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.
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