Daniil Medvedev, 5e mondial, réalise un parcours plutôt intéressant à Wimbledon. Dimanche, il n'a pas eu à se fatiguer pour rejoindre Jannik Sinner en quart de finale. Opposé à Grigor Dimitrov, 10e mondial et impérial depuis la deuxième moitié de son deuxième tour, le Russe a profité de l'abandon du Bulgare, blessé en fin de première manche, pour l'emporter (5-3). Pour Medvedev, un grand défi se présente face à Sinner. Le Russe n'a plus battu l'Italien depuis Miami 2023. Le protégé de Gilles Cervara reste sur deux défaites face au numéro 1 mondial, dont une finale du dernier Open d'Australie. Notons que Medvedev a battu six fois un numéro 1, mais jamais sur gazon.
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00:00It's tough to say. Well, first of all, I prefer to not have anyone injured, that's for sure.
00:08Not me, not my opponent, not anyone. A life without injuries would be good, but that's
00:12sport. And, you know, it depends how the match would be. If I would have lost, then I'd probably
00:19prefer the way it is now. If I would have won 7-6 in the fifths, I'm not sure it would
00:23be good for the next match. But, again, it is what it is. I'm going to have probably
00:28a bit more practice tomorrow, because I actually didn't get to warm up today before the match,
00:32because it was raining. So we'll probably just hit more tomorrow and be ready for the
00:38next match.
00:39Hi, Danilo. Next is Yannick. Half an hour ago, he said that he's expecting that you're
00:44going to come up with something, because it's what he did when he stopped the strike that
00:50it was to you in Beijing. My question, I know that you're not going to tell me what you're
00:55going to come up with, but did you actually already talk to something with Gilles to try
01:02to understand how to, you know, break Yannick's strike?
01:07We didn't talk yet, but we actually practiced with Yannick here before the tournament and
01:11it was a great set. It was a great practice set. And, look, the funny thing is I lost
01:18five times, but if I remember right, the four times were really close. So did I get unlucky
01:25or not? Like even Beijing, two tie breaks. Then what was it? Then it was Vienna, quite
01:30crazy match. Turin, still a close match. I feel like maybe he won it easier than the
01:36other, than the Australian Open close match. And then Miami, he won easy. So I feel like
01:40I was not far, but a great job from him to win it five times in a row. And the first
01:45time we're playing on grass, I'm definitely going to come up with something. Hopefully
01:49I'm going to be playing good. Surf is important on grass. So whatever you come up with, the
01:54more aces you hit, the better you feel. So it's going to be important from both of us.
01:59And I'm going to try to see what I can do to play good, to surprise him, to make him
02:04in trouble. He's for sure going to do the same and hopefully it's going to be a good
02:08match and try my best to win.
02:11Obviously, there's been a total reversal of your head-to-head against Yannick. How different
02:19an opponent does he feel to you now, in your last few meetings, since at the start of
02:24your rivalry together? What's he doing differently? How different does it feel to face him?
02:29He plays better. He misses less. Because he was always, when Yannick came on tour, straight
02:34away everyone was a little bit, not shocked, but how strong he hits, how he can run fast
02:41and hit strong from every position of the court. But he was missing a lot and hence
02:46losing a lot. Some matches and as soon as he stopped missing less, well, now it's very
02:51tough to beat him for anyone, not only for me. And that's why he's number one in the
02:54world.
02:55I do think, if I'm not mistaken, by statistics I usually play better against number one in
03:02the world than maybe some other guys. So let's see if it helps me against Yannick. But again,
03:08yeah, he just misses less, serves much better. His serve was not as good before. And these
03:13small details make a big difference in tennis. And yeah, it's definitely tougher to play
03:19him now than before. But again, as I said, the matches were close. So I had my chances
03:24and I'll try to use them better this time.
03:26Are you on Gilles' list of 15 players?
03:29Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, like, Siner, Alcaraz, you know, probably a lot of top 10 guys are
03:36on this list.
03:37Still, it's quite difficult to understand why someone can win six times in a row and
03:45then loses five times in a row, even if they're our closest match. Is it mental? Is it that
03:54one day you wake up, you feel better, the other one doesn't feel well? It's not so easy.
03:59If I had to say to my grandmother why this happens, I would be in trouble. What about
04:07grass? You didn't like much grass at the beginning. Now, what do you think? This service, who
04:18is favoring a little bit more? I mean, someone who hits harder, someone who hits the ball
04:24like you do, that the ball doesn't bounce very high. I mean, what is your feeling about
04:30grass?
04:31Yeah, I think, first of all, talking about what you said in the beginning, it's all together.
04:36How you wake up this day, who, again, makes an ace on the break point, like I think even
04:43Miami, you know, easy match for him. But the one break point I had to try to maybe turn
04:47the match around, he made ace. So good job. And that's how you do it. That's how you win
04:51matches or lose them. Don't make a double fault on break point, make an ace. So it's
04:57a lot of different details. And on grass, tough to say, because now for sure everyone
05:03talks about it and this is a reality, grass is much slower. Because when I grew up, when
05:08I was 10 years old, I watched and I had the feeling that it's impossible to break from
05:12baseline. Now the feeling is that when you go to the net, it's not that easy. Maybe on
05:17hard courts, even it's the same to go to the net. So it's definitely different. And
05:24I think serve stays very important. So whoever manages to serve good is in big advantage.
05:32And you know, Roger Novak is actually impressive because they don't have served like 230 kilometers
05:37per hour, but super precise and super like sharp. And it's tough to break them, tough
05:42to beat them. That's why they won so many times. Same for Carlos last year. I played
05:46him in semis, he was serving well. And that's again what I have to do against Janik. I have
05:50to serve well and then you get your chances in the match.
05:53Hi Daniel, I'm curious about your level of tennis in this tournament. If you're happy
05:58with the level you reach, obviously today doesn't really count.
06:03Yeah. Honestly, yes. A bit up and down, like first match you always get just to feel what
06:11it is. And I think I played well. Second match, I felt like I could play much better. But
06:15I actually got the feedback from like my team, from some people, even like friends
06:19that Alexander was playing amazing and everyone thought I was playing good too. So good to
06:25know against Struff, I think I played very good. And today, tough beginning of the match.
06:30Again, I didn't get the warm up. I think if I'm not mistaken, Grigor got injured at 3-0.
06:35So already good to come back to 3-0. And yeah, I'm feeling good in my shots, feeling good
06:41mentally in a good state. So feeling strong and looking forward to match against world
06:47number one.
06:48My question was answered already. Thank you.
06:52Perfect.
06:53Daniel, I'm just curious, when you've played someone so many times lately, how does that
06:58change how you prepare? Do you not watch as much video because you've seen him so many
07:03times? Like, does it change it at all?
07:07Yeah, I think it depends. I feel more like the more you beat the opponent, the more you
07:15get like the feel, OK, I play there, I play like this, he's in trouble. And the more you
07:21lose, the trickier it becomes because you're like, OK, I did this. The other match, I tried
07:25the other thing. I lost the both matches. What do I have to do better? Where do I have
07:30to combine it? So for sure, we're going to talk a lot with my team. Videos, I don't know
07:36because it's grass. So it's different. I'm not sure that videos is going to be like much
07:41the thing, because as you say, we played each other a lot. We know how it is. It's just
07:45for me to come up with a good tactic for the for this day. Grass. Do I return from close?
07:52Do I return from far? Do I play aggressive? Do I play defensive? Defensive is not good,
07:58but like a little awaiting. I will see. And then the match is a different story. And during
08:04the match, it's also important to adapt. That's what he did well in Australia Open. So I'm
08:09looking forward for a tough battle and an interesting match.
08:12Time for one more. OK, thank you. Thank you, guys.