scored the biggest win of her career, beating No.3Angelique Kerberin the first round and has since knocked outCamila Giorgi, No.29Daria Kasatkina, No.15Madison Keys, and now No.8 Bacsinszky.
"Mentally I feel pretty good," Bertens said. "But physically, yeah, it was tough today out there. I think I had some problems with my calf today, so especially in the second set it was really hard to push off with the serve."
Her physically state will surely be tested against Serena. Bertens took a medical timeout after the first set against Bacsinszky to get her calf taped. Regardless of how the match turns out, this has been the most surprising of fortnights for Bertens.

现在我可以一切从零开始，压力不在将我吞噬，我几乎痛苦了一整年。
接着她换了教练，Raemon Sluiter，在休赛季他们努力回归到顶尖的体能训练。
在休赛季，我们做了很多，就像开年前三周我几乎只做体能训练，一天两次，甚至三次，魔鬼一般的日子，但我很高兴我做到了。我们整个团队也很开心，我们天天为此而努力。
然后提到了最喜欢打红土以及联杯，这里跳过不翻译了，她睡的更香了，体能更好了，变得充满活力。
在拉巴特她一度有机会进入决赛，但输给埃拉科维奇，我拿到了赛点，但我输了比赛，这让我懊恼并且难以释怀，这样的压力让我在赛后不得不和教练聊了很久的天来减压。我想这场比赛后，我冷静了，而且我意识到我要做我自己做好我自己，不受外界干扰，这是最重要的。
谈到目前，荷包表示，总得来说，我感觉很棒，但身体方面，是的，今天很困难，我想我的小腿肚出了点问题。所以尤其在第二盘，发球显得很艰难。