00:00Je suis très heureux d'être là-hier, il a été trois mois très longs, j'ai été heureux de partager des moments avec ma famille, avec mes amis, nous étions pratiqués très hard,
00:17surtout en la gym, en la première fois, je suis retournée à la courte, j'ai vu qu'il y a beaucoup d'attention, je suis aussi off-the-court et je suis aussi très surpris à voir des photos,
00:33qui n'est pas sérieux, je ne sais pas, je ne suis pas en relation, donc c'est tout bon.
00:49Ok, we'll start with English, please ask for microphone and introduce yourself.
00:58Hello Yannick, Russell Fuller from the BBC, can I ask you about the agreement that you reached with the World Anti-Doping Agency
01:04and whether you consider yourself fortunate that the ban was only three months and meant that you have not had to miss any of the Grand Slams?
01:12Well, it's for me personally good news that there are not the Grand Slams included, for sure it's, of course, it's, you know, at some point, you know,
01:24when you go on court, you can go both ways or nothing or a lot, so, you know, there are, it's kind of agreement, you know, it's,
01:33it's, I didn't want to do it in the beginning, you know, so it was a bit, uh, not easy for me to, to accept it because I know what,
01:42what really happened, um, but sometimes we have to choose the, the best, the best in, uh, in a very bad moment
01:50and, um, and that's, you know, what, what we did, so, um, it's all over now, so I'm happy to, to play tennis again.
01:59Hi, Yannick, uh, Tamani Karo from the Guardian, uh, just, just curious,
02:02what has been the toughest part of the past three months and not being on tour and, and how much were you
02:07anticipating this moment of being back? Um, to be honest, for me, the toughest part was that in the
02:12beginning, I, I couldn't watch any other sport, really, you know, in, in real life, um, I don't know how many
02:18knows this, um, but, you know, I was, for example, watching a simple football match in a stadium, I couldn't go there
02:25to watch it, um, you know, I wanted to support my, my friends in, in, in cycling or a motor sport, I couldn't go
02:32there, you know, it was a bit, that for me was the, the toughest part, but all things considered,
02:37I tried, you know, to, to make the best out of it, um, being ready mentally, you know, from the point
02:42when I started again to play tennis and, and that's it, no, it's, uh, it's all, it's all fine, um,
02:48and, and yeah, I was very glad to spend also some time with my family.
02:54Hey, Yannick, uh, Matt Futterman. What has your reception been like, uh, coming back here,
03:00um, and seeing some of the players who you may not have seen in a while, and were you having
03:06any expectation of how that would go, and is there any people you'd like to speak with?
03:11No, I'm, it's a very, very low expectation tournament in general for me, you know, it's,
03:17um, talking also results wise, I don't know, for me, that's what's missing is the complete feedback,
03:22you know, of, of my level, where my level is, um, that's gonna come then slowly with, with the time
03:29of, uh, of playing, you know, after the first round match, I'm gonna have, um, a good, you know,
03:35picture of myself, where I am at, um, talking about the other stuff, you know, with, with players,
03:41I just arrived 45 minutes ago, I, I haven't seen so many, I was down, you know, talking with,
03:47with some, some players, it's, it's all, it's all fine at the moment, so, uh, but I haven't seen
03:53most of them, you know, so, it's very strange feeling again in the beginning, you know, to,
03:59to be around with so many people and attention, but it's, uh, it's nice to be back, and we had my,
04:05my team are very happy.
04:12Yannick, Felix, I just wanted to ask, you've, uh, been holding a tennis racket, um, ever since
04:19your childhood, uh, all the time, was it, was there a moment during that break now, where
04:23it felt good to let go of it, to get away from the sport a little, to maybe clear your
04:28mind, or was it just not pleasurable?
04:31No, it was, for me, look, last year was very difficult, you know,
04:35I had a lot of, uh, personal pressure, you know, holding everything, and, in, in,
04:41I couldn't talk with many people about what happened, I was in a tough situation, and in
04:47the beginning of, of the Australian Open, you know, I, I struggled a lot, so, you know,
04:52it was nice also to take a, a small break, um, three months is, is a little bit, you know,
04:58it is what it is, but, you know, um, a small break was, was good, um, but I could feel
05:04that I'm not playing, you know, for, uh, for quite a long time, you know, it's, it's, you
05:09know, the, the body still has to adjust at times, you know, the, the blisters in hands,
05:13you know, they, they, they come again, because, you know, you're not used to it anymore, so,
05:17so, um, but all good, I'm, I'm just very happy, very curious to see where I am at, and then
05:23we see.
05:24Anyone else?
05:28Yannick, are you surprised that you are still world number one, that nobody overtook you in
05:33your three months away?
05:34Um, to be honest, I was barely looking any match, especially in the beginning, I was not
05:39following in New Wales and Miami, of course, I, I saw the results, because it's normal, but,
05:44you know, the tennis itself, I was not watching as much, I started again from, from, from
05:49Madrid, you know, trying to study, and then trying to understand some, some of the players,
05:54which are very interesting to see, um, so, I mean, I couldn't control anything of it, you
06:00know, there was, um, some players, they struggled a little bit more, then, new players, and new
06:05generation, it's, it's coming stronger, stronger, um, so, yeah, um, for me, what's most
06:13important is the race, you know, the race to Turin, which gives you a bigger picture
06:16of, of, of how players play, you know, in, in that moment, and now I'm, I'm happy in
06:22the position I am, but I would be happy even if I'm three or four in the world, to be honest,
06:26I'm, I'm just happy to be back here, I'm happy to, to play again in front of, in front
06:31of the fans, and that I also have a, a goal in front of my eyes, where, where I can push
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