Le tremblement de terre était proche à Melbourne ce mardi. Mené deux manches à une par le 418e joueur mondial, le Thaïlandais Kasidit Samrej, Daniil Medvedev s'est finalement imposé dans la douleur (6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2). Le finaliste de la dernière édition a fini en trombes avec 94% de points gagnés au service dans l'ultime manche. La mise en route se poursuivra contre l'Américain Learner Tien au prochain tour. En attendant, les éloges concernant le premier Thaïlandais en tableau final d'un Grand Chelem depuis Danai Udomchoke en 2012 ont plus en conférence de presse.
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00:00Yeah, of course, I didn't know much about the opponent, so we had to find some matches
00:06in the internet.
00:07It was my team watching more.
00:09So we kind of knew how he plays and that's the way he played was we knew that he can
00:13hit strong, that he goes for the shots.
00:16The only thing that usually he misses a lot today, I mean, by the stats, I saw that he
00:21made a lot of unforced errors, but at least second and third set, I didn't feel that he
00:25was making a lot because he was playing well.
00:28I only got one chance where I could break and I should have done better and that's why
00:32I lost a third set, but in general, it was kind of a top level from him.
00:36Serving good, one break each set, just what you need to do to win matches and I'm happy
00:42that I managed to stay tough.
00:44I think, in my opinion, I didn't play bad level.
00:46I played quite well and will for sure try to play better and better throughout the tournament.
00:52Questions for Buk?
00:54Slavim Godun, Danil.
00:56From Bratislava, Serbia.
00:57If you were told that success is money, girls and casino, what would you say to them?
01:05Do you think that you are more like a retro guy than like a new tech kind of person?
01:11Oh, I don't know.
01:13I said whatever like came to my mind, success can be.
01:17Many things can be, you know, family, a house, somewhere, wherever he wants.
01:22But yeah, I mean, I mean it, you know, if he plays like he played today, it's going
01:26to take time.
01:27He's going to lose some matches also, but he's going to win a lot this year.
01:31And then you can be like top hundred.
01:34It's a little bit of a different story coming from challengers.
01:37But as I joked to my team, the next challenger he plays, in my opinion, has to win it.
01:42If he plays like today, he wins the next challenger.
01:44Maybe in the final he gets top hundred guy and it can be a bit tougher.
01:48But yeah, I'm probably more of a new tech guy.
01:53But I would love to live in the retro world and see how it is because I think I would
01:57enjoy it more.
01:59James.
02:00Daniil, how big do you think the fine is going to be for breaking the camera in the net?
02:04Honestly, I hope not too big because probably like the fine is usually for breaking the
02:10record and the camera is going to cost some.
02:12But I don't think GoPro is that expensive.
02:14But what I have to say is that the camera was very, very strong because my record didn't
02:19handle the damage, but the camera did.
02:23It broke down, but there was not one piece going out from the camera.
02:28Very strong.
02:29I was very surprised because when I did it, I didn't want to smash the record in pieces.
02:33And when I saw the record, I was like, OK, time to take a new one, I guess.
02:39Sorry, sorry, sorry.
02:40Sorry, sorry, sorry.
02:41We have there.
02:42And then you need to raise your hand.
02:43There.
02:44Aish from Sportskeeda.
02:45So Kasidic used drop shots very effectively today.
02:49We know you like to stay deep in the court.
02:51So do you see a technical...
02:57Do you think about bringing a technical change in that aspect?
03:00The thing is that he used them in the first, not really first, but second set.
03:04And second set I was close.
03:06It's just the same.
03:07My team watched the matches.
03:08They said they didn't see one drop shot.
03:10And today it's one thing to do the drop shots.
03:12A lot of people do this against me.
03:14Not everyone wins.
03:15It's the other thing to do it like he did it.
03:17He was doing it like one meter behind the net with a backspin and pretty low.
03:22I was like, OK, when is he going to miss one?
03:24And then he missed like one or two, maybe in the fourth and fifth set.
03:29OK, thank you very much.
03:30Because, again, the drop shots he made today, they would work almost against everyone.
03:35Not only against me.
03:36Maybe Yannick, Carlos, maybe not.
03:38But so many guys it would work against them too.
03:41So just needs to continue doing it.
03:43But, again, not really worried about the drop shots in general.
03:48Actually worked a lot during the prison.
03:51So wished I could be better today.
03:53But it takes time.
03:55Scott.
03:56Welcome back.
03:57You seem to indicate on the court that this is the sort of match that you really needed
04:00to get time in the legs, a five setter, and a bit of a challenge.
04:03And that was, again, the right thing early in the new year?
04:06I would be more pleased if it would be three sets.
04:09It was more of a joke.
04:11But it is what it is.
04:12You know, you're in a Grand Slam.
04:14You need to win.
04:15Two sets to one down is not an easy feeling.
04:17I was like, you know, I don't want to be on the flight tomorrow.
04:20And I tried my best to stay tough, to win it.
04:25Again, I felt like I was concentrated the whole match.
04:28Unfortunately, like, one thing is going to be all over the social medias about the record.
04:34But if not the whole match, I stayed tough.
04:36Like, I was concentrated.
04:37Even after this incident, straight away the game, I had a break point.
04:40Could have come back in the set.
04:43So I'm happy with the way I, again, I say it again, but with the way I stayed tough,
04:49stayed concentrated.
04:50That's what I want to do much more this year than I was able to do last year.
04:54And was a good start regarding this case.
04:57Danilo, obviously a three-time runner-up in this tournament.
05:00Do you use that as fuel to motivate you to hopefully go one better?
05:05100%.
05:06Big motivation.
05:07It's finally the tournament I like.
05:09The tournament I can play well in because I played, you know, some of my best matches here.
05:15And to be on the two finals I lost against Rafa and Yannick, I was playing unbelievable tennis.
05:20Like, maybe the tennis that I don't play every time.
05:23So it's a great motivation to try again.
05:26Have the final.
05:27Try to do better.
05:29We've been two sets too low up.
05:31I would take it again and just try to finish it three, four, five sets.
05:35Doesn't matter.
05:36Big motivation to try to get the title for sure.
05:39Last two, Howard and Catherine.
05:41Hi, Danilo.
05:44You play matches sometimes early in the morning, sometimes middle of the day like today.
05:49Sometimes under the lights at night.
05:51You've had success in all those settings.
05:53Which do you prefer?
05:54When do you like to play the most?
05:56Six or seven.
05:57Some tournaments make it six.
05:59I think Indian Wells and some other.
06:00Six or seven is for me the best timing.
06:03It's not too late.
06:04And you finish, you usually go to bed just after midnight, which is still fine.
06:09And you have all the day.
06:11Like, I like to wake up easy, to not rush.
06:14Because even today when the match was like during the day, which was not early, still you wake up, you warm up, you eat.
06:22And I woke up at 7.30, which I prefer to do it later.
06:26But then you adapt.
06:28And that's what I said.
06:29Like, usually I think last year I lost more matches than I should playing early.
06:35So I try to adapt it with my team to be better.
06:40And today was also waking up early, winning the match.
06:45Good.
06:46For a 7 p.m. start, what time would you wake up?
06:499.30 probably.
06:51So it gives me two extra hours of sleep, which is always great.
06:54I think we all love to sleep.
06:56Some people more than the others.
06:57I love to sleep.
06:58Last one, Catherine.
07:00Hi, Janil.
07:01Stefanos was in here yesterday.
07:03Obviously a really tough loss for him yesterday and a tough period.
07:05He was talking about feeling kind of jaded with the tour and feeling like he'd been ground down by the lifestyle kind of over the last few years.
07:16I just wondered if you can relate to that at all, whether you've ever had periods of feeling that way.
07:21And if not, how have you avoided that?
07:24Honestly, in a way, always.
07:28I think when you're 21, you don't have it.
07:30You travel.
07:31You love it.
07:32Challengers.
07:33Then if you get your ATP tour, as I said, it's a better life.
07:37And you love it.
07:39And then at one moment, OK, you're used to it.
07:43It's not the right word.
07:44For example, talking about me, I started to have a family.
07:46Tougher to go away from them sometimes.
07:50And the higher you go, I would say the bigger the stakes.
07:57So you demand a lot from yourself.
07:59Stefanos is a winner of several Masters thousands.
08:03Masters at the end of the year.
08:05He made two Grand Slam finals or three.
08:08And so whenever you are down a little bit, meaning losing first round or something like this,
08:14depends a lot from you because you have a very high expectation from yourself.
08:18So it's tough.
08:19I had it last year for sure.
08:21And then of the year I had it like when I was younger.
08:24End of the year was my best time because I didn't care.
08:27End of the year, beginning of the year.
08:29Now, sometimes during the year, I start to get really tired from the tour.
08:33It demands a lot.
08:34But you have to deal with it.
08:37And at least I can tell that every beginning of the year, I feel very fresh.
08:41And now I'm very fresh.
08:42So that's what I try to do in preseason.
08:44Take a lot of rest.
08:45And again, we did a lot of adjustments with the team to try to have this year good till the end.