00:00I'm happy about the performance today obviously it's day by day I felt like
00:09that my level has has been better so happy about that and let's see what's
00:14coming in the next run okay name and affiliation please one question would
00:19like sir yes sir I just wonder about the psychology for you over the last couple
00:25of days obviously seeing Carlos lose and then Novak lose and how that impacts
00:29you emotionally coming into a game like this seeing your rivals lose no it's it
00:35shows that you know the sport is is unpredictable no whenever you drop a
00:42little bit of your level you know if it's mental if it's tennis wise or
00:45physical at the end it's it has a huge impact on the result and and both
00:52opponents with the lost against a the plates are incredible tennis and and you
00:59know it happens so I just watch on my on my side what I have to do you know
01:06that I guess I've done also in the last and last period of time and and then we
01:12see what I can do but yeah that's it Charlie in the back
01:18as well you've played him many times just how tough is it to play him like
01:23what makes it so difficult just thinking about how big an achievement it was from
01:27yeah it's well first of all very tough no it's it's tough to get the ball past
01:35him you know he's moving so good and also the serve has has improved a lot
01:42you know he plays with a very high percentage of first serves you know he
01:48can mix up the return position it's very dangerous when he when he plays the
01:54forehand when he has time so there are many many great things obviously you
01:58know he has been number one in the world and and and winning multiple Grand Slams
02:03so it's it's it's tough to find weaknesses from this kind of players and
02:08and also mentally you know he's he's a huge competitor very tough to beat so
02:14you know things considered this is whoever wins against him is it's a great
02:22great win right Tommy Paul is up two sets to one so for the moment assuming
02:28he's your next opponent what have you learned from your matches with him and
02:32how would you describe the challenges of playing him yeah a big challenge he is
02:38his great mover he has improved a lot in the in the last period of time and it's
02:44gonna be a tough challenge he plays he plays some great tennis especially here
02:50in America so it's it's it's it's gonna be it's gonna be a tough tough match for
02:58me but hopefully I'm ready to to compete in the best possible way and now I'm
03:04just looking forward to it no it's it's these matches are very exciting to play
03:09and then happy to be part of this so let's see today Chris had never played
03:18on that court he said it was intimidating at the beginning and he
03:22also said that the way you played today he felt clueless on the court and that
03:30he felt suffocated to agree well it's I know my first experience is also on
03:37this court it's it's a bit different you know it's the stadium is massive and but
03:44yeah today I felt like that I raised the level in the in the last couple of
03:48matches now today I felt better on court and trying to trying to play it with
03:55with the right tactical match and and and I executed in a in a very positive
04:02way which which then the outcome we saw but he is he's he's very dangerous player
04:08when he serves great it's it's it's tough to break him you know he has a
04:14good good slice I tried to push him more on that side and then then then trying
04:19to move him around a little bit trying to be unpredictable but yeah I'm very
04:24happy about the way I played today and then you know every opponent is
04:28different so let's see what's coming in the next round but hopefully I can
04:34continue with this positive mindset and then we'll see how it goes
04:38Richard Novak always talked about when he was at number one when you're in the
04:45top ten you can never really let down you've always got to be improving every
04:49day otherwise you're getting worse and I just wondered what your mindset is along
04:53those lines yeah I agree with that it's if you want to stay in the position
04:58where you are you have already to improve if you want to improve the
05:01ranking also and then and the way you play you have to improve even more so
05:05there are always players who who push it to the limits who you understand where
05:12you have to improve and I think that's the best part because you know this is
05:17all part of the process where you have to go through and and and yeah we we
05:22tried to do that me and my team you know there are some some things where you
05:26agree where you don't agree but you know this is it's a good process to make
05:31which means that I care as as a player that I want to get better and also the
05:36coach tells you things that maybe sometimes you don't want to hear but you
05:42know in your mind you know that that that this is going to help you and I
05:46think this is good for for us as players and and it's also nice to have different
05:52players who push it to the limit so it's good
05:57Congratulations. Following up, if you had to say the two or three things that you have
06:06improved this year what are they and what is the one thing that Darren Cahill
06:13most brings to you and your tennis and your life?
06:19The movement I have improved, the physical aspect and also the serve I feel
06:33like that I have improved especially the second serve so I feel like these are
06:37the three things and what Darren always tell me is he's very good because he
06:46understands the position where I am in and the the problems that I had
06:53throughout this period and he's a person who understands that and he still gives
07:00you confidence but he also wants that you work and you know it's it's it's a
07:04great mix of many things and there's not only one so it's for me I feel very good
07:11with him with the mix of Darren and Simona they are two different coaches
07:15completely different but they work very well together they have big respect to
07:21each other and and this is great to see and it's also difficult to find two
07:26coaches who are different but still working very good together and I'm
07:31lucky to have this this kind of team and we try to push forward
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