00:03Bonjour Daniel, vous êtes venus d'un grand tournoi en Rome, comment vous sentez-vous ?
00:08Je me sens bien, les tournois en Madrid et en Rome, j'aimerais les mettre ensemble, c'était bien.
00:13En termes de résultats, en Rome c'était mieux, mais en termes de jeu, j'ai joué bien, j'ai
00:18joué un bon tennis clay court.
00:20Je suis désolé à Roland Garros, pas toujours mon meilleur tournoi, mais j'ai réussi à obtenir quelques bons résultats
00:27ici et là.
00:29Et c'est ce que je vais essayer de faire encore cette année, essayer d'appuyer pour un meilleur résultat.
00:38Vous avez donné Yannick Sinner le test de l'étude qu'il a eu depuis longtemps.
00:42Je pense que la grande question dans ce men's tournament est si quelqu'un peut beat lui et si, comment
00:46?
00:46Donc, comment est-ce que vous étudiez le field sur le challenge Yannick Sinner,
00:52et à peu près pour lui, parce que c'est très rare qu'il ait été dans un problème ?
00:56Oui, c'est super-touff, et en même temps que nous avons vu, même cette année, parce que je pense
01:02qu'il a seulement deux,
01:03c'est la seule façon de beat lui, c'est qu'il faut être au meilleur.
01:08Je veux dire trois sets ici, peut-être même quatre ou cinq sets.
01:11Vous avez besoin d'aller, d'être strong, de servir bien, de retourner bien.
01:15Tout ça doit être au top, parce que pour lui, il y a tout dans le top.
01:22C'est la seule chose, et c'est ce que j'ai réussi à faire en Rome, surtout dans le
01:25deuxième set.
01:26Dans le troisième set, j'ai eu une longue game sur ma serve, et j'ai perdu avec une break.
01:31Donc, il est un très, très dur joueur, un très bon joueur.
01:35Mais j'ai toujours dit, sport est sport.
01:39Donc, il ne peut pas perdre.
01:41Il y a beaucoup de chances qu'il joue comme il joue maintenant, qu'il peut gagner tout le monde.
01:45Mais chaque round, il y a quelqu'un, il va être à l'autre côté du court de lui,
01:50et il va essayer de faire le meilleur de lui.
01:52Donc, si je suis là, je suis en effet, parce que c'est seulement dans les semis, je pense.
01:58Et je vais essayer aussi.
02:01Un autre question sur ce sujet.
02:04Vous avez un peu de temps qui aime le backhand-to-backhand rally.
02:09Il est très bon à ça, aussi.
02:10Je suis inquisite,
02:12qu'est-ce que tu es en un de ces échanges avec lui ?
02:19Qu'est-ce qui est en tête quand tu es en un des échanges,
02:23comparé avec quand tu es en train de faire un autre joueur,
02:26qui n'a pas aimé le plus que lui.
02:29Et tu.
02:30Oui, je pense que si on compare le joueur à un autre joueur,
02:34la différence est que Yannick peut, à un moment,
02:39décide de, on appelle ça, un petit peu,
02:43et, par exemple, aller dans la ligne.
02:45Mais pas beaucoup de joueurs peuvent faire le backhand dans la ligne
02:48et faire ça chaque fois, presque comme un joueur.
02:51Il peut faire ça pour trois sets,
02:54step up, down la ligne,
02:55strong shot,
02:56et puis il est super rapide pour couvrir le forehand side.
02:59Si tu as dit,
03:02en anglais,
03:03si tu as dit,
03:04si tu as dit,
03:04si tu as dit,
03:06il n'a pas dit,
03:07donc il est là.
03:09Il n'est pas facile à jouer avec lui,
03:13mais, au même temps,
03:15je dois dire,
03:15j'ai aimé.
03:17J'ai eu des matchs vraiment bons matchs contre lui,
03:22même les matchs que j'ai perdu.
03:25C'est un défi,
03:27et c'est un défi,
03:29j'ai toujours essayé de gagner.
03:31Je sais que j'ai perdu beaucoup de matchs contre lui,
03:34mais certains étaient très près,
03:37et je me suis dit,
03:37« Ok, la prochaine fois,
03:38je dois faire un peu mieux et le faire,
03:41et c'est ce que je vais essayer de faire. »
03:43Merci.
03:47Hey Danelle.
03:48As I understand it,
03:49you're part of the player protest today,
03:51right?
03:52It's funny,
03:53Jessica Bacula was just in here,
03:54and she said,
03:55you know,
03:56asking players to do less media
03:58is quite an easy thing to do.
04:00I'm curious,
04:01like,
04:02there was obviously talks about boycotts,
04:04but in general,
04:06I'm curious,
04:06do you think players would be willing to do things
04:08that hurt themselves,
04:10that, you know,
04:10things where they have to sacrifice in order to achieve these aims?
04:14an example is that,
04:15you could have chosen not to do media at all,
04:17today,
04:18and dare Roland Garros to take the fine.
04:20Like, do you think players would be willing to do that?
04:24Tough question,
04:25because a lot of things inside,
04:27but I think at the moment,
04:32you know what we want as players,
04:35and it's good,
04:35because it's probably the first time,
04:37at least in my span on the tour,
04:40where players are kind of really united with someone,
04:43I would say,
04:45following the player's voice,
04:47which there is someone,
04:48and we don't want to hurt ourselves,
04:54we don't want to hurt anyone,
04:56we just want to,
04:58you know,
04:59a discussion with the slams,
05:01which we feel like they are maybe not wanting enough to discuss,
05:07so we're trying some steps to have this discussion,
05:10and that's it.
05:11I don't think, you know,
05:12what we're doing is really bad,
05:16because it's a one-time thing,
05:19to see, you know,
05:19how it goes,
05:20and I think there is some progress,
05:23especially since Yannick words in Rome,
05:25and stuff like this,
05:26so we're just trying to be heard,
05:28and to be heard by exactly at the Grand Slams.
05:33I don't know,
05:34how much of a difference does it make,
05:35going into a tournament like this without Carlos?
05:37Obviously him and Yannick,
05:38I know you beat him earlier this year,
05:39but he and Yannick have been so dominant,
05:41but having won compared to two,
05:43how much does that change your kind of frame of mind?
05:45I'll be honest,
05:46for me it doesn't make a difference,
05:49because it's Roland Garros,
05:51I've never been in the semis here,
05:53so I take a match at a time.
05:56Of course, you know,
05:57if I'm in semis,
05:59and I play Yannick,
06:00and maybe you know that Carlos is not there on the other side,
06:03you're like,
06:04okay, maybe, you know,
06:05it's kind of an easier challenge to try to win the whole thing,
06:09but at the moment we're not there.
06:11I'm playing my first round,
06:12which I lost probably six times in Roland Garros,
06:14so I just want to do my best,
06:16try to go further through the draw,
06:19and Yannick here or not there doesn't change much my approach to the tournament.
06:26As I say,
06:27maybe if I'm in the semis or final,
06:28then I could actually answer the same question,
06:30say, yeah, you know what,
06:31he's not here,
06:32so it might be easier to win the whole thing.
06:35But in general,
06:36I would say I hope he comes back fast,
06:38fast.
06:39I mean, we know he's not playing Wimbledon,
06:40so I hope he comes back as fast as possible with what he has,
06:44I'm not sure what he has,
06:45because we love to see him both in the locker room and on court as well.
06:51Hi, Daniel.
06:52Daniel,
06:52Novak is not part of these last conversations with the protests and stuff,
06:57and I'm just wondering how much does it hurt you guys to have someone like Novak,
07:01who kind of has been a leader in a lot of these off-court conversations,
07:05not be part of this particular phase when you feel you're really trying to put pressure?
07:08I think it's not a problem,
07:11because I always said first of all,
07:13and this is part of this as well,
07:15is everyone can make their own decisions and that's great,
07:18you know,
07:18when you can make your own decisions,
07:20it's the best thing in life.
07:24And Novak is experienced enough,
07:27mature enough to know what he wants to do and doesn't want to do,
07:31and he was always super proactive for the players in different movements,
07:36different things,
07:39so I don't think it hurts the message itself,
07:43because I don't know if he did the media day already,
07:45but probably once he will or when he did,
07:47if he gets kind of asked about this,
07:49he would say that he supports us,
07:51just not with exactly this media thing,
07:55so again, full support to Novak,
07:57and I'm sure he supports all the players and everyone around.
08:03Hello.
08:06Carlos Alcares is not playing the two biggest summer Grand Slams of the year.
08:13How much of a threat to the game is the power in the game that is injuring players
08:19and taking out the draw cards?
08:22Dominic Thiem is no longer playing because his career was injured with a wrist injury.
08:27Del Potro, we go on.
08:29Do you see that as a danger to the sport?
08:31Can anything be done about reducing the physicality?
08:36Super tough question because everyone has a different story,
08:40so it's so tough.
08:43I don't know what Carlos did happen during the match, out of the court.
08:47Actually, I don't think we know exactly what happened,
08:50so it's super tough to say.
08:53I think I can only talk more in general that, of course,
08:59if somehow we manage to find a way, like most of other sports,
09:04to make the season, even if it's two weeks or one month shorter,
09:09like this for us to be more free to choose if someone wants to,
09:16after the season, maybe someone wants to take three weeks off.
09:19Now it's not possible.
09:20If you play in Turin especially, you take three weeks off,
09:22you basically sacrifice Australian Open,
09:24and nobody wants to sacrifice a slam.
09:26So if there is a way to find a decision,
09:30which is not going to be done in probably the next five years,
09:34but maybe even in ten years, to make the season shorter,
09:36I think this could help a lot of players in general.
09:40And actually, even talking longer,
09:43I'm pretty sure that even if it means, let's say,
09:46getting less money because there is less tournaments,
09:49I'm pretty sure most of the players would agree
09:50that's the talk in the locker room.
09:53But again, it's a long discussion,
09:54and that's the only thing I see where maybe it could reduce some injuries.
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