Medevev out de ce Roland-Garros 2024 ! Alex De Minaur a été le premier qualifié pour les quarts de finale de Roland-Garros. L'Australien a éliminé Daniil Medvedev en 8e, lundi, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. Comme un symbole, le Russe a perdu sa balle de match sur une double faute sur son service. Déception pour Daniil qui avait un bon coup à jouer dans ce Roland-Garros très ouvert...
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00:00 Can you explain if there were any physical issues behind that loss?
00:09 No, not at all. I had a blister. It didn't help me to call the physio, but I had a blister that got a little irritated, so I needed to take care of it.
00:18 Alex played better. To be honest, I'm disappointed to lose, but I don't have anything to tell myself in a tough way like I was not in a good attitude today or I was not fighting until then. I did all of this.
00:34 He played better. My best was not enough today, so I'm looking forward to the next ones.
00:40 Can I ask where you think that Dumouin has improved in his game? Is he a different player to the one you played last year in the US Open?
00:51 It depends. Today he played, in my opinion, probably the best match we played. It's a different surface, but I watched his matches on clay this year to try to see which tactic to play, etc.
01:07 I didn't see him play like this. He was missing more, he was serving better than most of the guys I played on clay, so that was surprising.
01:19 The question is, today he improved big time in every aspect. Then it comes to the point where we know that Alex can beat anyone, and I think he did already beat Novak, everyone, Rafa.
01:35 But then it's a question of whether you're ready to do it week in, week out and become one in the world, two in the world, three in the world.
01:43 He's close there, so he's a top player. Then it's a question of what he does in quarters, if he plays the same as he did today or not. Let's see.
01:52 I want to ask you if it's okay about a fellow Russian, Mira. She's playing at the moment. I think she's set up. If she wins, she'll be in the quarterfinals for the first time.
02:02 I wonder if you could talk a bit about her as a player and also the challenges of being a young player on tour. What are those challenges and how did you get through them as a younger player?
02:12 A young player on tour? I don't know. At 17, I was only playing juniors. I had zero pro points, so it's a different life for her.
02:19 I wish her the best. She's a nice girl. I hope she can win everything. She has the talent, but life in tennis is not easy. Let's see how she copes up with it.
02:32 I have the feeling that she likes to work, she likes to play, she likes to win. That's the most important. The rest will come. I hope already here she can go somewhere far.
02:42 It's a great story. We don't know each other too close, but we played mixed doubles this winter and had tough luck against Badoza and Stefanos. I wish her all the best.
02:58 Now that you're out, who do you think is going to win the tournament?
03:07 Very tough to say. I always think predictions are a little bit disrespectful because when you say someone, it's like you're a bit underestimating the other guys.
03:21 Statistically, I saw Novak struggling with his leg or something, so at the moment seeing Novak struggling with his leg, I would say Carlos or Yannick.
03:32 They are both playing good. Yannick had a tough one yesterday and managed to come back. Statistically, they both have a slam, they have experience, they are top two or three in the world.
03:45 My opinion, Carlos or Yannick. Let's see.
03:48 I'm wondering if there are still any physical issues with her shoulder or something like that because your serve might not be as mighty as two years ago.
04:01 To be honest, I felt like this tournament my serve was exactly better. I mean, better, I cannot say better. Like two years ago, it's clay.
04:11 Today I felt like I served very good, but clay has always been the surface where serve doesn't count too much.
04:20 I hope I can continue serving exactly like I did here on grass and hard courts and it could be, I think, big. It's getting better.
04:30 The thing about tennis, what is tough sometimes, you have pain every day somewhere. Small pain, big pain.
04:37 It started with a small pain which you don't even think about too much and you think tomorrow it's going to go away.
04:44 And then when you still have it in two months, you think, "Okay, maybe there is something." But it's a little bit in, it's a little bit out.
04:50 But the thing is that what happened six months ago, maybe, when I was stopping to play, it was growing, the pain.
04:58 So it was a bit surprising. And when I was coming back on the practice court, I couldn't practice it because the pain was big.
05:04 So then I went on tournaments and it would go down and I could serve. But without practice, my serve decreased a little bit.
05:12 Here, as I said, after Rome, I'm feeling better. We did a big job with my team.
05:17 And I could practice serve and I was serving at least my best on clay. I was serving good. I was really happy with my serve.
05:24 So I hope I can continue this way. And again, if I serve like I did here, I can serve like I did before.
05:38 Daniel, I don't know if you were at the beginning asked about the foot. What was that? And also just serving to stay in the match.
05:47 How much pressure were you feeling at that stage?
05:50 To be honest, not much. I changed the tension a little bit for when it was for 30-30 laps, just to try something like a last push.
06:00 And because of this, it was tougher to serve because the sensations were not the same.
06:07 So the question is should I have kept the same record I had and tried to build pressure on him?
06:15 I decided at 30 laps that I'm not sure it would work. I want to try something different for the last bit of the match and try to turn it around.
06:23 It didn't work. And about the foot, I said it's not a problem. Just blister, nothing serious.
06:30 But I felt it could open up a bit and so I called the physio to tape it.
06:35 It didn't bother me at all. I could run and everything.
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