Reilly Opelka était à une marche d'un parcours inoubliable et de la validation d'une superbe résurrection. Après avoir déjà éliminé Fédérico Gomez au premier tour (7-5, 6-4), Mattéo Arnaldi ensuite (7-6(9), 7-6(4), Novak Djokovic en quart de finale (7-6(6), 6-3) et Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard en demi-finale (6-3, 7-6(4), l'Américain disputait sa première finale depuis 2022. Mais voilà, usé par son parcours, le géant n'a tenu que cinq jeux avant d'être contraint de jeter l'éponge. Jiri Lehecka, qui menait 4-1, a donc décroché le titre, le second de sa carrière.
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00:00Well done on the singles and the doubles I guess you know it was like a good
00:07match how you feeling after quite a sort of you know I guess you know sort of big
00:12night yeah thank you I mean it was a tough week for me definitely you know
00:19together with Dubs competition to play 10 matches in a in a week is never easy
00:24you know we had a couple of days where we needed to play doubles after singles
00:27which was very exhausting but yeah here I am I'm very happy that I won
00:33unfortunately in the end was a bit sad if I would have to choose I would
00:39definitely choose to to finish the match differently but you know that's
00:43how it is I perfectly know how he feels happened to me also so yeah I wish him
00:50just speedy recovery and I hope it's nothing serious
00:55did you know that he had a back injury like you know going into the match no no
01:00I had no clue from what I heard he warm and warmed up normally I saw him
01:06yesterday how he beaten patchy and the level was amazing they played a great
01:12match so yeah I must say that I had no idea that he's going with that he's
01:17having any problems I just saw during yesterday's match that he was just
01:24talking to his team about his left wrist I just saw it from the TV that's
01:29all I saw so yeah that he has a problem with the back I had no no idea about
01:35that you said that you've been been through similar was that was that I was
01:39that I am back injury as well yeah yeah happened to me in Madrid last year I had
01:45a stress fracture on my th9 vertebra and has that now good I must say all good
01:53yeah since I started to play again in the summer my first tournament was
02:00Cincinnati Masters since I started to play again I have never felt anything
02:04again and I hope it stays that way and what are the plans this week now will
02:09you play in Adelaide I still need to decide definitely Adelaide is a place
02:13where I love to come back I mean last year I wanted won my first title there
02:17so it's I mean it's same like everywhere in Australia you know the conditions
02:23are great the staff and all the people doing tournament are very helpful and
02:28very professional which is a big help into this into you know like the
02:34decision-making whether you want to go there or not but I must say that my body
02:39got a very you know exhausting week here in Brisbane so we will still need to
02:46talk with my team I haven't spoke to them since I walked out of the court so
02:51yeah we will make a decision soon but if you if you if you don't don't don't
02:56play there I guess like as you said you played ten matches here this week so
03:00you're in pretty good condition for the for the Aussie open then no definitely I
03:05mean I think this is the best possible preparation which a player can have I
03:11mean to play that amount of matches helps for sure and definitely it will be
03:20good challenge for me to to prepare for the Aussie open as well because you know
03:26the biggest difference is that here and also in Adelaide you have a roof you
03:30know on all the courts so if I don't count two doubles matches then I played
03:36basically everything under the roof and then you know you go to Melbourne you
03:41play if you basically almost everything outdoor you know with no roof if there
03:48is no rain or something so it'll be I would need some time to to get used to
03:55the heat again but you know the conditions here were not also very easy
04:00so few days was humid but yeah it will be a bit different there so this week
04:07was definitely helpful. Will you and Menzing play play play doubles again at
04:12the Aussie Open? At the Aussie Open no we will both focus on singles of course it's
04:18a bit different you know it's a best-of-five you know matches can be
04:22much more tougher much more longer much longer and we will focus on our singles
04:27matches there singles competition but definitely in the future I think if
04:33there will be any good chance you know tournament which will make sense for
04:38both of us to play doubles in then we will join together again we will we will
04:43sign in and we will see how it goes. You've had a massive week here in Brizzy
04:51this is now your second title after Adelaide last year what is it about
04:55Brisbane Australia the courts is there something here that's super special?
05:00I think you know it's funny to say but after we arrived here from Europe
05:08everything seems special you know in Europe it's snow you know it's a cold
05:16there so no jokes aside I mean here in Australia I always felt good you know I
05:23always felt that the conditions on court and also off court are the ones which
05:28suits me well I like the courts I like the speed of the courts and also the the
05:34balls are the ones which I'm looking for also when I'm practicing back home
05:39you know every player has a different opinion on that but these conditions
05:45here I find very helpful also for the for the body you know and definitely you
05:53know these conditions are good I feel that it suits my game well also that the
05:59game I am trying to play the aggressive game style going to the net going for
06:04winners that these conditions they suit my game well also so that's a big help
06:11for the beginning of the season.
06:16Congratulations on your week you've in your singles from your singles
06:21perspective you had straight sets wins over Holger Ruhn, Nicholas Jarry and of
06:24course Grigor Dimitrov is it encouraging that you're able to play so well against
06:28quite different types of players? No definitely I mean it's a this week was
06:35a you know so many different players on the other side of the court I started
06:42against Holger you know who is a big hitter you know very solid player who is
06:45I would say very experienced for how young is he then I went to play against
06:52Yoshihito Nishioka you know lefty player you know he likes to run he likes to put
06:58every time an extra ball into play he's lefty you know so that was another
07:04challenge from that you know directly to play Nicholas Jarry you know big server
07:09guy who is going into every ball to Grigor who is playing one-handed
07:15backhand you know finishing with Reilly who is a very tall guy serving big you
07:23know it's just it's something that I find very positive and I'm very happy
07:31and I think that also me and my team we find that very very positive that I'm
07:37able to produce a good level against any type of player doesn't matter if he's
07:42tall small or if he is hitting or if he's serving well and from what we found
07:50out is that I'm just trying to focus on myself I'm just trying to focus on my
07:55game to do my things well to not to think about things that I can't change
08:01and just to focus on things that I can improve during the match from my side
08:05and in my game and that's something what helped me through this week definitely
08:11that even that I had some bad moments on court I was just trying to focus on what
08:17I want to do not what on the opponent is doing and that's definitely a big
08:22plus and big improvement in my game
08:27congratulations I mean we've had some great preparation here in Brisbane what
08:30are your goals heading into the Australian Open definitely the goals are
08:35very high I played quarter-finals two years ago so I know that I'm capable of
08:40such a result but you know we will see I I know that I have the game I had the
08:46level I beat some good players already and this week also helped me you know to
08:53build my confidence up so I will have a high goals I don't want to say that I'm
09:00going to win you know but I will do my best to go as far as I can and we will
09:07see if I if I improve my best results to one more round to be great