00:01Hello, Yannick. Congratulations on the victory, an amazing victory against Cameron.
00:06I'm Pradeek from Indian Tennis Daily, and you have a massive fan following in India,
00:09especially amongst upcoming tennis players.
00:12And you even promised to visit and play there back in 2024, and we're still waiting.
00:16I just wanted to ask, do you have any messages to share to all the Indian tennis fans rooting for
00:22you and the players?
00:23And as a bonus question, what's your favorite Indian dish?
00:27Did I? I don't remember, I promised.
00:30But, yeah, look, I do remember you have, I don't know if you still have the 250 there.
00:40So it's nice. It's getting to know you.
00:43I mean, you had amazing players, and hopefully they're going to come up in the future.
00:50I'm not sure if I'm able to come, but I, of course, would love to.
00:55You know, it's a part of the world I've never been, and I would like to, you know, visit one
00:59day.
01:00You know, and, you know, I think I have a great relationship, you know, with Indian players.
01:09It's nice, you know, back in the days we had some great players coming from there.
01:16There is also one younger one, which practiced in the same center as I did back in the days, coming
01:23from India.
01:24So it's nice and a very dish.
01:29Butter chicken, is that, yeah.
01:32Yeah, so that's something I enjoy.
01:36Thank you so much.
01:37Nice to meet you.
01:39Hey, well done, Yannick.
01:41So what does it feel like to win?
01:42I think you're at 20 matches in a row now.
01:46Do you think about the streak at all?
01:49I know it's very hard to win tennis matches, so when you win 20 matches in a row, it's a
01:55pretty special thing.
01:56Yeah, no, it's good, but at the same time you don't think, you know, you have one opponent every day
02:04and you just try to have the best, the better day than your opponent, you know.
02:12Different conditions depending also on the time slots you play, different opponent.
02:17Today was a lefty, you know, you have to change a couple of things, but I'm not thinking, you know.
02:23I'm trying to put myself in the best possible position to win as many matches as possible and that's it.
02:29So, of course, every day mentally you need to be ready for a tough battle and a tough fight
02:35and that's what I'm trying to do.
02:37Yannick, I've been talking to a lot of tennis fans from Spain and you got a big support here.
02:43Do you think that you and Carlos are sending a message of a healthy and a good rivalry?
02:49Yeah, I mean, I definitely have a great friendship with Carlos
02:57and I believe that helps also with some support here.
03:03And I think it also goes both ways, you know, when he plays in Italy he has a nice and
03:09good support.
03:10Of course, when Carlos plays against an Italian player in Italy,
03:14you know, people they support more.
03:17The Italian player most likely and here is the same if I play against a Spanish player,
03:21but I know that it's not personal, you know.
03:26Me and Carlos, we have a very great rivalry on the court and off the court, you know,
03:34whenever we shake hands it's like nothing happened
03:37and I think these people can see and it's also nice, you know.
03:41So, yeah, it's good for the sport.
03:45Hi, Yannick. Congrats for the victory.
03:48The quarterfinals are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
03:51I don't know which day do you prefer to play.
03:54And if you prefer to...
03:56Okay, so if you prefer to play a day or a night match,
04:00in which turn do you prefer to play? Thank you.
04:03I mean, any.
04:04For me, it doesn't matter.
04:08I heard some people talk about, you know, the scheduling, me playing at 11 and Srodar at 4.
04:15I think it's good, you know, because it's tough when you schedule, you know,
04:26two matches starting from 8.
04:28You cannot pretend that matches are over in one and a half hours each, you know,
04:32and at 11 the game is over.
04:36And when Srodar played in the night, it was very, very late, you know,
04:40going on court around 11, finishing around 1, 1, 1, 15.
04:45It's my point of view, it's too late, you know.
04:48And today was common sense that I play at 11 and Srodar at 4
04:55because he needs also a little bit more of rest.
05:00But whenever they put me, I'm fine, you know.
05:03I'm happy to play at 11, I'm happy to play a little bit later.
05:09So, yeah, I think, you know, this couple of things, in my point of view,
05:14it's good that they change it, you know,
05:16because also for our body and mind, you know, going on court at 11
05:23and you play at midnight, past midnight, it's not easy.
05:28And then also, even if you have a day off, you know,
05:31fans, they see only us on court and then we finish at 1, 15,
05:36but then you have press conference, recovery, eating, treatment, you know,
05:40you don't go to bed until 4 or 5 and, you know, it messes up the whole day.
05:46So I think we can do better, definitely, in this point of view.
05:51Last one.
05:52Hi, Yannick.
05:54Here.
05:55The other day you spoke a little bit about Rafa Hodder.
05:58I guess you're aware that if he wins today, he will be your rival tomorrow.
06:02I don't know if you had the chance to watch him a little bit against Fonseca.
06:06How would you face him tomorrow if that's the match?
06:10Yeah, I mean, I watched the whole match, stayed on TV in the hotel.
06:16So a very, very high-level match, but it's not going to be the only time we face each other.
06:22No, that's my feeling.
06:24I think it's good.
06:26And for me also personal, always pretending that he wins tomorrow would be good
06:34if I face him before bigger tournaments coming up, Rome and then Rulanga Ross.
06:41He has very unique conditions.
06:43He is from Madrid, no?
06:44So he is very used to these conditions here.
06:47So, but in the same time, I can have good, good feedback and hopefully for bigger tournaments coming up.
06:56You know, so very exciting.
06:59New player, big, big talent.
07:03So let's see what's coming in the same time.
07:06He still needs to win one match today.
07:09You know, every match is difficult.
07:11You know, Kopriva won against very, very tough players, including also Rublev.
07:17You know, so tough player, but in any case I try to be as ready as possible.
07:25Ciao, Yannick.
07:27I wanted to know, on the mental level, how to play?
07:30At the top of you, there's an area of superiority, it's pretty incredible.
07:34If you look at the points of the match, who's looking at you, you won't win.
07:39You know, it's almost impossible for you to get in the game with all of you who think you win.
07:48No, but I don't look outside.
07:55Mentalmente, I know that all of you can be very difficult.
08:00Even today I have a little bit of a life in the second set, but it's quite fast.
08:06I don't want to make any player in difficulty, so I try to stay quite calm mentalmente and not take
08:17anything for scontato.
08:19Because, anyway, the part of you win, but you can also lose in a moment.
08:26Especially now, in this moment, where I'm for a bit more tired, I'm a bit more fatica to maintain the
08:33mental level high.
08:34But I'm trying to try it and then we'll see.
08:41Yeah, Nick, complimenti.
08:43Allora, inizio del torneo battendo Bonzi, poi Moller, adesso Norri, insomma, comunque tre avversari alla tua portata.
08:50Da fuori sembra sempre che sei in perfetto controllo, quasi come se fossi una sorta di risparmio carburante,
08:55poi, quando vuoi, alzi il livello.
08:57Senti già di essere al limite in questo torneo, oppure hai ancora tanto margine per alzare il tuo livello,
09:02magari con i prossimi avversari che sicuramente saranno anche più forti, ecco?
09:06Beh, sicuramente il torneo adesso sta diventando abbastanza importante, no?
09:13La quarta in finale in poi.
09:16Stiamo sempre cercando di alzare il livello, no?
09:19Turno dopo turno.
09:21Sento che posso ancora alzare qualcosina.
09:25Nell'altro senso, come ho già detto prima, qua è molto più difficile avere più controllo, no?
09:34No, però mentalmente so che devo alzare il livello, no?
09:36Se voglio andare lontano in questo torneo, in questo momento sto cercando di avere più energia possibile per domani,
09:45proprio fisicamente, perché so che ho giocato tanto, ma sono anche contento di mettermi in gioco.
09:54Mal che vado ho fatto un altro quarti di finale in un mille che non è un brutto risultato e
09:59non avendo giocato l'anno scorso,
10:03questi sono tutti punti extra, punti in più e quindi non mi sto preoccupando.
10:09Ciao Yenichi.
10:11Senti che giocando il tuo migliore tennis servirebbe una giornata davvero eccezionale del tuo avversario per riuscire a vatterti?
10:21Se io gioco il mio migliore, spero di sì, no?
10:28Alla fine se sei numero uno, numero due, numero tre al mondo, alla fine è solo un numero, nell'altro
10:37senso c'è sempre un perché, no?
10:40E credo che se devi battere i migliori al mondo sicuramente devi giocare un buon tennis, non è detto,
10:48perché comunque anche noi siamo solo umani, possiamo avere una giornata, no?
10:54È la cosa più normale che c'è, però la cosa più importante è che devi sempre dare il 100
11:00% e poi il resto non possiamo controllare, no?
11:04Quindi sto cercando di mantenere un livello molto alto, molto solido, dipende anche contro chi gioco.
11:12Adesso, come abbiamo detto prima, cerchiamo di alzare ancora un pochettino il livello e poi vediamo come va.
11:18Grazie.
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