Retour gagnant pour Jannik Sinner. Suspendu trois mois et absent du circuit depuis son sacre à l'Open d'Australie, le numéro 1 mondial a parfaitement lancé sa saison sur terre battue en dominant l’Argentin Marione Navone (6-3, 6-4) au Foro Italico. Devant un central entièrement acquis à sa cause, l'Italien a rassuré sur son état physique, mais surtout sur son état d’esprit. Conscient de la pression qui entoure son retour, il a fait parler la maturité sur le court.
Vidéo : Internazionali BNL d'Italia
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Vidéo : Internazionali BNL d'Italia
« Le tennis, partout & toujours ici », sur
https://www.tennisactu.net / Tennis Actu
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00:00Where does it rank in terms of reception by a crowd anywhere in the world?
00:09It's for sure on the top spot.
00:12It has been amazing to go again on court after such a long time,
00:17having a great support also in the last days.
00:22From the first day when I came here it has been amazing.
00:25I was waiting for this moment for quite a long time.
00:30It really doesn't matter as much as all the rest matters.
00:35So I'm very happy about today,
00:37obviously happy to play at least one more match here and then we'll see how it goes.
00:45You said a few times this week that you're coming here without high expectations,
00:50given that you haven't played for so long.
00:53Is that enjoyable in any way?
00:56You know, normally being number one you have really high expectations,
00:59but here being able to just play day by day, it must feel different.
01:03For sure it's different, no?
01:05I feel like that we prepared ourselves in the best possible way.
01:09Of course I was missing the feedback of official matches,
01:13which are the best feedbacks we players can get.
01:16So, you know, at least now I have a bigger picture of what I'm doing well and what I have to improve.
01:24Of course the nerves and everything, it has to go again into my body and trying to understand what we can do better in the next round.
01:32But, yeah, hopefully I can play here one or two matches more to see where I am at,
01:42which would be my main goal and then all the rest is just a positive.
01:46So, yeah, it was a great start from my point of view of this tournament and the end of the comeback.
01:55So, let's see what's coming.
01:58Well done, Yannick.
02:00Can you describe the difference between playing these practice games and sets this week
02:07and then the level of intensity that you felt tonight on the court?
02:13And was there a moment sort of like where, you know, you really felt like either the butterflies in your stomach
02:21or whatever it is you feel when things get tense that you haven't felt the last couple of months when you're trying to get ready for this?
02:29Everything. Look, the whole match is, you know, even when it seems quite comfortable, it's a roller coaster.
02:37You know, especially inside, we feel that. I would say especially the beginning of the match, you know,
02:44due to having again, you know, the nerves of serving, you know, for the first time, trying to move in the best possible way you can.
02:54And, yeah, that's it. It's different, you know.
02:58In practice, you play just more freely. You don't care as much, you know, when you lose a point.
03:06I'm very competitive, so I love the official match. I love the competition.
03:12And that's what I was looking for, you know. And then today I felt quite good on court.
03:18I'm happy about that. And, yeah, so hopefully, of course, we are aiming for small improvements,
03:25which are the small details, what can make the difference.
03:28So tomorrow I have one day off and hopefully we can use it in the best way.
03:34Hi, Yannick. Can you just talk a bit about your feelings and emotions across the whole week from when you arrived on site?
03:40And how much does it mean to you, the reaction that you've had from the fans all week?
03:46Yeah, it means much more than any result, to be honest. It has been an amazing feeling to come here, starting from the first practice with other players.
04:03We aimed, we had a good schedule, you know, also with other players, so it was nothing, you know, like this.
04:13We try to figure out what's the best way to get into rhythm.
04:18And, yeah, we are trying to aim to get better every day after day.
04:25Match days are different, but it has been, until now, amazing for me.
04:31And, yeah, we don't, it's not only me, there are so many other Italians playing here, which makes the whole package even bigger.
04:41And, you know, with Musetti, first time, top ten, playing here, and many other Italians.
04:47Matteo is from here. It's amazing, the Italian tennis that we have right now.
04:54Welcome back, Janik. I have a question from a very important subject in Italy, which is fashion.
05:04You're the world number one coming from Italy, the country of color.
05:09Lately, you've done hundreds of various advertisements and commercials,
05:13and yet you choose monochrome as your styling to appear on the tennis court.
05:19What I choose?
05:20Monochrome, one color, more or less.
05:22So, are you cool with this? Is this the way you prefer to express yourself?
05:26Because number ones usually like to hit the colors.
05:29No, everyone is different.
05:31You know, in Rome here, if we watched the last times when I played, I always played in whole black.
05:37You know, it's something that I always wanted to keep in a way.
05:42It can change in the future, this, yes, but I love having all in the same color.
05:47I believe it suits me quite well.
05:51I like not this yellow and orange and, you know, these very bright colors.
05:58I like more the darker colors, but again, everyone is different.
06:04Fashion off the court is different.
06:06I still have to learn many things about the fashion off court, but I'm just a very normal 23-year-old, nothing crazy.
06:17Last one.
06:18Just wondering, over these three months, did you ever have any doubts or questions that you could rediscover your great form that you showed tonight?
06:28Of course.
06:29It's normal to have doubts.
06:32It would be strange to not have any doubts.
06:34It would sound very arrogant, no?
06:38I have doubts.
06:40I had doubts before going on court today, so I have doubts now what's going to happen in the next match.
06:45But we have to live with doubts because it means that you really care, that you want to improve, that you want to show yourself that you want to do something special.
06:57And, yeah, so I believe every one of us has daily doubts.
07:02So, yeah.