Tennis - US Open 2024 - Jannik Sinner : "I am into skiing, if you make a mistake while skiing, the race is over, it's all over"
Le numéro 1 mondial sera bien au rendez-vous des quarts de l'US Open. Jannik Sinner, brillant depuis le début, malgré un set perdu contre Mackenzie McDonald, a su faire plier Tommy Paul lundi soir. L'Italien a d'abord eu besoin de deux tie-breaks avant de finir en patron, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-1. Le Transalpin continue son parcours quasi-parfait à l'US Open et impressionne. En quarts, il affrontera un certain Daniil Medvedev. L'Italien avait renversé le Russe en finale de l'Open d'Australie. Medvedev avait ensuite pris sa revanche à Wimbledon, encore en cinq sets. Ce sera donc la belle pour cette année à New-York.
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00:00Yes, it was a tough match. It started off not so good, but I tried to stay there mentally.
00:10Two sets, they could have gone in both ways. I'm happy that it went my way and I'm happy
00:17to be in the next round.
00:18You won two tiebreaks today and have some great stats over the last few months. I just
00:31want to know if you have some techniques about meditation, visualisation before those moments
00:38and how do you stay calm, play higher level and what's happened in your mind in those
00:43moments?
00:44Not really. I always get more excited when you play important points, important moments.
00:53In my mind, this is what we practise for. This is why you make repetition in the practise
01:02course, where you feel more safe, where you have to maybe change up a couple of things,
01:07trying to surprise him. You have to serve a bit smarter in the second set.
01:11In the tiebreak, I didn't serve very well, but trying to find a solution somehow. Tiebreaks
01:20can go both ways. You have to accept it if they go in the other way. For sure, it depends
01:26also how you played the game before. If you're 6-5 up, for example, and the other one is
01:31serving, you can be a bit more aggressive. In the worst case, you are in the tiebreak.
01:38Trying to play with the score a bit, I think that was important today.
01:48You've said things like you enjoy pressure moments. Has that always been the case with
01:53you from when you were younger or is that something you've come to embrace with age
01:57and maturity?
01:58Yes. I had those periods where I lost more tiebreaks. It's normal, but you try to learn
02:07from this. I always try to play when there's more feeling of the match. In tiebreaks, you
02:22have it. In breakpoints, you have it. I come from skiing. When you're skiing, you make
02:29one mistake and the game is over or the race is over. In tennis, it's a bit different mentality.
02:37Yes, I think that's it.
02:44A famous coach said that the winner celebrates and the loser has to explain. In your case,
02:55it seems different. You always try to analyse and explain even your wins, sometimes even
03:01before you talk to your team. What do you see today of this match? How do you analyse
03:09that?
03:10It was, as I said, a tough match. I do believe that I can play a couple of better points
03:22sometimes. I'm also trying to make this extra step more. He's a tough opponent. You have
03:31to accept he's moving very well. He can mix up the game. I'm happy about the win today.
03:40How did you find the atmosphere? You're playing against America on the night and Arthur Ashe
03:45told me you talked about how those are the games you want to play. How did you find it
03:49being the opposition player?
03:51It's different than day sessions. It was nice to be part of this match, playing against
04:02an American here on this court. In any case, it's difficult. Night sessions give a bit
04:08more of an atmosphere. It's nice to be part of it. We both tried to make a good match
04:20out of it, which they come to see a good match. Today we both made a lot of mistakes sometimes,
04:28but it was a bit windy, a bit breezy. It was difficult to play. I think that's it.