Pour la première fois en quatre participations, le numéro 3 mondial Daniil Medvedev est dans le dernier carré du Masters 1000 de Rome. Déjà autoritaire contre Alexander Zverev, ce jeudi, il a imposé sa loi à la surprise Yannick Hanfmann avec une victoire expéditive, 6-2, 6-2 en 1h20. De plus en plus à l'aise sur terre battue, le Russe monte en puissance dans la capitale italienne avant de partir à Roland-Garros, un tournoi qui se déroulera sans son champion Rafael Nadal. Ce jeudi, en conférence de presse, le Majorquin a annoncé son forfait, sans pouvoir donner de date de reprise, tout en ajoutant que la saison 2024 serait sa dernière. Sur le court après sa victoire, Medvedev s'est exprimé sur cette nouvelle.
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00:00 It is often said that tennis is an individual sport,
00:04 but it is never more beautiful than when it is collective.
00:09 BNP Paribas, faithful to tomorrow's tennis for 50 years.
00:15 Hi Daniel, I'm Rafael Nadal with Drew from the French Open while you were playing.
00:19 Obviously it's very bad news for tennis, but is it good news for players and for yourself?
00:25 I think it's bad news because you never want to see anyone injured and withdrawing,
00:31 especially someone like Rafa.
00:33 At the same time, if we talk about, let's say, favorites, for sure it changes
00:37 because if he would announce that, maybe, I don't know, he's going to say
00:42 "I'm not 100% but I'm going to play", he's the favorite because he's winning there.
00:45 95% of the time he's playing probably.
00:49 So, sad news, but I'm in a way happy to hear that he's going to try to come back.
00:56 I heard he said he doesn't know when he's going to come back on the practice court,
01:00 but he wants to come back at least next year.
01:03 So I think we all want to see him back on court playing, that's the most important.
01:11 I just wish we're going to see him for a couple more years until he decides to stop.
01:17 One more question on Rafa.
01:19 Do you think his record in Paris is maybe the most impressive record of anybody in any tournament in tennis?
01:26 In tennis, for sure.
01:28 Because I think Novak won Australia, what, nine times?
01:32 Ten this year?
01:34 Still, Rafa won 14, so maybe Novak, if he makes 14 in Australia,
01:40 then we're going to have more talking.
01:42 But for the moment, Rafa on clay in general, but especially in Roland Garros, is just unreal.
01:49 I honestly don't know how this is possible because me, I feel like I'm a good tennis player,
01:55 but you can always have a bad day or your opponent has a very good day.
01:59 Like in Madrid I felt like I was not playing that bad against Karatsev,
02:03 but I lost and after the match I was like, "Well, okay, he played well, that's it."
02:08 And Rafa almost didn't have these matches in Roland Garros where we would say,
02:11 except maybe the match with Söderling where Robin played the match of his life and managed to win.
02:16 So this is unbelievable and I think in tennis, at least for the moment, there is no comparison.