Jannik Sinner se rapproche d'un quart de rêve contre Daniil Medvedev à l'US Open. Toutefois, la défaite de Carlos Alcaraz face à Botic Van de Zandschulp a rappelé que tout était possible et notamment les grandes surprises. Le numéro 1 mondial italien défiait donc avec méfiance Christopher O'Connell, samedi, pour une place en huitièmes. Après avoir déroulé son jeu contre Alex Michelsen, l'Italien n'a, une nouvelle fois, laissé que des miettes à son adversaire (6-1, 6-4, 6-2). Prochaine cible : Tommy Paul. L'occasion de passer son premier vrai test dans cette quinzaine new-yorkaise.
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00:00I'm happy about the performance today obviously it's day by day I felt like
00:09that my level has has been better so happy about that and let's see what's
00:14coming in the next run okay name and affiliation please one question would
00:19like sir yes sir I just wonder about the psychology for you over the last couple
00:25of days obviously seeing Carlos lose and then Novak lose and how that impacts
00:29you emotionally coming into a game like this seeing your rivals lose no it's it
00:35shows that you know the sport is is unpredictable no whenever you drop a
00:42little bit of your level you know if it's mental if it's tennis wise or
00:45physical at the end it's it has a huge impact on the result and and both
00:52opponents with the lost against a the plates are incredible tennis and and you
00:59know it happens so I just watch on my on my side what I have to do you know
01:06that I guess I've done also in the last and last period of time and and then we
01:12see what I can do but yeah that's it Charlie in the back
01:18as well you've played him many times just how tough is it to play him like
01:23what makes it so difficult just thinking about how big an achievement it was from
01:27yeah it's well first of all very tough no it's it's tough to get the ball past
01:35him you know he's moving so good and also the serve has has improved a lot
01:42you know he plays with a very high percentage of first serves you know he
01:48can mix up the return position it's very dangerous when he when he plays the
01:54forehand when he has time so there are many many great things obviously you
01:58know he has been number one in the world and and and winning multiple Grand Slams
02:03so it's it's it's tough to find weaknesses from this kind of players and
02:08and also mentally you know he's he's a huge competitor very tough to beat so
02:14you know things considered this is whoever wins against him is it's a great
02:22great win right Tommy Paul is up two sets to one so for the moment assuming
02:28he's your next opponent what have you learned from your matches with him and
02:32how would you describe the challenges of playing him yeah a big challenge he is
02:38his great mover he has improved a lot in the in the last period of time and it's
02:44gonna be a tough challenge he plays he plays some great tennis especially here
02:50in America so it's it's it's it's gonna be it's gonna be a tough tough match for
02:58me but hopefully I'm ready to to compete in the best possible way and now I'm
03:04just looking forward to it no it's it's these matches are very exciting to play
03:09and then happy to be part of this so let's see today Chris had never played
03:18on that court he said it was intimidating at the beginning and he
03:22also said that the way you played today he felt clueless on the court and that
03:30he felt suffocated to agree well it's I know my first experience is also on
03:37this court it's it's a bit different you know it's the stadium is massive and but
03:44yeah today I felt like that I raised the level in the in the last couple of
03:48matches now today I felt better on court and trying to trying to play it with
03:55with the right tactical match and and and I executed in a in a very positive
04:02way which which then the outcome we saw but he is he's he's very dangerous player
04:08when he serves great it's it's it's tough to break him you know he has a
04:14good good slice I tried to push him more on that side and then then then trying
04:19to move him around a little bit trying to be unpredictable but yeah I'm very
04:24happy about the way I played today and then you know every opponent is
04:28different so let's see what's coming in the next round but hopefully I can
04:34continue with this positive mindset and then we'll see how it goes
04:38Richard Novak always talked about when he was at number one when you're in the
04:45top ten you can never really let down you've always got to be improving every
04:49day otherwise you're getting worse and I just wondered what your mindset is along
04:53those lines yeah I agree with that it's if you want to stay in the position
04:58where you are you have already to improve if you want to improve the
05:01ranking also and then and the way you play you have to improve even more so
05:05there are always players who who push it to the limits who you understand where
05:12you have to improve and I think that's the best part because you know this is
05:17all part of the process where you have to go through and and and yeah we we
05:22tried to do that me and my team you know there are some some things where you
05:26agree where you don't agree but you know this is it's a good process to make
05:31which means that I care as as a player that I want to get better and also the
05:36coach tells you things that maybe sometimes you don't want to hear but you
05:42know in your mind you know that that that this is going to help you and I
05:46think this is good for for us as players and and it's also nice to have different
05:52players who push it to the limit so it's good
05:57Congratulations. Following up, if you had to say the two or three things that you have
06:06improved this year what are they and what is the one thing that Darren Cahill
06:13most brings to you and your tennis and your life?
06:19The movement I have improved, the physical aspect and also the serve I feel
06:33like that I have improved especially the second serve so I feel like these are
06:37the three things and what Darren always tell me is he's very good because he
06:46understands the position where I am in and the the problems that I had
06:53throughout this period and he's a person who understands that and he still gives
07:00you confidence but he also wants that you work and you know it's it's it's a
07:04great mix of many things and there's not only one so it's for me I feel very good
07:11with him with the mix of Darren and Simona they are two different coaches
07:15completely different but they work very well together they have big respect to
07:21each other and and this is great to see and it's also difficult to find two
07:26coaches who are different but still working very good together and I'm
07:31lucky to have this this kind of team and we try to push forward