 Hi Golden Bears, this is Allison Lynn reporting for CalTV Sports and today I'm here at Hellman Tennis Complex with Cal Women's Tennis superstar player Karla Popovich. Here comes the, here comes the, here comes the, y'all don't really worry like, here comes the. You are currently ranked number nine in the country and you just defeated Miki Kobayashi of University of Washington's tennis team in two sets. How do you feel about your performance today? It was a good performance by me and by the whole team. I'm happy with how I played in both singles and doubles and the whole team did very well today. Yeah. And I understand that last season you were mainly on court six and you moved up in the lineup to court one and two making you one of the best players on the team right now. How has the transition been for you playing some of the toughest opponents on every opposing team? You know it's a, it's a little different playing on one and two than playing court six but I'm really enjoying it because I love playing tough matches and competing with tough opponents and that's what makes you know both players better and I'm really loving it. Yeah. And tennis is obviously a very physically demanding sport but it is also very mentally challenging. How do you maintain a competitive mindset when you are down in a set or trying to break? You know I'm a naturally a fighter and I always keep fighting no matter what and I don't really think too much about score. I'm just playing the game. I'm enjoying, I love what I do and you know that's it. I'm just focusing on one point at a time. Yeah. And before coming to play for Cal you grew up in Croatia. How was it different training in a different country than you are in now? It was a little bit different and the education system is a little different. I was going regularly to high school and then I would practice in the afternoon. I was playing professionally for two years before Cal but then I decided I wanted both great education and amazing tennis and that's the reason why I'm here at Cal. Yeah. And lastly would you mind telling me who are your favorite female and male professional players? On a female side I love Serena Williams. I think she's really the greatest of all time and on the men's side Roger Federer. Definitely. Well thank you so much for talking to us today. We enjoyed watching you and good luck tomorrow against Washington State. This has been Allison Lynn from CalTV Sports and thanks for watching. Go Bears!