“You said on the court that the last four, five weeks have been very difficult for you… Yes, they were, but I just feel proud and happy right now. When I walked to my cubicle, I broke down emotionally. I burst into tears, with my mother and my brother who were present. I hadn’t allowed...
“How did you experience this game? What could you have done better?I did everything I could to put on a good game. My team worked exceptionally to try to give me the keys to approach this match in the best possible way. There is nothing I could have done better today (Sunday). I struggled to...
Here is Novak Djokovic again on top of the world. Winner by hand, in three sets, of Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)), the Serb won his tenth title at the Australian Open in as many finals . With a total of 22 trophies, he joins Rafael Nadal at the top of the Grand...
She managed to tame a temperamental service “I was the queen of double faults this year”. Aryna Sabalenka did not arrive at the Masters in Fort Worth, Texas, at the end of 2022, with the best of speeches concerning her service. At least she was lucid about a season punctuated by 427 double faults (8...
Like last year, a pair of Australians won the men’s doubles final. Guests Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler take over from Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis to win their first trophy in straight sets (6-4, 7-6 [4]) and less than an hour and a half of play against Monegasque Hugo Nys (born in Haute-Savoie) and...
Elena Rybakina, beaten in the Australian Open final by Aryna Sabalenka (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) : “It’s not the result I was expecting but these two weeks have been very profitable for me. Getting into the top 10 isn’t going to change me as a person. It will just be beneficial because I will be seeded...
The closer this Australian Open final approached, the more Elena Rybakina explained that her experience at Wimbledon, where she had conquered his first Grand Slam title seven months ago, served him in this tournament. And we wanted to believe her as lifting a Major is an experience like no other in tennis. Certainly, that could...
“How do you feel after this success in the semi-finals against Tommy Paul?Finding myself in the final is exactly what I had imagined and hoped for when I came here. Have already played many halves (9 before Friday) in Melbourne helped me and the fact that I never lost in the final (9 out of...
Tommy Paul (beaten in the Australian Open semi-finals by Novak Djokovic): “It went very quickly at the start of the match because Novak (Djokovic) turned out remarkably well. And above all very deep. He thus prevented me from developing the game plan I had in mind. For example, my idea was to sometimes play serve...
The challenge obviously seemed immense for Tommy Paul. And the American (25 years old, first participation in a Grand Slam semi-final) did not pick it up, even if he was able – a little – to believe it during his crazy comeback in the first round where he was easily dominated before coming back to...