Daniil Medvedev, comme un poisson dans l'eau sur dur extérieur, a brillamment passé les tests Alex De Minaur en huitièmes de finale, puis surtout Andrey Rublev en quarts de cet US Open 2023 mercredi soir. Pour son quatrième quart à l'US Open, Rublev n'a pas fait le poids contre son ami, et s'est incliné en un peu moins de 3h de jeu : 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Medvedev impressionne. En grande forme physiquement, le Russe produit un superbe tennis et ne semble pas loin du niveau de 2021, quand il a été sacré à New-York. Problème : en demi-finale, il va devoir trouver la clé contre Carlos Alcaraz, qui l'a dompté sans trembler à Indian Wells puis en demi-finale à Wimbledon. Un grand défi pour Medvedev vendredi.
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00:00 The thing is that I'm not sure what can we do because probably we cannot stop the tournament
00:06 for four days because it's been what three four days that has been brutal like this because
00:11 then it basically ruins everything.
00:13 TV, the even the tickets, everything.
00:16 It ruins everything.
00:17 So I don't think this could be done.
00:21 Could we go to three sets when the conditions are like this?
00:24 Also some guys are not going to be happy.
00:26 You know, you lose the first two sets and the match is done and you're like, damn, I
00:29 wanted to come back.
00:31 And at the same time, I'm telling, you know, because maybe I'm going to, you know, finish
00:34 my career and nothing is going to happen and then it's fine.
00:37 And I'm talking for nothing.
00:39 But the question is, we don't want something to happen and then say, oh, my God, Medvedev
00:43 said this a couple of years ago.
00:47 But I don't have the solution because even if we say let's play all the matches at night,
00:53 maybe on different stadiums, we saw Sinners, Verev.
00:56 They were not much better than us today with Andre, just because even at night, New York
01:00 can be really hot and humid.
01:03 So I don't have real solutions, but it's still better to speak a little bit about it before
01:09 something happens.
01:10 It's always better.
01:11 Now, if it comes to a clash with Alcaraz on Friday, is 10 out of 10 Medvedev good enough
01:16 to beat Alcaraz in New York City?
01:18 Needs to be 11 out of 10 because, yeah, that's how Carlos is very strong.
01:24 Even here, I think he lost one set, but I watch the matches and sometimes on break points
01:28 they see runs for the passing shots.
01:31 Incredible stuff.
01:33 So let's see tonight.
01:36 Let's see how Sasha recovered.
01:37 I don't know.
01:38 It's going to be interesting to see because he was not in good shape two days ago.
01:41 So it's going to could be an interesting match.
01:45 Think Sasha beat him last time in Roland Garros.
01:48 So yeah, it could be interesting.
01:50 But if I play Carlos, you know, two times, two last times I lost, let's call it pretty
01:55 easy.
01:56 So I'm someone who fights a lot.
01:59 So I want to try to be better and I need to be 11 out of 10 to try to beat him.
02:03 Yeah.
02:04 So first of all, I think Formula One drivers used to say that I think Malaysia Grand Prix
02:09 is brutal.
02:10 If I'm not wrong, they say it's like after the race and you could see it in the Netflix
02:16 series they go out there like us today, like dripping.
02:19 I'll be honest, I was very happy to win the match, but like I almost couldn't express
02:24 the happiness.
02:25 I was like, you know, just let me go somewhere, sit somewhere, just think about my life in
02:30 general, stuff like this.
02:32 And so, yeah, I don't know how I do some karting and it's it's very tough, but I don't know
02:38 how it is in the in the Formula One car in Malaysia.
02:41 So I think I think every sport is a struggle from time to time and sometimes is easier.
02:47 I'm talking about Sasha.
02:49 Yeah, last time, you know, managed to win, I would say many times even this year against
02:54 him.
02:55 But every almost every match we play is close and it's the same Cincinnati, I think was
03:02 three all break point, no four three break point for me.
03:05 If I do it, I think I win the match.
03:07 But he was good.
03:08 He managed to win it.
03:10 And that's how tennis is.
03:12 So if I play against him, yeah, clash of Bayern Munich fans, but just need to be physically,
03:19 mentally and tennis wise at my best also.