Jannik Sinner rêve de faire un doublé à Melbourne. Bousculé mais convaincant au premier tour contre Nicolas Jarry, l'Italien avait bien lancé sa saison. Ce jeudi, contre le local Tristan Schoolkate, l'Italien a été bousculé pendant une manche et demie avant de dérouler et de s'imposer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. Peu inspiré, le Transalpin a semblé en manque de sensations mais a fait preuve de maturité et de patience pour faire craquer le 173e mondial, brillant dans la première manche. Sans être brillant, Sinner continue tout de même à avancer et pourra monter en puissance contre Marcos Giron.
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00:00I felt like he was playing great tennis, especially the first set. For one set and a half he was
00:09serving much better than I was. He was playing some great tennis. I didn't know him as a
00:17player that much, so it was difficult for me, but he was producing more tennis than
00:28I was for one hour. It was a tough match to get through. I'm happy how I handled the situation.
00:36Obviously I can improve for the next matches, but I'm happy that I'm through. It was a tough
00:43match.
00:44Can you explain what it's like when you need to work out a new opponent and eventually
00:49work out the tactics? Is that the sort of thing it takes a set or two normally to get
00:53that point?
00:54It depends also how someone starts the match. If you manage to break him a little bit earlier
01:00then it gives you this confidence and you play a bit more freely. He was playing especially
01:08in important moments. In the first set he was serving big serves, amazing volleys. It
01:16was a tough match to get through. These matches can go fast away. You never know what
01:24can happen exactly. Of course best of five helps you a little bit, taking your time and
01:29trying to work things out. Things considered, I'm happy. Let's see what's coming in the
01:37next round.
01:38Today was the attendance record for the Australian Open, the most people to come here in one
01:45day. I wanted to ask you, what do you think the crowds are like? Are they getting more
01:50lively, more noisy, more interruptions? What do you think about that?
01:56I feel like it's great for tennis. I think the goal should be to make tennis as big as
02:01possible. Here the fans are very passionate. Today they played a lot of Australian players
02:10in big courts so it's nice to see players who have the home crowd with them. It's nice
02:18because it's also right that we're in Australia and they go behind the Australian players.
02:28It's nice to see. I feel like the facilities are very, very big here. Centre court and
02:35they have amazing second, third, fourth courts, which has great capacity of people. It's nice
02:43to see them full. Also for us players, that's what we love, to see back stadiums. We try
02:54to bring out our best. Obviously today was a bit windy, difficult situations on court.
02:59It was maybe not the best match to watch, but it's nice to see the crowd.
03:07Anyone else in English?
03:09The tennis world is reacting to the news that Darren might not be part of your team next
03:12year. Could you speak on that and what he's brought to your set-up?
03:16He brought me so many things, but one year is still long so I don't want to talk so much
03:21about his retirement. I feel very, very lucky and happy to be his last player on tour. He
03:31has been an amazing coach and person, not only for me but for all the other players
03:41he has worked with. For me it's just a huge honour and hopefully we can make a nice season.
03:50But let's see. Let's see what's coming in the future. He has a beautiful family,
03:57so many great things to come for him, also after his tennis job. Let's see. But the year is still long.