Tennis - Roland-Garros 2024 - Félix Auger-Aliassime : "He does everything well... It's no news"
Opposé à Carlos Alcaraz en 8es de finale à Roland-Garros, le Canadien Félix Auger-Aliassime contre ce joueur qu'il a pourtant battu trois fois entre 2021 et 2022. Il s'est cette fois-ci incliné 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.
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00:03 - Hey Felix, what's the toughest part
00:05 about playing Carlos right now,
00:08 as opposed to other times, I guess?
00:10 - Well, obviously we know he does a lot of things well
00:13 and you before the match,
00:14 and obviously defends really well on the clay.
00:18 Yeah, so he just puts pressure on you,
00:20 you force your targets a little bit more.
00:22 And yeah, he's overall a solid player,
00:24 but that's no news.
00:29 - Yeah.
00:29 - Were there times out there today
00:31 where you kind of felt a little bit almost helpless at times,
00:33 just the shot making and the way that,
00:35 just the constant pressure that you're under?
00:38 - Yeah, the first day I was okay,
00:39 then I was struggling obviously for many reasons,
00:42 but yeah, obviously very difficult to try and win today.
00:47 Yeah.
00:48 - Max, how do you-
00:52 - Can you-
00:53 - Oh, sorry.
00:54 - I'm sorry, you may have been asked this already,
00:58 but are you able to look at this tournament as a whole?
01:03 I realize it's pretty quick since you came off the court,
01:06 but look at this tournament as a whole
01:08 versus just sort of the disappointment of this afternoon
01:12 and sort of like, how do you assess it?
01:14 And what's your process when you exit a tournament like this
01:19 in terms of moving on to the next thing?
01:22 - Yeah, true.
01:23 Well, no, there's four matches, three wins.
01:25 And I think today it's a day to forget.
01:28 I can't make too big of a deal of it.
01:32 And no, overall, there's a,
01:36 if I look at where I was a year ago
01:38 and even a few months ago, there's a progression.
01:40 I feel it.
01:41 Obviously I've shown it in some matches
01:42 and I feel like, yeah, I'm serving well again,
01:45 hitting the ball well again, moving well outside of today.
01:49 So there's good things in place.
01:51 So let's try to recover now, the first thing,
01:54 and then stay composed and stick to what I'm doing well.
01:59 - You said you're serving well again.
02:08 Is that health related?
02:09 Like you're-
02:11 - Well, obviously last year with the knee,
02:12 it was tough to jump on the serve.
02:14 I mean, I'm using my legs quite a lot on the serve
02:16 compared to other players.
02:17 So yeah, I was missing that.
02:20 I was missing some,
02:21 the height that I can usually have on the serve
02:23 and the explosiveness.
02:25 So that's been a big key.
02:27 Then just getting back into the rhythm
02:28 of like serving normal again.
02:31 But no, that's not like just this week,
02:33 just the last few months it's been better.
02:36 So yeah, it was obviously health related last year,
02:39 but then also there's different things,
02:41 technique and all that, that I'm improving.
02:43 - Great, thank you.
02:45 Any more questions in English?
02:47 Last one here.
02:47 - Felix, you had a medical timeout.
02:53 What is your problem with your leg?
02:56 And are you planning to take a longer rest
02:59 before the ungrasp season?
03:01 - I don't know.
03:03 Let's see.
03:04 I'm going to run some tests already probably today
03:06 and maybe some further tests going back home.
03:09 So I'll have more knowledge, but yeah,
03:13 it was a bit of a surprise.
03:14 It's unfortunate.
03:15 I felt good this morning.
03:16 Yesterday I played a match.
03:17 I felt great.
03:18 So it was disappointing obviously that, you know,
03:21 my body let me down after, yeah, after basically a set.
03:25 So yeah, just unfortunate, but it is what it is.
03:30 What can I do now?
03:31 I mean, just try to be better next time.
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