Daniil Medvedev a pris sa revanche ! Battu en cinq sets en finale de l'Open d'Australie en début d'année, le Russe s'est vengé mardi en quarts de finale de Wimbledon en remportant un énorme bras de fer contre Jannik Sinner, (7)6-7, 6-4, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3 en quatre heures de jeu. Une victoire au bout de l'effort contre un n°1 mondial pas au top de sa forme, lui qui a fait appel au médecin en début de deuxième manche. Sérieux, le 5e joueur mondial ne s'est pas laissé déstabiliser et a su rester concentrer sur son effort pour décrocher une 9e demi-finale en Grand Chelem, la 2e de suite ici. Medvedev devra réaliser un autre exploit en demies contre Carlos Alcaraz pour décrocher une finale.
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00:00How do you feel about the match against Sevilla?
00:31I noticed it seemed to me that you were standing closer to the baseline today than I have seen you in certain matches on grass in the past.
00:42Was that a specific tactic against Yannick? Is that something generally on grass you're trying to do?
01:00When you play Struve, when he serves to 30, being close to the baseline maybe is not the best tactic.
01:07It comes to the tactic, but in general I try to be closer to the baseline.
01:11Then there is this limit where me with my technique, I cannot stand on the baseline itself.
01:16I still have to give myself space.
01:18Today a lot of tactical things worked well, but then again it comes to what I said before the match, serve important.
01:26Many sets were decided by serves.
01:29That's cross-court tennis.
01:31It was something more about grass itself and something that we prepared for Yannick for sure also.
01:40First of all, congratulations.
01:42Thank you.
01:43Well, strange match because you lost the first set, you should have won it.
01:47Thank you.
01:49I think so the same, but it's okay, it happens.
01:52Two poor ends that were easy for you and you missed it.
01:56Then you win the third set, the set points and he didn't pass you.
02:01How do you explain this situation?
02:06For me, this is tennis.
02:08It's pure sport, pure game where I do feel like first set I should have won or could have won.
02:16Well, should have won is the wrong word because I lost it.
02:19Could have won for sure.
02:21Again, if I serve an ace on 6-5, if I serve closer to the line.
02:24And even the forehand, yeah, I had it, but I tried to go for it.
02:28I overcooked it, if we can say.
02:31And third set, yeah, for sure the passing.
02:33I remember when I hit the shot because it was an easy shot and he stayed there.
02:37I was like, I'm in trouble and he missed it.
02:39I was like, okay, we go again, we try.
02:41And that's what tennis is about.
02:43In Australian Open, I think fourth set I had a break point.
02:46And if I'm not mistaken, he made ace, he makes double fault.
02:50Maybe I win Australian Open, never know.
02:52That's why people love tennis.
02:54That's why people get crazy watching tennis.
02:56And that's why we tennis players sometimes get crazy playing tennis.
03:03I have a feeling it has something to do with the rain on the outer courts.
03:06But I'm wondering why you think there might have been so many five set matches this Wimbledon.
03:11I think it's a record for the Open era.
03:12True.
03:13Look, I have no idea.
03:14Maybe the level is closer than before.
03:18In my opinion, grass is always a surface where it's very tough to win.
03:22You know, like straight three sets, like four, four and four.
03:25Because one break can decide the outcome of the set.
03:30You know, you do one bad game on your serve, double fault, easy miss or something like this.
03:35And you can lose a set.
03:36So, in my opinion, it's more about grass court tennis itself.
03:41So, yeah, I don't know.
03:42I have no answer.
03:43Sorry.
03:45Yellowjacket.
03:48How much did you think about the Australian Open final going into this match and even during the match?
03:53How much did it sit in your head playing Sinner today?
03:56To be honest, more tactically.
03:58Because I felt like in the Australian Open I did a lot of good things tactically.
04:01I didn't manage to get it to the end.
04:03But I felt like I was playing well.
04:08Yeah, I tried to use it in Miami.
04:10Also, it didn't work.
04:11I think I went a little bit too much.
04:13And I tried to use it today.
04:17Mentally, it was a good match today.
04:19Because I actually didn't think about the match in Australia.
04:21Like, I was not before the fifth set.
04:23Oh, my God, it's again five sets.
04:24No, I was there to fight, to do my best.
04:28So, yeah, I was only thinking about it in a good way to prepare tactically.
04:33Joe?
04:34Daniel, I had a look at your five-set record after the match.
04:37At the start of your career, you lost your first six five-set matches.
04:41You've now won the last five of six.
04:44Why do you think there's been such a big change around with your five-set record?
04:49For me, I always said a lot of things in my life come with experience.
04:53So, every time I do something for the first time, I'm super nervous.
04:57I can do it, but I'm super nervous.
05:01Like, I don't know what to wait for it.
05:04And so, it's the same with Grand Slams.
05:06I think the first, like, four or five Grand Slams,
05:10I was almost every time losing the first round,
05:12except here against Wawrinka.
05:14Masters 1000, I took a long time to win my first round in Masters 1000.
05:19It's the same about many things in my life.
05:22So, I think it's the same every time I would play five sets.
05:24I would already work hard physically with my team, so I was ready.
05:28But a lot of times, I would have the break and lose it.
05:31Now, I'm okay with five sets.
05:33Like, I know what I have to do.
05:36I know how to play them.
05:38In a way, I don't think I'm better in five sets than four,
05:42but I try to win them, and I'm happy that I managed to win a lot of them.
05:47Daniel, obviously, a rematch of last year's semi-final.
05:51Next, what do you think you need to do differently to get a different outcome?
05:56Just play better.
05:58It's always a question, did I serve not well enough,
06:01or have Carlos been amazing on the return?
06:05This day and the two weeks last year, because he won.
06:09I have to serve better.
06:10That's still the most important thing on grass.
06:12You serve aces, you serve on the line.
06:14You're less in trouble, and you feel better,
06:16and that's where you can put pressure on his serve.
06:21Yeah, and then he's a tough player, you know.
06:23He can hit strong, he can slice, he can drop shot, he can volley.
06:26He knows how to play tennis, and I just need to be at my best,
06:32kind of like how I've been today, and try to win.
06:37I don't know.
06:38Speaking of serving, you served 11 double-fours today,
06:41but I also thought you served pretty well in important moments.
06:44I'm curious, how did you feel about your serve?
06:46And also, in general, I know you mentioned a few months ago
06:49that you hadn't been able to practice serving.
06:51So how are you feeling in general?
06:53Yeah, in general, as I said, before Rome I was injured with a doctor,
06:57so it's different, but I didn't practice.
06:59So after Rome, I said now I feel like I'm ready to do a lot of practice
07:03on my serve, and I was, and I was serving well in Roland Garros.
07:07I'm serving well here.
07:08I was even serving well in the Hallé.
07:11I feel like double-fault was always a little bit my thing.
07:14Like, even if I look back at, like, 2021 years open, et cetera,
07:17I was still double-faulting.
07:19Sometimes I go for it, sometimes I don't, and I double-fault.
07:23And it's okay.
07:24Like, today I felt...
07:25First set tiebreak, yeah, for sure.
07:27The two double-faults were tough.
07:28Both came after a tough point, so the breath was not there.
07:31Maybe I could have done a bit better, took more time.
07:35But in general, like, after the match I saw 11 double-faults,
07:39I was surprised because I felt pretty, pretty good on my serve.
07:43And look, if I do 11 and I feel good, that's a good sign
07:47because probably next match I'll try to do less.
07:52Charlie.
07:53I don't know.
07:54Can I ask firstly how you found the conditions?
07:56And also, just on Carlos,
07:58how hard is it when you have a huge win like today,
08:00you knock out the number one in the world,
08:02and then it's like, oh, next up I've got this other phenomenon I've got to play?
08:07Yeah, it's never easy when you have, like, such an electric match.
08:12And whenever you play Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Zverev, Tsitsipas,
08:16it's always an electric match.
08:17But again, it's talking about experience.
08:19I have done it many times.
08:21And especially now it's two days off,
08:23so we're going to prepare well with the team.
08:25There should not be a problem.
08:27Conditions were not easy today because when the roof is closed,
08:32it's very humid.
08:33Like, it's very, not even humid, but when you don't have much air.
08:38So in a way, at one point in the match,
08:40you feel like you lose concentration
08:41because it just gets to you like this humidity,
08:45the sound of the rain,
08:46because you don't hear anymore the sound of your shots.
08:49It's like something is falling on your head constantly.
08:52So it's not easy.
08:55And it's not easy for both of us.
08:57So you try just to do your best.
09:00Cedric.
09:01Hi, Daniel.
09:02I'm curious to know how you process your loss
09:05to change the outcome of the next match.
09:07Today, I thought about what you did against Alcaraz last year.
09:10You lost here and you had a masterpiece at the US Open.
09:14Recently, you lost, you had bad losses against Yannick
09:18and you turned it around today.
09:19How do you process between two matches to change the outcome this way?
09:23For me, what was important today is I lost five times to him.
09:27A lot of close matches and the last one was super easy.
09:30It can happen. It's okay.
09:31For me, it was important to come out today
09:34and show that, look, we're going to play probably many more times.
09:38If we are both on tour, probably semis, quarters, finals, whatever.
09:43And for me, it was important to just show I'm always going to be there.
09:46I'm always going to fight.
09:47I'm always going to try to make your life difficult.
09:49Maybe you're going to win more.
09:50Maybe I'm going to win more.
09:51I don't know.
09:52But I'm going to fight.
09:54And even if he won today, the goal was to show him
09:58that every time I'm going to be there to fight and to win.
10:02And today I managed to do it.
10:03It doesn't mean that next time it's going to be the same,
10:05but that's a little bit the attitude.
10:07That was the same with Carlos last year in the US Open.
10:10That's going to be the same with Carlos in a couple of days.
10:13And to be honest, that's always my goal to know that
10:17whoever comes against me, they can win, they can lose.
10:20It's going to be a tough fight.
10:22It's going to be a great match, great for the fans,
10:25great for me, great for my opponent.
10:29Catherine?
10:30Hi, Daniil.
10:31Kind of picking up on that, obviously you lost the last five
10:33before today against Yannick and the last five against
10:36the top five opponents.
10:38Oh, true.
10:40Given that, does today feel big for you in terms of
10:44sort of making a statement?
10:46Now that you said it, yes.
10:47Now that you said it, yes.
10:48I didn't know I lost the last five against top five
10:50because I'm never scared to play them.
10:56Yeah, I'm happy.
10:57At one moment, I remember there was a big moment,
11:01Rotterdam, and then I won four out of five tournaments.
11:05I got out of top ten and I think there was something like
11:08I didn't win ten matches against top ten players.
11:11But all of them were different.
11:12Some I lost close once, some I was not feeling good
11:15or whatever, etc.
11:16But I always knew that I have the tennis inside of me.
11:19And then I beat Felix and someone told me the same,
11:22well, you haven't won a top ten in ten matches.
11:24I was like, that's terrible.
11:25But okay, now it's better.
11:27And then I won like six in a row or something like this.
11:30So it's the same, you know.
11:32Sometimes it happens.
11:33Every match is a different story.
11:35And I'm happy that today I managed to do it.
11:37And in two days, I have another chance against
11:39top five players.
11:40Sebastian?
11:41Daniil, can I say something quickly?
11:44You have been very close to get your second Grand Slam,
11:47but you have experienced some painful defeats.
11:50What have you taken from those moments?
11:52And what do you think can be different this time?
11:56Yeah, look.
11:58I don't think about it too much for sure, you know,
12:01because for sure I would love to have, I don't know,
12:04six Grand Slams, ten, 26, whatever, more than Novak.
12:07But I always try my best.
12:10I know that against Rafa I could have done some shots better
12:13and maybe won it.
12:14Against Yannick was tougher physically.
12:17So I'm a bit less like sad about it in a way.
12:22But as I said, it's always better to be in the final
12:24than losing in the second round against Rousseff.
12:28I was in big trouble and I could have or should have
12:31lost the match, but I managed to win it and be in the final.
12:35I try my best.
12:36I fight my best.
12:37Hopefully I can win more Grand Slams.
12:39I believe in myself.
12:40I believe in my tennis.
12:42But for me, it's always important when I finish my career
12:45to have no regrets that said, look, I did what I did,
12:48whatever titles I have, whatever Grand Slams.
12:51Now it's over.
12:52Now it's time for something new.
12:53I'm happy about my career.
12:55And for the moment, that's the case.
12:56Willy?
12:58Getting back to Carlos, in your mind,
13:00what is most special about him?
13:06To be honest, everything.
13:07But I would think the easy part with which he hits the shots.
13:11Like even today against Tommy, I just saw a little bit
13:13the ending.
13:14And as soon as he had a shot where you could go for it,
13:17he went for it and he always put it in.
13:19So he was a little bit on fire.
13:21You could see it by the score.
13:23And that's where it's tough to play against him
13:25because you know that whatever shot you hit,
13:28he can hit a winner from there.
13:30So you try to make his life difficult.
13:32You try to hit the shot as good as you can.
13:34So maybe he goes for it and he cannot make it.
13:37But that's pretty special because there are not many
13:39players like this.
13:40A lot of players, you know, that if you play cross,
13:43there is less chances that he goes down the line winner,
13:46et cetera, et cetera.
13:47Carlos can do whatever from any position
13:49and that's not easy to play against.
13:52On a different note, Daniel, I saw this hilarious sketch
13:55with you and John McEnroe.
13:57You actually looked athletic in the 80s.
14:00Did he give you any tips, bowling tips to you?
14:03Tell me some more about it.
14:05No, there was no tips.
14:07It was a pure shooting, but it was very fun.
14:10It was very professional from the shooting company
14:13and from Pepperstone because sometimes shooting
14:16can take a long time, like 10 hours,
14:18for like one minute advertisement or something.
14:21And this one, we did it in like, I don't want to say
14:24first take, but it was very fast and it was super fun
14:27to work with John.
14:29We could feel that it's going to be a super fun ad.
14:33And yeah, I hope we can do some more.
14:36John is a great guy.
14:38We don't know each other too much,
14:40but we know each other a little.
14:42He's a great guy, very funny.
14:44At the same time, I feel like he has a lot
14:47of good thoughts in him.
14:49When he commentates, I love to listen to him
14:51and yeah, just fun to be around him.