Daniil Medvedev n'est pas un amoureux de la terre battue. Toutefois, ne comptez pas sur lui pour ne pas se battre à Roland-Garros. Le Russe, quart de finaliste une seule fois Porte d'Auteuil (2021), compte bien s'accrocher pour montrer qu'il fait encore partie des meilleurs joueurs et qu'il peut prétendre à de nouveaux titres prestigieux en Grand Chelem ou même en Masters 1000. Daniil y croit en tout cas. "Je ne suis vraiment pas loin d’un niveau excellent où tout est possible. Les finales, les Grands Chelems deviennent possibles", a-t-il affirmé en conférence de presse.
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00:00BNP Paribas, partenaire des plus belles histoires de Roland Garros, aux côtés des ramasseurs de balles depuis plus de 50 ans.
00:30La première fois, c'est la même chose qu'en Rome, c'est assez drôle, mais ça se passe parfois dans le tennis, donc c'est la même chose qu'il y a des plus de 10 ans avec l'autre qui a été le top 1 et le gagnant de la grandeur.
00:57C'est difficile de dire parce que maintenant on est sur la clé, et sur la clé, je pense que j'ai joué le meilleur niveau de ma vie sur la clé, même considérant que le titre de Rome a beaucoup de choses se sont ensemble.
01:13Mais si nous parlons de l'équipe, le mouvement, le sentiment de l'équipe, je pense que j'ai joué la meilleure saison sur la clé, donc c'est difficile pour moi de répondre.
01:25On hardcourt, c'est difficile pour moi de répondre que oui, je suis loin de l'équipe que j'étais sur la clé, mais sur la clé, je me sens que je suis encore mieux que d'avant.
01:33Donc c'est tout que je peux répondre et c'est bon pour Roland Garros parce que je vais essayer de montrer.
01:38Hi there Daniel, we just had Stefanos Tsitsipas in here and he was saying that he thinks that over the last few years since, for instance, when he was in the final here,
01:50he thinks the level of tennis generally is improved.
01:54He feels that it's harder now for him, say, than it used to be.
01:58What do you think?
01:59Tough question, you never know.
02:01I feel like, yeah, I feel like people always knew how to play tennis and it's always a dynamic, you know.
02:11Like we see Marin Cilic in the qualies here and probably if you ask him, he's going to say, you know what, I'm still playing good.
02:17Yes, maybe not the way when he was in the semis here, final of all the other slams, one year is open.
02:22And it's just that the dynamics is changing all the time.
02:27It's, you know, Kasper went to what, number 16 in the world or 15, won Masters in Madrid, back to top 10.
02:33Who knows how he does here, maybe well again, can jump again in the rankings.
02:38So I don't know how to answer this question.
02:40The level is strong.
02:41A lot of players play good.
02:44I don't think before it was the same, you know, before, which example?
02:48Like if we talk two years ago, Jan Lennar-Struf, was he lucky loser or qualies, made final of Madrid.
02:55So it's tough to say exactly about the level, but everyone is playing strong.
03:00Everyone wants to win.
03:02So it's always tough.
03:03But I do think it was the same all the time.
03:08Hey, Daniil.
03:09I'm just sort of curious, sort of related to that topic.
03:13There's a number of players ahead of you in the rankings who are younger than you.
03:18Which is something that hasn't happened in a while.
03:21I'm sort of curious, like, how do you look at that?
03:24And is there something sort of larger going on?
03:27Or is it just sort of, you know, the ebbs and flows of any sport?
03:31I think it's the same.
03:34I feel like there are two ways to see this question.
03:37Because of Rafa, Roger, Novak and Andy, they were able to pass their 30s, still be, let's call it, in their prime and win Grand Slams, etc.
03:48If we take them out, I feel like a lot of players, after getting closer to 30 or after 30, maybe drop their level, then maybe come back.
03:57Or I could find you many, many examples.
03:59So, is it just that now it's, again, we're at the stage where maybe, you know, we, our generation didn't have guys like Rafa, Roger and Novak.
04:11So, maybe we're getting a bit older and it's just the physical part of something getting to us.
04:17Maybe it's something else, but, for example, guys like, I don't know, Lorenzo, he's very young, but he's not, like, 20 years old.
04:24So, he just managed to find, you know, his rhythm, he's climbing up the rankings.
04:27Same about Alex Dominar, he's 25, I would guess.
04:32So, it's not like he's 19 years old and 25 or 29, yes, he's younger, but it's not like it's a young gun suddenly jumping up the rankings.
04:42So, yeah, I don't know how to answer this question better.
04:47Daniel, don't get this question wrong.
04:50Nobody wants to get rid of you, but you hope so.
04:54Number one, you have won a Grand Slam tournament, obviously, and you've made a lot of money.
05:00But your game takes so much effort.
05:03Yes, well, your game takes so much effort.
05:05Do you think that it's possible, thinkable, that from one day to another you just say, you know what, I have two children now.
05:11What do I care?
05:12I stop.
05:14Tough, no, I think same.
05:17I will take Marin as an example.
05:18I love him.
05:18I love him as a player, as an example of a sportsman, you know, such a hard worker.
05:23He has two children and he's still trying, you know.
05:26I think there is always a moment where he, me, everyone is going to say stop.
05:31Novak, let's see when, 38 yesterday.
05:34But for the moment, not at all.
05:37I do know, again, I feel that I'm really not far from a great level.
05:45And when I say great level, where everything is possible, where finals are possible, Grand Slams are possible, everything.
05:51But this not far, sometimes it's the toughest step because guys play well, younger guys, Carlos plays well, Yannick plays well.
06:00They probably play a bit better than everyone else right now on tour.
06:03So, it's not easy.
06:05But for the moment, I don't have the thoughts.
06:09And I mean, I would more understand the question if I'm like, which ranking would I put without injuries out of top 50 would be tough.
06:18So, I'm 11, I'm like really close by the points to top 10.
06:24So, so far, it's fine, but I want to be better.
06:29Hi, Daniil.
06:30Obviously, I have the night sessions here, so potentially some late finishes.
06:33And I just want to ask you a general question about sleep.
06:37It sort of feels like something that's quite difficult for tennis players to deal with.
06:40There's lots of time zone changes and they can play really late one day and then really early the next day.
06:45So, just if you could talk a bit about how much, how difficult that has been to deal with through your career and how you have dealt with it,
06:53whether that's techniques or any medication or whether you've sought any expert advice in that area.
07:00Well, first of all, I think we all get used to it because we all know that sometimes you play at 11.
07:05Sometimes you play at, well, midnight actually or 11 in the evening.
07:11I think it's every player has their preference.
07:14I prefer to play late, but of course, I don't like to finish at like 3 in the morning.
07:19So, if the match starts at least 9.30 is good.
07:26And I don't like the early starts because I like to sleep in general.
07:30And advice, you just, you have your routine.
07:34So, usually when the match is 11, usually we practice at 9.30, the guys.
07:39So, you come on side like at 8.15.
07:41So, you have to wake up at like 6.45.
07:44And if you play late, I like it because you have, you can wake up when you want, you have all the day to even get some naps if you want more, etc.
07:54But what I really don't like is that some tournaments and here also, they start at 10.
08:00And this I find is not good because it puts in disadvantage some of the players because 11 is early.
08:06But, well, you have to deal with it.
08:07Just, you know, deal with it.
08:09It's okay.
08:09But 10 is if you, like I was like thinking the other day, I never played at 10 since like 10 years.
08:16But I would probably not warm up.
08:18Like I would go just to the match directly because otherwise you will have to wake up at 6.
08:23And I'm not an early person and this would literally make me lose the match.
08:26So, I think they should never start at 10, start at 11 at least.
08:34Hi, Danil.
08:34You said earlier on taking clay out of it on hard courts, you said I'm far from the Daniel I used to be.
08:41Like how much anxiety does that cause you?
08:45Right now, not at all because we're not on hard courts.
08:47So, on the hard courts, it did cause a little bit because I'm, you know, I'm, when I lose, I'm angry.
08:54Angry is not the right word, but like sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes not just, yeah, not happy.
08:59Let's call it not happy.
09:00On clay, as I say, I'm happy with how I played.
09:04In a way, with the results, I'm not happy, but I'm losing to really great clay court players.
09:08And it's tough to beat them.
09:09I lost to Kasper, he won the tournament.
09:11I lost to Lorenzo, he's playing unbelievable right now.
09:15So, yeah, no anxiety at the moment because we're on clay.
09:19And I do feel that the things I do on clay right now could maybe help me on hard courts get back to the level where I was.
09:27But this we can only know in USA.
09:31How do you find the tournament, especially on clay, how changeable the conditions are, even like within a tournament?
09:38Is clay kind of the most extreme?
09:40And can this tournament be like that where it's just totally different from one day to the next?
09:44I think all tournaments can be extreme.
09:48Grass and clay court more because it's a natural surface.
09:51So, even like Wimbledon, you go from one court to another.
09:54One is going to be more worn.
09:57Maybe they played more five-set matches there.
09:59Maybe the grass was a tiny bit different this year.
10:01Same for clay because it's like Rome is a great example.
10:05Every court there is so different, especially the grandstand is like just another dimension.
10:10It's like you're playing, grandstand plays kind of like Madrid and the rest plays completely different.
10:16So, it's strange.
10:17So, I would not call clay the most challenging in terms of change.
10:22Hardcourt is the best and that's why I love it because night, day, sun, it's still like, I mean, it's hard.
10:29So, it's not changing too much.
10:32And, yeah, rolling arrows can be tough because sometimes it's very cold at night.
10:36Try to hit a winner if you're not Carlos or Yannick.
10:38And sometimes it can be sunny day where the ball is jumping and it's tough to control.
10:44So, just have to adapt.