OPEN D'AUSTRALIE - Rafael Nadal s'est qualifié pour les demi-finales de l'Open d'Australie en battant Denis Shapovalov en cinq sets (6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3), mardi. Le Majorquin, victime de problèmes d'estomac au milieu du match, a estimé que c'était grâce à son service retrouvé dans le cinquième set, qu'il avait réussi à vaincre son jeune adversaire canadien. Il est pass en "mode survie".
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00:00 - Hey, Rafa, congratulations once again, Italize.
00:05 How much of an advantage is it when you get...
00:07 - Oh, thank you very much.
00:08 - ...when you get into the fifth set
00:10 against someone whom you know admires you,
00:13 someone you've beaten four times in a row?
00:15 How much of a psychological advantage is it?
00:20 - Well, at that point, I never thought about that, no.
00:22 I was just trying to survive
00:25 because I was destroyed physically.
00:26 I had a little bit of issue in my stomach,
00:29 so I just was trying to survive in some way, you know.
00:35 I just win my serves
00:36 and then expect a miracle on the return, no?
00:40 So, yeah, it had been a very emotional match,
00:44 very tough physically and mentally
00:46 because I think I was playing great,
00:47 but then I had my chances at the beginning of the third,
00:51 but then I started to feel a little bit more tired
00:54 and tired and the stomach was closing,
00:57 so I was not able to breathe the perfect way.
01:02 He's younger now and he's in very tough conditions.
01:06 A little bit of advantage for him in the longer match.
01:10 But, well, I was there mentally all the time,
01:13 fighting even though the feeling was not great.
01:16 I had my chance at that 5-3, 15-40,
01:20 but then he served huge.
01:22 But then, well, for me, it's amazing to win this match
01:25 and be in the semifinals one more time here in Australia.
01:29 It means everything to me and I'm very emotional.
01:32 Rafa, your serve, I have to ask you about your serve.
01:34 You're serving brilliantly.
01:36 You served the right serve at the right time.
01:38 And in the end, was it your serve
01:40 that helped you win this match in the fifth set?
01:44 Yeah, without a doubt.
01:45 If I had to play some rallies from the baseline,
01:47 it would be impossible because I felt too tired.
01:51 So I just tried to be very focused on my serve.
01:53 I know I was serving good the first and the second.
01:57 So I needed to get three points on that.
02:00 And as I said before,
02:02 wait for a chance on the return.
02:04 That wasn't easy because, honestly,
02:06 he was serving huge too.
02:08 And especially his second serve had been,
02:12 for me, super difficult to read.
02:15 And he served plenty of times, over 180, the second.
02:20 So he was going for big serves
02:23 and on important points too.
02:25 So, yeah, my serve worked, I think, well.
02:29 And especially in some important moments,
02:31 I was able to get that three points that I needed.
02:33 [Générique]