Madison Keys n'a pas pu faire chuter Coco Gauff. Dans un match décousu, l'Américaine a été dominée par sa compatriote 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-1, en quarts de Roland-Garros. Keys a tout de même réalisé un beau tournoi et voudra surfer sur la vague sur le gazon.
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00:00BNP Paribas, partenaire des plus belles histoires de Roland Garros, aux côtés des ramasseurs de balles depuis plus de 50 ans.
00:30Je pense que c'est un grand accomplishment et c'est quelque chose que je vais prendre sur le grass.
00:36Questions?
00:40Good tournament.
00:42You often talk about, and you've talked a lot over the last few months, about this idea of if I play like me and take my swings and stuff like that, then I lose totally fine.
00:54Is that how you were feeling when you walked off the court today, that you had left it out there?
00:59Or are there regrets that you have?
01:01Just curious.
01:02I don't really have regrets.
01:04I don't think I played quite the level that I wish that I could have, but I don't think that I regret not going for things or making poor decisions.
01:15I just think that what I wanted to do and kind of the level that I produced just weren't on the same page today.
01:27Hi, Maddie.
01:29How much, if at all, did the roof being closed, the cold affect things for you today?
01:39Definitely a different environment to play in.
01:43A lot more dead and slow with the roof closed, and obviously it's cold and rainy.
01:47So, yeah, just a very, very different conditions.
01:52I would much prefer to be bouncy and hot, but it's just kind of the reality of weather.
01:59And I think conditions like today, unfortunately, I think play a little bit more into Coco and make her even tougher to beat.
02:09Along those lines, you had spoken the other day about the idea of she's this player that, particularly on clay, makes you hit a million winners to win one point.
02:21How big a factor was that today out there in the way you played?
02:30I think the court being a little bit slower, coupled with the fact that she covers the court so well, I think it just put a little bit of pressure on me to go a little bit more for my shots and maybe press a little bit too much too soon.
02:48And I think also there was just, there were a lot of points where I felt like playing someone else, I would have won the point, but having to reset two and three times, it just, it makes it harder where you win, even if you win six of those, but if you're losing three or four, they could be important points.
03:07Sort of a funny match of like surges by one person, then surges by the other.
03:13What does that do for your mind as you're going through that?
03:17I mean, I imagine when you have momentum, it must be like, okay, I've got this now, this isn't going to end, but then the other person sort of gains momentum and what, what was, where was your head as that was sort of a roller coaster that you were riding and she was riding as well?
03:34I think those matches are always just a little bit difficult to play just because it felt like neither one of us was playing a great level at the same time.
03:44And it, like you said, it just kind of would swing back and forth, but in the same, on, in the same token, it was, no matter what, it's, it kind of felt like I wasn't totally out of it.
03:55Like I could win three, four games in a row and swing and it could swing back my way.
03:59So in some ways it's difficult, but in other ways it just, you know, you kind of, it kind of helps you stay in a set, even if you're down a break or two.
04:08Can you just talk about, um, what you could envision for Coco's future?
04:25Obviously she's number two now, but, uh, just talk about her future and where you think she'll be going.
04:32Um, I would imagine that she'll continue on the trajectory that she's already on, having already won a slam and being two in the world.
04:41Um, she's also quite young.
04:43So I would imagine that she continues to do as well as she has been.
04:50Um, from sort of, well, late, I guess, in the second set, was there something she did differently that affected things from, let's say, for all in the second set?
05:08Um, I think that she cleaned up her side of the court a little bit.
05:14I don't think she was giving me as many free points.
05:17And I think that coupled with, I was spraying a little bit more, uh, just kind of, I felt like I kind of really lost the momentum at the end.
05:27And, um, that's kind of where she just started rolling with it.
05:31So, um, what does your transition to grass, like, look like?
05:36And, like, how do you ease into what is obviously such a different surface, um, but that I imagine you feel like gives you a lot of great advantages at the same time?
05:46The tennis season doesn't really allow you to ease into anything.
05:49So I'm going to London tomorrow, and I imagine I'll be on grass on Friday.
05:54So, um, that's kind of the reality of the sport, and I've typically felt pretty comfortable on grass.
06:03So the first couple of days, I imagine I'll be a little bit more sore just because the ball's so much lower,
06:09and it feels like you have to work a little bit harder, uh, just to move on the grass.
06:13But, yeah, no easing into it.
06:16Do you think you'll continue with this thing of playing the week before slams?
06:22Uh, we'll see.
06:23We'll see how things go.
06:24We'll be a little tired right now.
06:28You mentioned being comfortable on grass.
06:30What is it that you like the most about that surface, and how do you think it, um, works with your game?
06:40I think it obviously is a game.
06:43It's a surface that rewards people who have bigger serves and hit harder.
06:48So I think from the start, I always just, it just kind of naturally, I was getting three points, and I felt good on it.
06:56And I think I've always felt fairly comfortable moving on it.
07:00I think some people having to take bigger steps on the grass, and you, you actually have to really step.
07:09I think sometimes that's the hardest thing for people to get used to.
07:12And I just kind of always felt like it was a pretty easy transition.
07:18So, um, I think those things just coupled together.
07:22It was just, I hit on it for the first time, and felt like I was going to always enjoy the surface.
07:28Earlier this year, you were a good sport, and spoke about your love of coffee.
07:39You, if I recall correct, ranked Melbourne number one.
07:43In terms of the Grand Slams, three other Grand Slams cities, how would you rank the other three, coffee-wise?
07:50I'd put New York second, London, Wimbledon third, and Paris last.
08:01Sorry, guys.
08:03What does Paris have to do to upgrade its game?
08:08I think that's up to them.
08:11I think, I think they know what they're missing, and it's just on them to figure it out.
