00:00Je pense qu'il y a un match comme celui-ci, il y aura des ups et des downs, mais il y aura des intérêts qui m'ont passé.
00:12Ce n'est pas un tennis parfait, mais c'était assez.
00:19Ciao.
00:20First of all, congratulations.
00:22Second, vous n'êtes pas seulement dans la semi-file, mais vous atteignez votre meilleur ranking.
00:27Je pense qu'il sera au moins le 5, si vous winz le tournoi, encore plus.
00:32Mais au moment, le 5.
00:34Ça fait une différence pour un joueur de top 10, c'est important.
00:39Dans le 5, parfois, ils disent qu'il est un upgrade qui est difficile à atteindre.
00:45Ça fait une différence pour vous ?
00:48Ou est-ce qu'il est plus important pour faire la semi-file ?
00:52No, both are great.
00:54Whenever, as a player, you go to a state that you've never been, in terms of a result or ranking,
01:02it's always positive.
01:03So, for me, it's the first semi-final in this event, and also, potentially, we'll see, number 5.
01:08So, you know, I was the sixth, so one more.
01:11It's nice.
01:13Charlie?
01:14Well done.
01:15Here and in the tour in general, players either seem to be physically or mentally exhausted or both.
01:21You look like you're kind of enjoying it, which is, it shouldn't be so rare, but it feels like it is.
01:26Is that the case?
01:27And how, like, what's your secret?
01:28How are you looking so fresh, kind of, at this stage of the season?
01:32I don't know how guys don't enjoy it, to be honest.
01:35Like, I don't know.
01:36I think they lost perspective completely.
01:38Like, I get that you can get tired.
01:39I'm tired, too.
01:40But, like, you know, I do trips around and I go see, you know, different circumstances around the world.
01:45And, I mean, we're just lucky and blessed.
01:48So, in my humble opinion, every day I wake up and I enjoy.
01:52I enjoy that I'm here.
01:53You know, even if I lose matches, it's okay.
01:54I'm pissed for a day, but, I don't know.
01:57If you want to play less tournaments, stay home.
01:59You know?
02:00Nobody's forcing you to be here.
02:03I'm kind of curious about one thing.
02:08Since 2020, so in the last five years, nobody has won more matches indoor than you.
02:1385.
02:14I tried to give myself an explanation.
02:17Maybe it's because where you come from.
02:19I mean, Canada, because it's, you know.
02:21I'm curious.
02:22I'm curious.
02:23I'm asking you.
02:24Is it because of the reason?
02:25Because when you're a kid, you know, you train, you get used to perfect conditions.
02:29Yeah.
02:30And in Italy, here, we have, you know, something completely different.
02:33We go outdoors.
02:34There is the clay and the bounces go everywhere.
02:36I'm kind of curious.
02:37I'm trying to understand.
02:38And I want your opinion.
02:39Thank you.
02:40Probably a big part because half of the year I was training indoors until I was doing trips outside of Canada to play tournaments in Italy or France.
02:49But I played a lot of indoors.
02:51So I think probably my game style was geared more towards, you know, serving and being aggressive, taking risk, which sometimes if I'm playing in wind or different conditions, it cannot pay off.
03:01But, you know, as a professional, then I became better everywhere.
03:05But I think always, you know, indoors is always my favorite.
03:09Felix, congratulations once again on this long list of new achievements in your career.
03:16We spoke after the Paris finals, and it hurt a bit.
03:21But you came bouncing back, you know, even though you, you know, let's say, decided to have a free take at the fate by not playing in Mets.
03:31And, you know, you're playing in the semi-finals.
03:33Would you say that this resilience or this ability to bounce back is your newfound quality, something that was forged through the time,
03:43and that's something that you're especially counting on in the future? Thanks.
03:47Well, two different things.
03:48I think the ability to bounce back or the resilience is something I've built over a lot of years.
03:54I had some success in my career, but also difficult times.
03:57You know, as we observed, the last few years weren't always great.
04:01So I think I was able to build character and tougher skin through those moments.
04:05So I'm better now.
04:07And then with these choices, like not playing Mets, I think it's just having more belief that if I do,
04:12what I think is right for me without comparing myself or without looking at what others do,
04:18then that I will get rewarded.
04:20Maybe not immediately, but in the future.
04:22But I'm glad that my decision paid off and that I'm now in the semi-finals here.
04:26Last couple, please.
04:28Yes.
04:29Hello, Felix.
04:30As you mentioned, when you lose a match on tour, you are pissed off for one day.
04:33That's what you said five minutes ago.
04:35Yes.
04:36And the circumstances led you to lose two matches in a row against Sinner, Paris and Turin here.
04:42I wonder if the taste of a loss against Yannick or Carlos, is it different from the taste of any loss on tour?
04:50The fact that they are so high this season, does that mean in your mind, okay, they are where they are?
04:56And is it easiest to continue after that? Because the fact is that you won two matches playing good tennis,
05:03just I thought it's two losses here.
05:05Yes.
05:06Different matches.
05:07I think, you know, Paris was more of a complete match level-wise.
05:11Obviously, I struggled physically after the first set, the first day here.
05:16But it still stings.
05:17Like, it's not nice to lose against anybody.
05:20You always prepare yourself for any match that you're going to win.
05:23So I don't prepare to lose.
05:25But, of course, you have to have perspective also and think, well, you know, not many players are beating them.
05:30But for me, it's like about spending time on court with them, seeing what works,
05:34and then hopefully getting closer and closer, you know.
05:38And then one day, you have to start beating them more than once.
05:42That if you want to be like a rival, right?
05:44If you win once in a blue moon, you're not really a rival of theirs.
05:48Last question.
05:50Hi, Felix. Congratulations.
05:51Thank you.
05:52I would like to know, was there a moment, especially in the second set,
05:55where you had in mind what you can achieve and maybe got a little nervous?
05:59And what was the key in the end to win today?
06:02No, I wasn't thinking about the future, but it was tough because at the start of the second,
06:07I was playing better.
06:08I had chances, like I was creating a lot of break points.
06:13And two of those games when I didn't win, like 3-2, I think, or it was a long game.
06:19Yeah, it was tough to forget about that.
06:22So I think that made me what made me more tense than thinking about what I could achieve.
06:26what I would achieve.
06:27.
