JANNIK SINNER ON HIS INSPIRATIONS - ‘I was a skier and I know Lindsey Vonn a little bit and her career showed a lot of hard work, passion and comebacks and I also read the book of Zlatan Ibrahimovic which is also a very good story, but there are so many, LeBron James, I’m not following so much basketball, but it’s so nice’.
ALEX DE MINAUR NOTES TO HIS YOUNGER SELF - ‘Take it easy, don’t put a lot of pressure on yourself and enjoy the moment. If you’re playing these tournaments it means you have the level to play the best in the world, so just believe in yourself. Also, don’t dwell on the past. Live in the present and have a memory of a goldfish, because you’re going to lose a lot of tennis matches’.
ALEJANDRO DAVIDOVICH FOKINA ON HIS GOALS - ’This year I want to be more stable on tour and to win more matches. I did half a year and I hope, if the first title comes, it’ll be more easy for me to believe I can win a title. I have done a lot of quarter-finals and it’s a little bit of a push for myself that I have to win those next two matches, so I hope that higher level is going to be more consistent’.
DAVIDOVICH FOKINA’S COACH JORGE AGUIRRE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGY - ’Sport and life are the same. The key is to understand the person, Alejandro in this case, and helping him to grow, to make the days easier and understand his personality. All these players are tornados, without that it’s not possible to be here, but that you should use in the right way as this energy is so strong’.
GAEL MONFILS ON HIS CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE - ’To have my baby girl, it’s tough for me to travel, so I’m home with her, different perspective, different goals. My priority was to best the best I can in tennis and it still is, but now my first priority is to know that my family and of course my daughter is good, feels good and then tennis is second in a way’.
TOMMY PAUL ON WHAT HE EATS TO FUEL HIS BODY - ‘When I wake up the first thing I eat is an omelette, but before that, first thing’s first I get my cup of coffee along with a cup of water. For coffee I’m a black drip coffee guy, but everyone makes fun of me because I don’t really like fancy coffee, I can go gas station coffee and be happy’.
J.J.WOLF ON HIS MOTIVATION - ‘We have a ton of athletes in my family and we have a ton of methods that we talk about, but the one similarity that we talk about is that we all have one thing that they remember before they step on court and I have a cousin who’s very special, he can’t talk, he was supposed to never be able to walk, so all of us were taught when we were very young is to play for those who can’t’.
- Podcast presenter - Seb Lauzier
- Interviews by Jill Craybas, Ursin Caderas and Candy Reid
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Feature by ATP Media
- Alex De Minaur & Tommy Paul features by ATP Uncovered