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On his complicated start to the match
“I started very well, I was leading 4-1 and I even almost got the double breaker. Then I moved against the wind and I made a very bad service game with two double faults, two missed drop shots to lose the service 4-3, and the Momentum passed on his side. I started to doubt my shots. He started to believe in himself. He just had a better mentality on the pitch. He dictated the game. I didn't hold the rallies. He read my services well and attacked them. So I was really in defense mode. There wasn't much positive for me in terms of the game. I was too passive. And on grass, it can go very quickly.
On the saving toilet break
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I took a bathroom break at the end of the second set and took the opportunity to talk to myself in the mirror to cheer myself up. It was just a pep talk, a positive talk.
It boosted me.
I did it after losing two sets in the French Open final against Tsitsipas, and today it worked.
It doesn't always work.
It is not a guarantee.
But I felt that I had to change something.
I wasn't playing well, I didn't feel good on the court, I was dominated by Sinner.
But I always believed that I could come back.
Luckily Grand Slams are best of five, so I had the opportunity to come back.
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On the remount
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I have experience of this kind of situation.
It was two different types of matches and I felt completely different from the start of the third.
On the way back, I had the chance to break quickly in the third set, it gave me confidence and I felt that he had started to doubt.
I kind of played a new game.
I played the last three really solid and very high quality sets.
From the start of the third set, when I first grabbed his serve, I felt I had found my rhythm and tempo.
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On the experience of the 5th set
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I feel like Sinner, coming into the match, didn't have much to lose, but he had a lot to lose when he was leading by two sets to nil.
I could feel it mentally.
Sinner is a young player, who hasn't played many five-set matches in his life.
It was his first quarter-final here.
I've done a lot...
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On his future opponent Cameron Norrie
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I trained a few times against him.
I know his game well. We only played against each other in the last Masters.
Here the tournament is different, the environment is different.
He will have a whole country behind him on Center Court in the semi-finals.
I know what to expect.
He won't have much to lose.
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