00:00The playing conditions are a little different. Last year the drift was a bit stronger. But
00:16it's good. It's good to be back. The arena is nice. I enjoy playing here for sure. The
00:20crowd was very good today as well. So yeah, first of all, super happy to get the second
00:25round win here. Kogi is a phenomenal player. I really needed to play my absolute best.
00:30And even though he could have won today. But I'm proud that I found my way through.
00:35A little bit about tomorrow's match. You might meet the Thai player, someone like that.
00:41And we have played a handful of times now. And it's always good battles. So yeah, hopefully
00:49I can get the win again tomorrow. I expect it to be a physical one.
00:52Moving into this edition of the tournament. Any different things you have done? Any different
00:59things you are trying to do?
01:01Not really, no. Obviously I'm in a different place now. I'm ranked high in the world and
01:10I feel people are doing their absolute best to analyse me and bring something new when
01:14they play against me. So that's fun. Try to be one step ahead all the time. But there
01:19are so many good players. I respect all of them. And I know everyone in this field can
01:23give me a very hard time.
01:24When you leave the pack, like you said, you expect people to chase you up. But being on
01:31the top, how different is the mindset?
01:35It's not very different. Because I really believe that everyone in the tournament can
01:41beat everyone. So that's my mindset. I don't go into the matches with additional pressure
01:45because people expect something from me. I know the truth is that everyone can beat everyone.
01:51So I don't let anything else disturb my mind.
01:56Being the defending champion doesn't matter? It's not in your mind?
01:58It doesn't matter anything. It's the past. This is a new tournament. Everyone can beat
02:01everyone. Every match is a 50-50 match. And let's go.
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