ATP - Indian Wells 2024 - Jannik Sinner : "Ce n'est pas la fin que je voulais, mais jouer contre Carlos Alcaraz est toujours difficile"
Jannik Sinner n'est plus invincible en 2024. L'Italien a été vaincu en demi-finale du Masters 1000 d'Indian Wells par son grand rival, Carlos Alcaraz. Mieux parti, le numéro 3 mondial a ensuite été dépassé et s'est incliné 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Il fallait bien entendu que cela arrive. Sinner a vécu sa première défaite en 2024, la première depuis celle contre Novak Djokovic aux ATP Finals 2023. Un résultat tout de même positif pour le vainqueur de l'Open d'Australie, qui aura l'occasion de rebondir dès le Masters 1000 de Miami la semaine prochaine.
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00:00 How do you feel about the defeat to Kovacic?
00:03 It's for sure not the ending that I wanted, but playing against him is always tough.
00:12 I tried to play good tennis, which I've done, especially the first set.
00:20 Then I made a couple of mistakes.
00:23 The momentum has changed, he raised his level.
00:28 That's it, obviously a tough one to swallow.
00:33 Hopefully we'll see in the next days if physically I'll be good for Miami,
00:41 which is for me personally the most important.
00:44 I'm really happy for him because he's a really great player, a good guy.
00:52 That's it.
00:56 Jannik, how much pride has the 19 consecutive wins given you?
01:01 I don't think so much about that.
01:08 I've been positive throughout these winning streaks.
01:16 Positive even now because I lost in the semis of Union Wales,
01:21 which is still a great result.
01:25 Now the next tournament is Miami, so I'm focused on Miami.
01:30 For sure it's tough that it has to end like this here.
01:34 For me this is a really special place to play in.
01:38 I feel grateful for what I'm doing.
01:43 Jannik, what happened with the left leg that you were flexing?
01:49 And how is the left wrist when you took that tumble at the net?
01:56 You said physically you feel you'll be OK, but how are you feeling at the moment?
02:02 At the moment I feel a little bit of everything on my body.
02:10 But it's normal, it's sport, you have to accept this.
02:15 I had some problems, small problems, but it was OK until the third set.
02:25 When I fell I felt a little bit the elbow because I fell over the elbow.
02:31 I rolled over, so it was tough to serve.
02:36 He makes things very difficult to play, obviously.
02:40 It puts a lot of pressure on you.
02:45 He changed a couple of things today, tactically,
02:48 which I have to watch out for the next time.
02:52 I have to improve a couple of things and try to beat him again.
02:57 I think that's also the good and positive side of this sport.
03:08 In your rivalry with Carlos, have there been periods
03:12 where one of you feels like "OK, I have figured him out"?
03:18 Do you feel like you have the edge?
03:20 Or does it start all over again with every match?
03:24 It depends how much time passes from one time you play until the next one.
03:31 Last year we played here, then we played in Miami.
03:34 There are not so many real practice sessions to try to improve a couple of things.
03:44 Then after we didn't play anymore for a little bit,
03:47 then we played in Beijing.
03:49 I think that's a bigger test to see how everything is.
03:55 Today was also a bigger test because we haven't faced each other for a little bit.
04:02 This makes things really fun.
04:05 Maybe there is one day where one of us wins three or four times in a row.
04:11 Then the opponent or the other one has to try to adjust a little bit.
04:17 Try completely new things.
04:20 Maybe it goes completely wrong and you lose 6-1, 6-1 or whatever.
04:24 I think that's good to see for me and trying to grow in the future.
04:32 Janek, Carlos seemed to adjust his return position in the deuce court in the second set.
04:41 Backed up, moved to the right.
04:43 You're a very good slider you weren't using anymore.
04:49 Can you talk a little bit about that?
04:51 Did you notice that he had moved around?
04:54 You started going up to Timur.
04:56 Of course, I could see where he was returning for sure.
05:01 You also tried to get a little bit into his head.
05:06 Someone who is returning far back is expecting the ball on the right side,
05:11 but then you're on the left side.
05:13 If the first point you go here, the second point you might go the other way.
05:18 You try to figure out what's the best shot in the right time.
05:23 I guess today I had to do a couple of things better.
05:28 But this is, as I said, also the fun part.
05:33 Next time I will be prepared, or at least I try to be more prepared for these kinds of things.
05:40 We'll see how it goes.
05:43 Is there a specific element of your game today that you were most disappointed with?
05:48 Is there an element of Carlitos' game that you were maybe most impressed with?
05:52 Look, now he's shown already so many things that for sure you are always impressed
05:59 when you play against him.
06:01 But you are also prepared for certain shots, drop shots.
06:07 He's moving really, really fast, as we know.
06:10 Especially on this court where the ball bounces really high,
06:13 it's not easy to play against him because he can play with a lot of spin.
06:18 What I have missed today is that I was too predictable at some point.
06:23 I was doing the same things over and over again, which in my mind let me down.
06:31 I was playing really good the first set.
06:35 Then when you see your opponent struggling a little bit,
06:40 I try to stay solid instead of trying to move around.
06:46 I was too predictable at some points.
06:48 I think that's the lesson for today.
06:51 We will work on certain things and hopefully I will get better.
07:02 Jannik, the match, especially the way you played it for the first set and a half,
07:07 was extraordinary tennis.
07:10 Despite losing the match, is it a type of match that you can enjoy
07:15 when you're in the middle of the heat of the battle?
07:19 Of course. This is one of the best places to play tennis.
07:26 It's a packed stadium, two young players trying their best.
07:32 This is fun to play there.
07:36 For sure you want to win, but there will be occasions in the future
07:43 where you win some and you lose some.
07:47 There's nothing you can do about it.
07:50 The most important part is that you give 100%,
07:54 which I've done today.
07:56 I was struggling in the third set, but he used it as his advantage.
08:03 Then that's it.
08:06 I enjoy these kinds of matches.
08:09 That's also why I practice for now.
08:12 What has Darren said to you?
08:20 I know Simone is not here, but what did Darren say to you?
08:23 Has he spoken to you much?
08:25 We were just talking in the locker room.
08:29 For sure we have to talk a little bit more, but that's what I said.
08:34 He agreed that I was a little bit too predictable.
08:42 Tennis is a sport of balance.
08:46 You're going hard and sometimes you have to slow down a little bit.
08:52 Today I missed a lot of forehands.
08:57 Usually I try to be aggressive, but today I made mistakes.
09:05 We have to understand why.
09:08 That's it. I think it was still a great match.
09:13 I think we both played really good.
09:16 There were some entertaining rallies.
09:19 That's it.
09:22 He deserved to win today.
09:25 I wish him good luck in the final.
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