00:00 "Yeah, the crowd was amazing. I mean, they pushed me and I needed to have this adrenaline.
00:06 As you can see, it helped me quite a lot. I've been a little bit unlucky at the beginning
00:13 of the fourth, but that was amazing. This is something that you can really explain.
00:21 I'm just really thankful. I had a great pleasure to play out there today."
00:28 "It gives you a feel for the rest of the fall with how you're still at a level that's so dangerous
00:33 to anybody on tour. Is that the way you look at it from that perspective?"
00:37 "Yeah, yeah. I mean, today, I don't know the word in English because I will use a very
00:45 simple word, but it's not really that. I've been unlucky with my serve, but it's not unlucky.
00:50 I would have had a better serve. It would be a better match in a way, but it was a good
00:57 match from the back and the level was high. Of course, when such a big weapon is off,
01:05 it's quite tough to really have a chance to beat a top ten player, but I was not far even
01:13 without, so it was quite funny."
01:16 "Someone that had the end of his career today, John Isner, who you know since seeing him
01:22 in DC all the way back."
01:24 "I told him, yeah. First time we meet."
01:27 "Just share your thoughts about Michael Mo and seeing him in the locker room and what
01:33 you said to him."
01:34 "I haven't seen him after his match, but before I saw him and I said, 'Fuck, it was a long
01:39 journey.' And even I saw Jack before the double, I said, 'It was a long journey and a beautiful
01:45 one.' I get to meet good buddies and see him competing in his last game in front of his
01:53 four kids. For him, it's such a big achievement. What can you wish for better? He's a proud
02:02 dad, has an amazing career, he's an amazing player. He's up there. He got the tower record
02:12 with the ace. He is someone and I'm really happy for him."
02:19 "What motivates you to keep going at this point? Do you feel like you've changed your
02:26 workout regimen or your style of play as you've gotten up there in the years?"
02:31 "It's a great creation. Everyday I ask myself why I'm doing this. I love the game. To be
02:38 honest, I love the game. I still have this passion about it. But also to be really honest,
02:47 I think my wife is pushing me quite a lot as well to keep going. I told her I can't
02:55 play forever because she thinks I can't play forever. Not really me, but I think my family
03:02 as well. I think my parents have this tendency to think that I can't play for many, many
03:10 more years. But I feel I still have it. I still have it a little bit in the tank. I
03:19 want to push a little bit. Of course I change a lot of things. My workout, the calendar.
03:26 Even this week was too long, but I will pick more of my tournaments in a way. Unfortunately
03:36 my ranking dropped a lot because of my injury. That's why it was a little bit tougher. I really
03:45 hope to be in shape for big matches at the end of the year. I hope I show people that
03:55 I can still compete to the highest level and have a little help if needed with a World
04:02 Card of course. And then just to grind a little bit more. My time is not over, but soon.
04:11 Did you get the chance to see the video of Alina asking if your match started yet?
04:20 No, I haven't seen it. But I was asking actually.
04:23 And then after she won, she was asked about it again. You were talking about how she's
04:30 continued to push you. She was asking about you during the middle of her match.
04:35 Me, I asked. It was 5-3 for her in the third set. I think I was down the break. I said
04:45 to the umpire, because I know her, "Be discreet." She was like, "Break it."
04:53 But of course, I think both would like to know that everything is going good. And then
05:01 for her, I know she really wants me to play more and to keep winning. So it's something
05:10 that she really desires. And of course, it's really nice, to be honest.
05:16 You're such a great defender and so agile on the court. But do you think about, as you
05:24 get older, being more aggressive and trying to shorten the points? Or do you feel like,
05:29 "Hey, if I can still go off to the side and slice that and then flip, use a different
05:33 spin on this shot and make the guy work, that's still my best plan?"
05:36 You know, it's always this. Of course, I think I'm more aggressive than I was, to be honest.
05:43 You can just see the number of unfair errors that I do. When I was at my prime, it was
05:49 not this. But the thing is, obviously, it's not my game. It's not the way I construct
05:56 the point. I sink the point. So it's really tough to change your game at the end of your
06:01 career. So that's why I still have a strict workout to be able to do that. That's why
06:08 I always say to people, "You see me laugh, you see me very relaxed, but I'm working hard
06:15 to get that speed. That's, you know, a cover on the court is not gifted."
06:22 Last one in English here. With the NBA this season, Victor Miyama coming over. And Jesh
06:28 your thoughts not only on him coming over here, and already over here, and who you think
06:33 is going to win the title this year?
06:35 That's a good question, you know. I'm still waiting where Lillard will go, you know. That's
06:44 a big question. If he goes to Miami, you know, it's going to be tough.
06:49 It's going to be tough, you know.
06:50 So this one, but Victor, of course, you know, going to wake up at night to see him play.
06:56 I can't wait for the preseason games, also, to see how he will adapt himself in the States.
07:02 We don't have so many videos of him, you know, but some pictures, he looks like he gained
07:10 a little bit, so we're all like, "He needs to gain." But still, you know, I can't wait
07:16 for October.
07:17 You're watching with Sky in the morning.
07:18 100 percent.
07:19 Appreciate the guy out.
07:20 - See the guy off.
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