C'est le duel que tout le monde attend. Ce vendredi, aura lieu la demi-finale de Roland-Garros entre Carlos Alcaraz et Novak Djokovic. Même si l'Espagnol part favori de par les tournois de préparations et le début de tournoi des deux hommes, on connaît la capacité du Serbe a augmenté son niveau de jeu dans les grands matchs. Les deux joueurs se sont affrontés une seule fois, c'était à Madrid en 2022, avec une victoire de "Carlito" après un match incroyable. Juan Carlos Ferrero, l'entraîneur du numéro 1 mondial, s'est exprimée en conférence de presse avant cette rencontre au sommet.
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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.
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00:15 Yesterday we were impressed about Alkaraz.
00:19 Do you think the most incredible thing he is doing is more physically or technically?
00:29 For me he was so fast on court, which was incredible for a tennis player.
00:35 What is your opinion about it?
00:38 Impressed, obviously, about his level, yes.
00:44 It is obvious that I have been with him for almost five years,
00:50 so I know the level he is able to play.
00:55 In that way I am not impressed at all, because I know he can play like this.
01:03 The most impressive thing is that he shows the most important moments in a tournament.
01:09 It is on the way to the end.
01:13 This is the most important thing.
01:16 The most impressive for me is that he is showing his best level against the best.
01:22 That is the most important thing.
01:27 About technically and physically, both.
01:35 The way he is playing, that he is able to make any shot on the court.
01:40 If you ask him to go to a net in a match point, he is able to do it.
01:44 If I ask him to return and go to a net, he is able to do it and make the drop shot.
01:54 Or work on a point like ten balls or maybe go in for a second one.
02:00 That is the most impressive thing about him, that he is able to do every kind of shot.
02:06 Physically, he is 100%. He is ready for a tournament.
02:10 He wanted to be like this, but I am not impressed because I know his skills.
02:16 It is like this.
02:20 -José, at the back. -Ah, okay.
02:23 Are you surprised with what he achieves?
02:27 At times, I know you are saying you are impressed.
02:30 But do you also get surprised with what Carlos does on the court?
02:35 And how he reacts off the court and behaves?
02:38 And when you played, you had the nickname of Mosquito.
02:42 What would be a good nickname for him?
02:45 I don't know. Not the same.
02:49 Obviously.
02:50 But I am impressed.
02:52 Obviously, he is 20.
02:54 He achieves a lot of things that are very difficult to achieve.
02:59 He grew so fast.
03:05 I could see it even on the challenges he was playing.
03:09 I remember most of the time he told me he was ready to win something.
03:16 It was on the futures, it was on the challenges,
03:19 it was in the futures tournament.
03:23 I think he is ready to try to do big things on tennis.
03:30 I don't know if it is going to be this tournament, but of course I think he is ready.
03:34 He dreams very big about what he can do.
03:38 I think it is one of the most important things that he believes in himself.
03:44 That he can go to the court and win against everybody.
03:48 Then you have to go and make it true.
03:53 But believing in yourself is one of the most important things and he does it.
03:58 It is a bit strange that Carlos and Novak haven't played each other for a year
04:08 and they have only played once.
04:11 Is it relevant that Carlos won that match?
04:14 Does it give him any advantage going into Friday?
04:18 I don't think there is an advantage.
04:22 I think both players are maybe the best in the world right now.
04:26 Novak has the experience to play this kind of matches more than Carlos.
04:31 But at the same time Carlos really wants to play that match.
04:35 He was really looking for that match since the beginning.
04:40 He wanted to play match by match and we were very passionate about it.
04:45 But once we have it here I think he is ready.
04:50 I think he practised for this kind of matches.
04:53 He practised for this kind of moments to be there and try to make history step by step.
05:01 He wants to do it.
05:03 But of course we really know that Novak is going to give absolutely his best.
05:09 He is a 22 grand slam champion.
05:11 I think he is going to fight until the last ball and he is going to prepare the match as well as we can do.
05:18 So we expect a really tough and close match.
05:22 But as I said Carlos believes a lot in himself and he believes that he can beat Novak.
05:31 Then we will see.
05:33 I think they both have an amazing level.
05:37 Over here.
05:38 I just wanted to ask you about his non-match day routine.
05:45 Does he not hit at all?
05:47 No, we are hitting today.
05:50 But before the quarter finals he did not hit, right?
05:55 No, we were hitting in another club.
05:57 Oh, you were?
06:00 No, let's say sometimes when we think that we need a day off to recover better or like this, we do it.
06:13 It is not a matter of injuries or other reasons.
06:18 We have been doing that for a long time.
06:21 Maybe this tournament comes more often but it is a coincidence.
06:27 It is not a normal thing but sometimes we think it is best for him to stay fresh and recover.
06:35 Juan Carlos, if we could go back maybe five years or so to when Carlitos was a junior
06:42 and you are watching great players like Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, specifically Djokovic.
06:48 Were there some elements of his game that you looked at with Carlitos maybe to model?
06:54 No.
06:57 Not at that moment.
06:58 I saw Carlos and of course I studied his game and tried to make him learn about everything to grow up.
07:11 On his technical, on his personal things and everything.
07:16 Obviously the examples of Rafa Novak and Roger are there and are the best.
07:23 About attitude or trying to be motivated every tournament that they go and fight.
07:32 But about technical it is impossible to copy someone and try to pass to Carlos.
07:41 I think Carlos has his own skills and I try to make them bigger every day and improve.
07:51 I think he is very natural.
07:53 He is kind of game and play and performance.
07:58 That is all I wanted to do and make him one of the best in the world.
08:05 Juan Carlos, talking about your career for a minute.
08:10 We took the same flight back from Shanghai to Europe after the ATP finals.
08:15 It is a long flight.
08:17 What were you thinking about?
08:20 Did you have ambitions to be a coach early on or when did that kick in for you?
08:25 Not at that time.
08:27 No, I think it came to me after having a rest after retirement.
08:38 I remember I had been on my academy, get married, I had my first kid.
08:46 The natural things that I could leave after tennis.
08:50 After that I was given a lot of tips at the academy, at the academy and stayed there.
08:58 Once I was ready to travel again and try to be a coach, that was the moment.
09:07 I communicated to Albert, who is here, that helped me.
09:14 The opportunities arrived and we took it.
09:20 Juan Carlos, what do you think is the optimal mindset to have when you are going to face Djokovic on that big of a court?
09:29 Is there an approach that has to be completely avoided?
09:33 What would be the pep talk you would give Carlos before the match?
09:36 I cannot tell you everything.
09:41 Be prepared. We know Novak a lot.
09:46 We will try to prepare the match about the tactical situations.
09:51 Maybe the situations we are going to have during the match.
09:56 Tough ones or maybe if you don't play as good as the other days, what the attitude has to be.
10:07 These kind of details. As I said, I think Carlos is absolutely ready.
10:13 He wants to play that match. The small details, I cannot tell you.
10:19 (laughing)