Tennis - Wimbledon 2024 - Lorenzo Musetti : "There is more stress against Novak Djokovic..."
Lorenzo Musetti n'a que 22 ans, mais son niveau atteint déjà des sommets. Tête de série n°25 à Wimbledon, l'Italien a rejoint les demi-finales ce mercredi, en dominant Taylor Fritz (n°13) en cinq manches (3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1). Un combat de plus de 3h30 qui a tourné en sa faveur. La prochaine marche à gravir sera bien plus haute. Dans le dernier carré, Musetti affrontera Novak Djokovic (n°2), roi incontesté sur le gazon londonien. Le Serbe sera frais puisqu'il n'a même pas disputé son quart de finale, en raison du forfait d'Alex De Minaur. De quoi avoir légèrement peur.
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00:00Lorenzo, you're in the semi-finals at Wimbledon, how are you feeling?
00:07I mean, probably didn't realise yet everything and really surrounded by really good emotions
00:19and really, really happy of what I've achieved today and really happy on the way I fought until the end
00:29and I found a way to develop my game set after set and it was really a big reaction for me on the 5th
00:40where I probably played my best tennis on this week.
00:45Elena?
00:46Lorenzo, Elena Crooks Press Association, you've lost some really tough ones at Grand Slams,
00:51I just wonder how much of those experiences helped you and how much do you think today will help you in the semi-final?
01:00Yeah, I mean, I've had many tough losses, especially of course the best results before this week were made in French Open
01:14and especially also with Nole two times in the 5th, one time with Stefanos in the 5th,
01:22huge loss against Carlos where I didn't even play my tennis,
01:28so I think I made, of course, a step forward in the maturity and the experience,
01:36you know, probably that loss with all the champions made me think, made me work harder
01:46and the win of today probably is the result and I think I can have a chance with Nole in the next round.
01:57Rob?
01:58Lorenzo, can I take you back to that match at Roland Garros with Novak,
02:02the ridiculous nature of going to two, three in the morning and are you quite glad there is a curfew here?
02:08Yeah, I mean, before in the mixed zone I was joking about not finishing again at 3am,
02:16but jokes apart, I mean, it was such a nice match, I had my chances,
02:23I didn't probably take the chances that I got, especially on the 4th where I was leading the 3rd and the 2nd,
02:37so I think I analysed really well that match and the key moments where I could do better
02:49and I put myself in that position, so I think in the past weeks, starting from Stuttgart,
02:59I started to feel more continuous on that, on the attitude and even today I have to, you know,
03:08thank myself for the attitude that I had, especially losing the first set really,
03:13not in a positive way where I didn't feel myself really well, I didn't feel the ball, I was a little bit nervous
03:22and then immediately with a positive attitude I changed all my mindset and also the feeling with the ball was better,
03:32so that's probably what I have to do in the next round also.
03:35Matt?
03:36Congratulations.
03:38Thanks.
03:39You played with a terrific amount of variety in your game today
03:45and I wanted to ask you if that's something you've been focusing on developing over the past year
03:51and is that something that has made you more comfortable on grass,
03:56the ability to use that and made you understand how to play on this surface?
04:00That's probably something that I say I found it more, how can I say, like, worse for the other guys,
04:13you know, to be having not each shot the same, especially like with a good baseliner like Taylor,
04:24if you play like every time flat, I cannot win a point, I mean, I'm playing his game,
04:30so probably he was the strategy to, you know, to try to mix every ball and try to lead the game
04:39because a certain point of the match I felt that from the baseline I could, let's say, win every point
04:47because he was, let's say, not in a good position with all my variations,
04:53so it's certainly something that I'm really working on it, but since I was a kid I always made,
05:03I always didn't like to do the same stuff on the court, not to be, let's say, monotonic on the court,
05:14so probably it's a big help on grass and I'm using pretty well this week.
05:20How would you describe what it's like to play against Djokovic
05:25and what your thoughts are on his place in the history of the sport?
05:31Of course, I played him many times in different stages, even big ones,
05:40like, of course, two times in French Open, I beat him one time in Monte Carlo,
05:50then I lost all the others, but I have to say with Nole I always found it,
05:56after the match I always finish with a lesson and, of course, the last match was really an intense match
06:05from both players and really stressful match, so what I have to say,
06:14against him you are probably more stressed because he's probably the best player ever
06:23or one of the best players ever and you will concur with a different mentality,
06:31but, as I said before, I think if I play in a certain way I could have my shot in the next round.
06:48It's not every day that we see Queen Camilla swapping from centre court to go to number one court
06:53and doing the Mexican wave for you, I just wonder what your thoughts are on that
06:58and also if you can reflect about the semi-final as well and, you know,
07:02it's not every day you reach that stage of Wimbledon and what it means to you.
07:06Honestly, I didn't know about that because it was so crowded that I couldn't see, not even my friends,
07:14so I'm really glad that she was there, I didn't have the opportunity to meet her
07:22and it would be an honour for me, you know, to be playing in front of such a big person as her
07:31and, of course, for me it's a kind of magic day for me, probably one of the, after, I have to say,
07:42the birth of my son I will put in the second position today for my career.
07:50Of course, for my career it's the best day of my life.