Quelques heures après le choc de la finale de Wimbledon entre Carlos Alcaraz et le Serbe Novak Djokovic, l'équipe de football de l'Espagne, tombeuse de l'équipe de France en demi-finale (2-1) disputera dans la foulée la finale de l'Euro. Une journée qui pourrait faire sourire - ou pleurer - les fans Espagnols...
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00:00Carlos, you're back in the Wimbledon final. Does it feel as good as the first time?
00:08Yes, it's always good to be in a final for Grand Slam. Obviously, it's great to be back in a Wimbledon final.
00:17I'm really happy about it and I'm going to enjoy the final for sure.
00:25First of all, congratulations on such a great match.
00:31I was going to say, first of all, in terms of the Wimbledon finals, you feel added pressure because
00:36obviously you've got to finish in time to see Spain playing the Euros.
00:39And also, I noticed that Luka was supporting you today and I just wondered if you could talk about your friendship with him.
00:45With?
00:46Luka in your box.
00:49First thing, on Sunday, as I said, it's going to be a really fun day for the Spanish people,
00:56watching my final, watching the Euros final.
00:59But I have to think in my work, hopefully, or let's see if the final is going to be a good hour to watch the Euros final.
01:16But I will think about the match, about my match and let's see what's going to happen.
01:22Luka is a really nice person. We've met a couple of times.
01:31We don't speak too much, but we spoke a little bit a few times.
01:40He wanted to come and for sure I admire him. It's going to be always a spot for him.
01:48He's an amazing guy, an amazing athlete that I admire a lot.
01:54So it's great to have him in the box supporting.
02:01This is the second year in a row you've gone from the finals of the French Open to the finals of Wimbledon.
02:07What have you figured out about the key from going from what Daniil was just saying here,
02:13he was saying clay to grass is the hardest thing, he can barely hit the ball when he first steps on grass.
02:19What has allowed you to make that adaptation so seamless?
02:25Hours, days, just to be better on grass.
02:33It's difficult, I'm not going to lie, switching from clay to grass.
02:44Everybody could watch it at Queen's that I didn't play well.
02:52I had a lot of work to do and I decided to stay there because of that.
02:58Because I need hours on grass, I need practice on grass just to be better
03:04or try to feel as comfortable as I can.
03:10There's no secret, as I've said many times.
03:13You have to put hours, you have to put work and trust that it's going to be better.
03:19That's all I thought and what I did.
03:25Do you think the match you played today was the best you've played at Wimbledon this year?
03:29And tennis-wise, are you where you want to be heading into the final?
03:35Are you where you want to be with your tennis going into the final?
03:40Honestly, I feel like I've played better matches this year here in Wimbledon, for example.
03:50I think I played better against Tommy Paul, for example.
03:55Obviously, there are different styles of plays between Daniil and Tommy Paul.
04:04You have to dab your game as well as you can in both matches.
04:10It's kind of different, but I feel like I've played better ones.
04:16Coming to the final, I'm feeling great.
04:19With a really high level of tennis, a really high level of confidence, moving well.
04:24I'm confident enough to do really good results on Sunday.
04:31Hi Carlos, would you winning on Sunday and Spain winning at the Euros be your perfect Sunday?
04:39Being in Spain, yes. It would be a perfect Sunday.
04:44Can I just ask, have you or will you send best wishes to the Spanish team this weekend?
04:50Yes, I've spoken to a few players since the Euros started this week.
05:04Obviously, these last days I've spoken with a few players,
05:09wishing them the best of luck in every match and obviously wishing them the best of luck on Sunday.
05:14Hi Carlos, congrats.
05:16At 5-3 in the third set, you went for that drop smash that missed.
05:22I'm curious just how tempting sometimes is it to go for the front shot versus the simple shot that wins you the point?
05:29Sorry?
05:31At 5-3 in the third set, you went for that drop smash.
05:35How difficult is it sometimes to go for the simple shot versus the front shot?
05:41Sometimes I have to go for the effective one than the other options.
05:52Sometimes I do it because I feel so nervous and it's kind of things that relax me
06:00because I've got a smile on my face doing disasters sometimes, I'm going to say, or fine shots.
06:09At that moment, I was feeling really calm.
06:13I was feeling that I can do these kind of shots.
06:18I got the confidence that when I'm going to hit these kind of shots, I think that it's going to be in.
06:26But sometimes, as I say, it's a disaster.
06:29It helps me a lot to relax, smile, that I'm having fun on the court.
06:36But yes, sometimes it's difficult to do the simple shots.
06:44I just wondered how different it's felt to run this year compared to last year
06:48and if it's harder or in any other ways different being the defending champion?
06:53Well, I try not to think about that I'm the defending champions.
06:58I just go into every match thinking that obviously I have chances to lose.
07:06Every match is a war.
07:09The opponent is going to put his best tennis to bed.
07:17I'm thinking that I have to be a good player on that match.
07:24I'm thinking that I have to play my best tennis if I want to keep going.
07:31Honestly, since the tournament began, I didn't think that I'm the defending champions.
07:35I try to be better every day, to get better or to play a better tennis every match that I'm playing.
07:46So it was kind of similar feelings compared to last year.
07:52Okay, we'll take one more in English.
07:55Hi, Paulos. Just on the subject of the nerves that you've talked about experiencing a lot.
07:59Is that something you try and work on, how to feel less nervous on the court?
08:04Or do you just kind of accept it as a part of how you play tennis and try to play your best through the nerves?
08:13Well, this is something that I'm working on.
08:15Obviously, having nerves is normal, but you have to control it.
08:21Having nerves or controlling nerves is really good.
08:26But when you're not controlling it, it's difficult to play your best tennis or to deal with the situations.
08:34What happened in the first set to me was that I was struggling with playing my serves calmly.
08:45I was in a rush. I was nervous.
08:49And Danilo seemed like he was controlling the match.
08:55So after that set, even if I lost the first set, I calmed myself and I started to play better.
09:04I feel like I'm going to have fun.
09:08And after that, I'm going to play my best tennis.
09:12So it's something that I'm working on.
09:15Okay, Willy, would you like to answer?
09:17Well, we don't know for sure who your next opponent will be because they're playing right now.
09:22So if I may ask you about each one individually, you're pretty familiar with Novak Djokovic.
09:29How would you describe him and what carries over from your experience here last year?
09:35Well, obviously, everybody knows Djokovic.
09:39He has played multiple Grand Slam finals, has won a lot of them.
09:45Last year, it was a really difficult match.
09:48He put me in a really bad trouble, I'm going to say.
09:56But yeah, I know how it's going to feel playing against Djokovic.
10:00I've played a few times in Grand Slams, the final of Master 1000,
10:07multiple times against him.
10:09I know what I have to do.
10:13I'm sure he knows what he has to do to beat me.
10:19It's going to be a really interesting one if I'm going to play against Djokovic, for sure.
10:23But I'm ready to take that challenge and I'm ready to do it well.
10:31Moussa Di, if he's going to play the final, he deserves to be there.
10:38He's playing great tennis on grass, beating big players.
10:42If he beats Novak, he's obviously one of the best tennis players on grass ever.
10:51It's going to be a really difficult one as well.
10:53But he's going to face his first Grand Slam final, so it's going to be difficult for him.
10:59I know that, so I'm going to try to take it as an advantage for me.
11:05But I'm ready to take both challenges.
11:12You