Si Jannik Sinner voulait directement se mettre dans le bain d'un Grand Chelem, c'est mission réussie. Opposé à l'expérimenté Nicolas Jarry dès le premier tour, le numéro 1 mondial n'a pas eu le temps de se jauger, et dû pratiquer son meilleur tennis ce lundi pour éviter une déconvenue monumentale. Finalement, une victoire en trois manches (7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-1), non sans mal. Pour sa première sortie de 2025, l'Italien a convaincu et s'en est réjoui en conférence de presse. Il retrouvera le local Tristan Schoolkate au deuxième tour.
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00:00How do you feel about the win?
00:03Yeah, it was a tough match, as we saw, especially the first couple of sets.
00:08It could have gone both ways, but I'm very happy how I handled the tough situations.
00:13That's it, obviously happy to win the first match of the season,
00:19and then we'll see what's coming in the next round.
00:23English?
00:25Hi, Yannick, congratulations.
00:27You're only the fourth player to win 15 straight hard-court matches at Grand Slams,
00:32after Agusey Federer and Djokovic,
00:35so what is it about the surface at Majors that brings the best out of your game,
00:39and how does it feel to be on a list with those types of names?
00:44Yeah, it's amazing to be next to these names,
00:50but I cannot compare myself with these players,
00:55they have done so, so many things,
00:58and I'm just trying to make my own little story,
01:05so I'm happy about that.
01:07But I like hard courts, I like these conditions,
01:12and especially when it's not that hot, like today, it's very nice to play,
01:18so I'm happy how I'm trying to keep going as much as I can.
01:25Yannick, you said on court afterwards that you were pleased,
01:28that you enjoyed the crowd support.
01:30Were you nervous coming in at the reception you might receive,
01:34given the wider appeal and given the comments by Nick Kyrgios from the local crowd?
01:40Yeah, I was curious to see how it was.
01:44You never know what's happening.
01:48But I was happy about the crowd, it was a very nice crowd,
01:54there were some for my opponent and some for me,
01:59so it was a nice atmosphere and I was just looking forward to going on court,
02:05and this is what I practice for now, trying to compete in the best possible way.
02:12Yannick, in terms of being defending champion,
02:14how were the nerves walking out this time as opposed to first round last year?
02:18Yeah, slightly different, but as I always say, every match is tough to win here.
02:27It's nice to be back here, it's a very special place for me,
02:30so many things happened on the court, but also off the court, beautiful things.
02:36So yeah, it's a nice place to play some tennis.
02:44It was a bit different, different kind of pressure, but I enjoyed it.
02:50You're up against Tristan next round, a player you haven't faced before.
02:54How do you prepare against someone you haven't played on tour?
02:58Yeah, I don't know, I have to see.
03:00It's for sure different, I would need for sure some time to understand how he plays,
03:09but I try to prepare in the best possible way, see what I can do, and then we'll see.
03:17You mentioned in your interview on court that this is your first match of the season competitively.
03:25Were you feeling rusty at all in those two sets,
03:29or was it a case of Nicolas just playing really well and forcing the tie-breaks?
03:33No, he was playing really, really well, to be honest,
03:36especially serving incredibly good in important moments,
03:40also from the back of the court he was returning really well, playing aggressive.
03:47I could have also lost the first couple of sets, you never know.
03:52But no, how I handle the tough situations on the court, especially the tie-breaks,
03:57and I had some chance in the first set on 6-5, I missed the second serve return,
04:03but this can happen, and as I said, it's gone very, very fast, especially in this condition.
04:09So no, it was OK.
04:13Two more in English.
04:14Yannick, Nicolas just mentioned to a couple of us
04:18that he struggled mentally coming into this match
04:22because of his own doping history versus yours,
04:26and he compared the difference in the sanctions,
04:29and he said it was a battle for him to play you.
04:33Do you feel some sympathy knowing his situation,
04:37that he had a long ban versus your own situation?
04:40Yeah, I'm very honest with you.
04:43I don't know the details of his case,
04:47so for me it's difficult to say whatever happened.
04:54What I can say, passing also these kind of things,
04:57that we get treated in the same way.
05:03There's the protocol, and if the protocol has some issues or problems,
05:09then it's not my fault.
05:13Of course I'm very sorry for the players who are passing,
05:19these kind of things,
05:21but I don't know exactly the details about his case and my case.
05:31I know only what happened to me, and I knew what I had to pass,
05:35and it's basically still on mine.
05:38I have to do some stuff,
05:41but at the end of the day I was always judged that I was innocent,
05:48and the amount I had in my body was less than a billionth of a gram,
05:54and it was contamination.
05:58I don't know exactly the details of what he had.