00:00Comment avez-vous eu eu des chances de break ?
00:03J'ai eu eu des chances de break dans le premier match,
00:07j'ai eu des chances de break dans le set.
00:11Il a joué des tennis très bien.
00:16Dans le 5-0, j'ai eu eu du break,
00:19ce qui m'a donné la confiance,
00:22j'ai eu de la position de la position de la position,
00:25j'ai eu de la main sur le court un peu plus forte.
00:29J'ai eu l'impression que le début de la seconde set était très important.
00:33Quand vous commencez avec la break-up,
00:36c'est un peu plus facile à serve,
00:38c'est un peu plus facile à move la balle.
00:42Mais quand j'ai eu eu des tennis aujourd'hui,
00:46j'ai eu dû être très careful.
00:49Le début des stages des sets sont très important,
00:53comme nous avons vu aujourd'hui,
00:55avec le 5-0 break.
00:57j'ai eu des chances de break dans le premier set.
01:00Mais je suis très heureux,
01:03c'était un très dur match.
01:06Yannick, vous avez été un peu plus unbeatable,
01:10on indoor hard.
01:11Could you just talk about
01:13what it is about playing indoors
01:15that suits you so well
01:16and if it's Carlos tomorrow,
01:18whether that kind of changes
01:20and how that changes the match-up?
01:22Honestly, every match-up is different.
01:27We saw it in Rome and Paris,
01:31even if it's the same surface,
01:33but it can change.
01:35I'm, of course, happy.
01:41First of all,
01:42to finish my season here
01:44with another final.
01:45It has been an amazing year for me
01:47and I'm looking forward to it for tomorrow.
01:50You know,
01:51these are matches I look up to,
01:54these are matches I look forward to
01:56and also to see for me
01:59where my level really is.
02:01But at the same time,
02:02it's great before the off-season,
02:05you know,
02:06you have this match-up,
02:08but he still has a match to go,
02:10you know,
02:11against Felix.
02:12I played against him earlier this week.
02:13It's a very tough,
02:14tough opponent.
02:15He loves to play indoors as we know
02:18and so let's see who is going to win.
02:21But in any case,
02:22I'm happy to be in the final
02:26and then we see.
02:28But of course,
02:29I feel, you know,
02:30comfortable on indoor hardcourt
02:34as I know
02:35and then we see,
02:37just hope for a good match.
02:40What makes you feel so comfortable?
02:42Well, you know,
02:43I still feel like, you know,
02:47in between Vienna,
02:48Paris and here
02:49are three different scenarios
02:52because of the court,
02:54the size of the court.
02:56It's all a bit different,
02:57but in the same time,
02:59you don't have to handle,
03:00you know,
03:01the wind or the sun
03:02and many other things
03:05and scenarios
03:06and I feel just very,
03:08you know,
03:10comfortable.
03:12But in the same time,
03:14it suits my game maybe the best
03:17because, you know,
03:18I'm someone who is quite flat
03:20and has, you know,
03:22this rhythm game
03:23which, you know,
03:24gives me the confidence
03:25to keep going for shots
03:28and changing direction
03:29a little bit easier.
03:30So, I think that's what indoor tennis is.
03:35It makes me feel comfortable.
03:39Yannick, congratulations.
03:41Alex, for a while now,
03:42he's been knocking on the door
03:43trying to get into the top five,
03:44trying to get deeper
03:45into these bigger tournaments.
03:47for yourself,
03:48having been there,
03:49done that, you know,
03:50world number one,
03:51winning multiple Grand Slams.
03:52Is there one piece of advice
03:53you'd give for Alex
03:54to try and take that next step?
03:56I know you don't want to give
03:57too much away,
03:58but is there just that one piece
03:59of advice you can give?
04:06You know, me,
04:07you know,
04:09I've played a lot lately
04:11against him
04:12and I feel like he has improved
04:14week after week,
04:15to be honest.
04:16I mean, also today,
04:17you know,
04:18the backhand was much stronger
04:19than maybe in Vienna,
04:21you know,
04:22so he is getting,
04:24you know,
04:25a better and more consistent player
04:27in high levels
04:28and he can now,
04:29you know,
04:30play this high level
04:32not only for half a set,
04:34but, you know,
04:35he goes basically all out,
04:37you know,
04:38and at the end of the day,
04:40you know,
04:41top five,
04:42I think he can,
04:45he can make it,
04:46you know,
04:47because physically he is very,
04:49very strong,
04:50a great mentality,
04:52you know,
04:53because we saw it also here
04:55in this tournament,
04:56you know,
04:57from very tough loss,
04:58then he comes back
04:59and he wins,
05:00you know,
05:01against Taylor
05:02and it's just a very mental game
05:04and mentally he is very,
05:06very strong
05:07and you need to be also consistent
05:10on every surface,
05:11you know,
05:12throughout the whole season
05:14and so I wish him best of luck.
