Jannik Sinner on securing a semi-final spot — Quarter-Finals Press Conference — Wimbledon 2026

[0:01] Good afternoon, welcome to the press conference for Yannick Sinner. [0:04] Please raise your hand if you would like to ask a question. [0:07] Yannick, straight sets, win over a tough opponent. Happy with your form today? [0:12] Yeah, tough match, of course, very different to the opponents I've had until now. [0:19] And it was a very solid performance from my side, so I'm very happy. [0:23] And now let's see what's coming in the next round. [0:29] Yannick, great win. We were speaking to Taylor Fritz yesterday [0:32] and he said when he looks at his next opponent, he doesn't actually like to look at the match live [0:37] when they're still playing. He likes to wait after they've done playing to analyse who he knows he's going to play. [0:42] How do you approach that as Novak and Felix are about to get on court? [0:46] No, sorry, I didn't. [0:48] How do you approach your method of analysing your next opponent when you still don't know who you're playing? [0:54] Do you do it during the match between Novak and Felix or do you wait after the match? [0:59] Yeah, of course I'm going to watch. I like to watch tennis in any case. [1:06] But yeah, of course I also know that it is different because whoever I'm going to play, [1:18] you know, it's going to be a different match, you know, with me or with anyone else because of certain tactical stuff. [1:25] But yeah, I mean, I'm going to watch. I like to watch tennis in general and it's going to be a good match, I think, to watch as well. [1:35] And then, of course, after. It's a bit different because we have two days off. [1:39] So it's going to be a very relaxed day tomorrow, a little bit harder than the next day again. [1:45] And then hopefully be ready for the semi-finals. [1:49] Hey, Yannick, well done. It's kind of hot out there today. [1:54] I'm curious, does the heat feel different here than it did in Paris and Australia? [1:59] It felt OK. I mean, it was warm, but nothing crazy. [2:04] So in Australia, I feel like it's tougher because also on the surface you're playing, you know, with hardcourt, [2:13] it comes also from underneath and a little bit more of it was quite dry today, [2:20] which is a big difference when it's humid and warm. It's different again. [2:25] But no, I felt quite comfortable today. It was warm, yes, but it was similar, I feel like, to Paris maybe, you know. [2:35] But yeah, it was OK. [2:40] Hi, Yannick. Obviously, we don't know who you're going to play yet, but if you play Novak, [2:45] you had that good winning run against him and then obviously he got you in Australia. [2:50] Does that change the dynamic at all? Does it change anything about this match-up, the fact that he won in Melbourne? [2:56] I mean, first of all, let's see, you know, he has a tough match. [3:00] If it's Novak, I feel like every match is different, you know, even when I had, you know, this small streak with him, [3:14] I felt like every match has really his own story and especially when you play in a surface like this, you know, [3:21] if you have a bad serving day or not feeling the ball very well, it's going to be very, very tough, you know. [3:28] So in any case, I'm happy to be back in the semis. I'm happy to fight for every ball. [3:36] And then we see, you know, I mean, more I cannot do, you know, so he has won this tournament so many times [3:45] and he knows exactly how to approach it. And I'm looking forward to it. [3:49] And if it's Felix, we played each other a couple of times now, so we know a little bit what to expect. [3:59] We practiced before the tournament. He was a really, really aggressive player. [4:05] So in any case, it's going to be, first of all, I'm happy to be there as a semi-finals once again here [4:12] and trying to play the best possible tennis I can. And I hope also for a good day. [4:19] Arriving in this last stretch, what are you the most satisfied with regarding your game? [4:26] What is the part you're like, OK, this is going the way I want to? [4:30] I felt like I'm serving in important moments. I felt like I was serving quite intelligently today. [4:42] Even though I was a break-up second set, had a drop of concentration again, but I tried to stay there mentally [4:49] in every service game. And, yeah, also how I handle, you know, important moments in that match, you know, [4:59] because if you lose second set, everything can happen again, especially with big servers, [5:04] you have less control. So that's for sure something I can be proud of. And that's it. [5:11] You know, I felt like today was, again, a small step better because it was a very different opponent [5:17] I've faced until now. Big server here on grass is always tough. So I'm happy about today's performance. [5:26] And now, of course, I try to be as ready as I can for the semis. [5:32] Janik, your team always wear the same colour as each other. Who chooses that colour and how many are there? [5:40] You need to ask my team. Not me. [5:44] Are you in charge of that? No. No, I'm not in charge. The only colour I don't like is a white hat. [5:52] For a certain reason. Because we have a not good win percentage when they have a white cap. [6:00] But the rest, they choose. [6:06] Thank you very much. We'll switch to Italian. [6:08] Italian. [6:09] So girls go to Italian and they are agey. [6:10] I mean, you can tell DP this stuff for us. [6:13] Oooh... [6:14] LOL, idea. [6:16] That's my home probably a little bit, but that's great, it's interesting, especially if not. [6:20] That kind of thing is fun. [6:25] Unbelievable,선ene... [6:27] One thing, you know. [6:28] You know, if you look at the algorithm, my feeder picture. [6:31] That's beautiful. [6:33] You know what's on the theory that you learn from.