Roland-Garros 2025 - Novak Djokovic : "Il y avait des bombes lacrymogènes, des voitures incendiées... c'était dangereux samedi" - Vidéo Dailymotion

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Sans surprise, Novak Djokovic sera bien au rendez-vous des quarts à Roland-Garros. Après avoir décroché un 100e titre, à Genève, le Serbe vise maintenant un 25e Grand Chelem. L'actuel numéro 6 mondial n'avait toujours pas concédé le moindre set avant d'entamer la deuxième semaine du Grand Chelem parisien. Ce lundi, il a poursuivi sa démonstration de force en matant Cameron Norrie, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 en 2h14. Même des ampoules au pied n'ont pas pu ralentir la machine Djokovic, qui a désormais 100 victoires au compteur à Roland-Garros. Nole jouera donc son 17e quart de finale à Roland-Garros et visera une 12e demi-finale. La tâche sera complexe mercredi contre Alexander Zverev.  « Le tennis, partout & toujours ici », sur  https://www.tennisactu.net / Tennis Actu

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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.

00:30I'm pleased with the way things are going.

00:56Obviously, matches only get tougher, so I look forward to the next challenge.

01:04Just asking, well done, just asking you about your next opponent, Sasha.

01:08He's one of several younger players, like I said, a lot of people are younger than you now,

01:12but he's one of several younger players who talk about you as someone who...

01:16He's 10 years younger.

01:18Yeah, I know.

01:18I mean, he calls himself a veteran of the game.

01:21I mean, what should I call myself then?

01:23Right, he's a rookie compared to you.

01:26But he's one of many younger players.

01:29You talk about you helping them when they were younger.

01:33Would you have done that if you'd known you were going to still be playing them at this point

01:37and helping them along?

01:38I mean, sort of what drove you to give this assistance to this whole new generation

01:43that you're still battling against?

01:46Well, I don't think that's something special.

01:49You know, I just see it as something that I feel it's normal for me.

01:57Like, that's something that I always wanted to do.

02:01Like, if one day I would, you know, reach certain heights in the sport

02:06and then obviously convey that, transfer that to a new generation

02:11and help new players be even better.

02:13or, you know, so I always had that kind of attitude because when I was younger

02:20I was looking for that from the players that I was looking up to.

02:26So, you know, some were more daring or caring to share and some not.

02:33But I do understand that at this level, particularly when you are, you know,

02:43at the top of the game with someone, even though you had a great relationship

02:47and you still maintain that great relationship,

02:49but maybe you're not sharing as much as you used to.

02:53And that kind of was the case with, you know, Medvedev and Tsitsipas

02:56when they were coming up and Zverev, you know,

02:58when they were really, really young and kind of breaking through,

03:02it was more exchanges maybe on some things, whether it was, I don't know,

03:07from just strokes or strings they use or the way you train or recover

03:13and stuff like this, you know, then, you know,

03:17when they get to do top ten, top five in the world, it's different.

03:20It's a different dynamic and it's kind of normal to expect that.

03:23But nevertheless, I, you know, whether it's for Menchik or whoever it is for,

03:29I tell everyone that I'm available, you know, if they need a call about anything

03:34because I feel like that's what I owe to the game, not just to them,

03:40but to the game of tennis.

03:42I feel like that's something that is normal for me in the end of the day.

03:46What's the value of the knowledge or experience that you have

03:51if you don't transfer it to someone who's coming up?

03:56I know that.

03:58Your serve's a huge part of your game, always has been.

04:01I noticed that, I think I'm right in saying you've won the toss three times

04:05out of four here and you've served every time.

04:07Is your instinct always to serve?

04:09What goes through your head when you make that decision?

04:12You know, it's an interesting question because I,

04:14at the beginning of my career, I was actually,

04:17even though I really liked my chances when I'm serving,

04:23but I was relying more on the return, so I would start returning.

04:28I would always choose the, you know, the toss.

04:31If I get the coin toss, I would choose return.

04:33But I don't know, the last, whatever, 10 years,

04:37I would be only choosing to serve.

04:39I just feel, I don't know, I just feel that that sets a tone in some way.

04:47You know, you also send a message to your opponent like,

04:49hey, I'm not afraid to start serving, you know,

04:52start the match with this kind of a right statement.

05:00Sometimes I start slow and I lose my first service games

05:03and then you start to question your decision-making.

05:08But no, I still, regardless of that, I still feel like it's important.

05:13It's important for your own confidence

05:14and to send the message to your opponent as well.

05:17Of course, I mean, it's all different.

05:19I mean, I know Nadal, for example, would always choose to receive.

05:23So we're all different, I guess.

05:25It depends also on the surface, I think, a little bit.

05:28When I play with Rafa on clay, he would always choose to receive.

05:31But on the other surfaces, quicker than he would maybe vary,

05:34vary between the choices.

05:36Novak, congratulations.

05:39I may ask a question unrelated to today's match.

05:43It's about fake news.

05:44Top athletes are often victims of fake news.

05:46And there was a story that went viral in many countries,

05:49including Brazil, where I come from.

05:52This story says that you help out financially

05:55the janitor of your childhood school.

05:59I don't know if you are aware of this story.

06:00Some people say it's fake news.

06:03Some people say it's AI.

06:05Some people say it's authentic.

06:07I would like to know if it's true.

06:09And how do you deal with fake news?

06:12Do you try to ignore it,

06:13or do you try to do something about them?

06:15Okay, there's quite a few questions there in one question.

06:20I'll answer first the fake news.

06:24It's, I guess, the part of the media world we are living in today.

06:33It's, we're more, I guess, prone to see that happening

06:42in the last, whatever, 15 years

06:45with the development of the social media

06:48and kind of, it almost feels like

06:51whoever writes the news first

06:54gets the most credit or views

06:56rather than checking for the credibility of the source.

07:00or, so then obviously there's always a risk

07:04that if you haven't checked

07:05and you're just trying to rush to be the first one,

07:07then that it's fake.

07:11But I don't want to get too much

07:13into the story of the janitor.

07:16The only thing I can say is that I've been,

07:18yes, I've been financially helping my school.

07:22But that's the only thing.

07:23I'm not going to go into to whom personally

07:26or what or how much and stuff like this.

07:28I feel like that's, it's not a place

07:30or there's no reason to do that.

07:33But I try to support my school absolutely,

07:36you know, throughout my entire career.

07:40And Novak, you've spoken a lot about nutrition

07:43and that side of things.

07:44I just wondered over the last few years

07:46how that's evolved, how that changed at all.

07:49Has your body's changed

07:50or is it pretty consistent with what it was

07:52in terms of what you eat, what you drink,

07:53that sort of thing?

07:54It varies.

07:57There are certain things

07:58that I think stay the same

08:01when it comes to, you know,

08:03I guess fundamentals of the quality sleep,

08:05for example.

08:10You know, some of the calming

08:13or breathing techniques that I use.

08:15obviously the ice baths

08:22and cold immersions

08:23and cryo chambers, et cetera.

08:27It's something I've been using

08:28or hyperbaric chambers for a long time.

08:33But, you know,

08:35I don't have the access everywhere

08:38to everything that I would ideally want to.

08:40So I have to then adjust myself

08:42and then, you know,

08:43some tournaments there's this

08:44and the others there's something else.

08:47But essentially when it comes to food,

08:50yeah, I'm always basically looking

08:52and always curious

08:53and looking for the next super food

08:55or the next thing

08:58that can maybe improve my,

09:00yeah, recovery

09:01or whatever it is

09:03or the endurance

09:04or the strength

09:06or whatever it is, you know.

09:07So I'm always open-minded

09:09for these things.

09:10I'm very curious,

09:11always researching wellness space

09:14and well-being space

09:15is my greatest passion

09:18other than sport.

09:20So, you know,

09:21I look to also grow my presence

09:24and my brand in that area

09:26and starting some of,

09:28on my own,

09:29some of my startups

09:30and businesses

09:31and that's also exciting,

09:34you know,

09:34in the nutritional space,

09:36particularly in supplements.

09:37So it's saturated marketing.

09:40I mean,

09:40it's so many supplements

09:42and it's,

09:43you know,

09:43which one to take,

09:44you know,

09:44it's quite hard

09:45because we're all different

09:46and,

09:47but, you know,

09:49the science is improving

09:50so there's always something

09:51that you can kind of use

09:53as evidence

09:55to really go into that area.

09:57so I'm always really keen

09:59on finding out

10:00what's the next thing

10:01and, you know,

10:03there are some things

10:04that are kind of set in stone

10:07even when it comes to food

10:09that are important to follow

10:10because of the way

10:12the biology works

10:13but then there's also

10:15the new scientific research

10:17and study

10:18that comes up

10:18with some molecules

10:21or some ingredients

10:22that are,

10:23you know,

10:24greatly of a help

10:26to an athlete

10:27or whoever,

10:28you know,

10:29but us athletes,

10:30we are dependent

10:31on our bodies

10:32and how well we recover

10:34or prepare ourselves,

10:35particularly in individual sports

10:37so that's why I think

10:39it's very interesting

10:40for anyone

10:42that is not an athlete

10:43to look at athletes

10:44and how they,

10:44you know,

10:45conduct themselves

10:46in preparation

10:47and food,

10:48sleep,

10:48what's their regime

10:50and I think

10:51that you can always

10:52take something

10:52that can be very useful

10:53for, you know,

10:55for your life.

10:56Yes,

10:57now,

10:57like you said,

10:58it was very difficult

10:58to reach your hotel

11:00the overnight.

11:01Can you tell us

11:02a bit more

11:03about this trip?

11:06I want to thank

11:07the chief of security

11:08who is not here

11:08but he was amazing

11:10with his team.

11:12At one point,

11:12he was quite,

11:14people were quite tense

11:16here,

11:17I must say,

11:18for our return

11:18to the hotel.

11:19They were not suggesting

11:21us at one point

11:21to go back at home

11:22to maybe find a place

11:25to sleep somewhere

11:25around here

11:26for a night

11:27because at that point

11:30it was already

11:30past midnight

11:31and there were

11:32some gas bombs

11:33and, you know,

11:35cars under fire

11:38and stuff happening

11:39on the street

11:40that was really dangerous.

11:43So,

11:43understandably,

11:44and actually,

11:45everything around

11:45our hotel

11:46which is close

11:47to Art de Triomphe.

11:49So,

11:49yeah,

11:51in the end

11:52we talked,

11:53we waited for a bit

11:53and then we decided

11:54to go

11:55and it was fine.

11:56In the end,

11:56we reached the hotel

11:58all good

11:58but it was

12:01quite noisy

12:02with a lot of things

12:04happening

12:05outside of the hotel.

12:06so, you know,

12:09of course,

12:09it's interesting

12:09in some way

12:11to look

12:11from your window

12:12what's happening

12:13but at some point

12:14it was getting

12:15out of hand

12:17but it's understandable

12:19that people

12:20are so excited.

12:21You know,

12:21first time

12:22Champions League

12:22winners

12:23for this city.

12:24It's one of the most

12:25important cities

12:26in the world

12:26so,

12:27yeah,

12:29they're all

12:30celebrating.

12:31They still go.

12:32it's going to be

12:34several days

12:34I'm sure

12:35of celebration.

Roland-Garros 2025 - Novak Djokovic : "Il y avait des bombes lacrymogènes, des voitures incendiées... c'était dangereux samedi"

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