The 72nd world did not hide his happiness after his feat against Alexander Zverev, world number 3.
The best victory of his career
“This victory represents years of work, years of belief, years of relentlessness in this sport which is a passion, but which is also so complicated. And that one, I will have it for life on my CV. I beat the world number 3 on the central court of Wimbledon. It proves that I am capable of it. I have often worried about the players of this caliber, on great chelems. I had never managed to shake hands with the guy as a winner. This is the case. So here it is, it validates the fact that I am capable of it. ”
His emotions on the court
“It was difficult to find the words to describe what I felt on the short center of Wimbledon. All world players know how an incredible privilege is to play on it. And when we play against a guy like Sascha (Zverev), who is number 3 in the world, who has probably been there for ten years, a very regular player, and that we beat him in five sets, we cannot ask for much more. “
The interruption on Monday evening due to the curfew
“We were at a set everywhere, so the conditions were excellent, of course, but the 23-hour curfew is the rule here. It is the only Grand Chelem tournament where you can’t play until the end of the evening. It’s like that. We have to fold there. Alcaraz and Fognini played more than four and a half hours for the first game, which will probably not happen in the history of the first round, from the first match on the short center, I’m sure. But that’s how it goes. “
Its loss management of 4e set
“I don’t know. I just tried to forget it and focus on the present moment. I went to the bathroom, I changed everything, all my clothes, and I thought it was a match in a set and that I had to give everything, without regrets at the end. ”
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His game plan
“Her ball (at Zverev) goes very quickly, she is very deep, but it is not a guy who will get into the field all the time. I had to be offensive. I managed to do it and that’s why I win. He knows very well that the guys will serve him on the forehand also on the important points. It was necessary to surprise, it was necessary to serve him the reverse and be able to go up to the net because otherwise he settles in the court, finds a lot of depth and behind it is very difficult to be offensive. ”
The contribution of his coach Lucas Pouille
“Already, it is an exceptional guy who was top 10, who won so many huge games in his career that it is a chance to count him next to me and live these moments with him. Over the past two days, we experienced a crazy match. I think that we have not yet had time to debrief, but we had a kind of cohesion and exchange, whether opposite or vocally, on tactical or match management. When you are a player you can not ask better from your coach than to have this kind of relationship live. I can only thank him with all my heart and I hope we will live others. He is a coach, but he is still a player. Admittedly, he is convalescent, but he does everything you need to recover and show us what he is capable of on the field. ”
The lawn and him
“I have never managed to play too much on this surface at the moment. This year it changes a little bit, I had beautiful victories and some results, so it’s pretty cool. I may have had a little experience of Lucas who taught me 2-3 little things, knowing that he is a very good lawn player, but it is true that it was not necessarily my best surface. I had very correct results on all surfaces, except the lawn, so it only requires doing better. Again, it starts tomorrow. ”
His next opponent Garin
“He is a great lawn player, since he reached the quarters here, I believe, a few years ago (2022). He is therefore able to win many matches on this surface. It will therefore be very difficult. It will not be on the same short, it will be another kind of player, necessarily, fresher than me. Now that does not prevent that tomorrow there will be a match and that today’s victory is magnificent. ”
