00:00Yeah, of course, I didn't know much about the opponent, so we had to find some matches
00:06in the internet.
00:07It was my team watching more.
00:09So we kind of knew how he plays and that's the way he played was we knew that he can
00:13hit strong, that he goes for the shots.
00:16The only thing that usually he misses a lot today, I mean, by the stats, I saw that he
00:21made a lot of unforced errors, but at least second and third set, I didn't feel that he
00:25was making a lot because he was playing well.
00:28I only got one chance where I could break and I should have done better and that's why
00:32I lost a third set, but in general, it was kind of a top level from him.
00:36Serving good, one break each set, just what you need to do to win matches and I'm happy
00:42that I managed to stay tough.
00:44I think, in my opinion, I didn't play bad level.
00:46I played quite well and will for sure try to play better and better throughout the tournament.
00:52Questions for Buk?
00:54Slavim Godun, Danil.
00:56From Bratislava, Serbia.
00:57If you were told that success is money, girls and casino, what would you say to them?
01:05Do you think that you are more like a retro guy than like a new tech kind of person?
01:11Oh, I don't know.
01:13I said whatever like came to my mind, success can be.
01:17Many things can be, you know, family, a house, somewhere, wherever he wants.
01:22But yeah, I mean, I mean it, you know, if he plays like he played today, it's going
01:26to take time.
01:27He's going to lose some matches also, but he's going to win a lot this year.
01:31And then you can be like top hundred.
01:34It's a little bit of a different story coming from challengers.
01:37But as I joked to my team, the next challenger he plays, in my opinion, has to win it.
01:42If he plays like today, he wins the next challenger.
01:44Maybe in the final he gets top hundred guy and it can be a bit tougher.
01:48But yeah, I'm probably more of a new tech guy.
01:53But I would love to live in the retro world and see how it is because I think I would
01:57enjoy it more.
01:59James.
02:00Daniil, how big do you think the fine is going to be for breaking the camera in the net?
02:04Honestly, I hope not too big because probably like the fine is usually for breaking the
02:10record and the camera is going to cost some.
02:12But I don't think GoPro is that expensive.
02:14But what I have to say is that the camera was very, very strong because my record didn't
02:19handle the damage, but the camera did.
02:23It broke down, but there was not one piece going out from the camera.
02:28Very strong.
02:29I was very surprised because when I did it, I didn't want to smash the record in pieces.
02:33And when I saw the record, I was like, OK, time to take a new one, I guess.
02:39Sorry, sorry, sorry.
02:40Sorry, sorry, sorry.
02:41We have there.
02:42And then you need to raise your hand.
02:43There.
02:44Aish from Sportskeeda.
02:45So Kasidic used drop shots very effectively today.
02:49We know you like to stay deep in the court.
02:51So do you see a technical...
02:57Do you think about bringing a technical change in that aspect?
03:00The thing is that he used them in the first, not really first, but second set.
03:04And second set I was close.
03:06It's just the same.
03:07My team watched the matches.
03:08They said they didn't see one drop shot.
03:10And today it's one thing to do the drop shots.
03:12A lot of people do this against me.
03:14Not everyone wins.
03:15It's the other thing to do it like he did it.
03:17He was doing it like one meter behind the net with a backspin and pretty low.
03:22I was like, OK, when is he going to miss one?
03:24And then he missed like one or two, maybe in the fourth and fifth set.
03:29OK, thank you very much.
03:30Because, again, the drop shots he made today, they would work almost against everyone.
03:35Not only against me.
03:36Maybe Yannick, Carlos, maybe not.
03:38But so many guys it would work against them too.
03:41So just needs to continue doing it.
03:43But, again, not really worried about the drop shots in general.
03:48Actually worked a lot during the prison.
03:51So wished I could be better today.
03:53But it takes time.
03:55Scott.
03:56Welcome back.
03:57You seem to indicate on the court that this is the sort of match that you really needed
04:00to get time in the legs, a five setter, and a bit of a challenge.
04:03And that was, again, the right thing early in the new year?
04:06I would be more pleased if it would be three sets.
04:09It was more of a joke.
04:11But it is what it is.
04:12You know, you're in a Grand Slam.
04:14You need to win.
04:15Two sets to one down is not an easy feeling.
04:17I was like, you know, I don't want to be on the flight tomorrow.
04:20And I tried my best to stay tough, to win it.
04:25Again, I felt like I was concentrated the whole match.
04:28Unfortunately, like, one thing is going to be all over the social medias about the record.
04:34But if not the whole match, I stayed tough.
04:36Like, I was concentrated.
04:37Even after this incident, straight away the game, I had a break point.
04:40Could have come back in the set.
04:43So I'm happy with the way I, again, I say it again, but with the way I stayed tough,
04:49stayed concentrated.
04:50That's what I want to do much more this year than I was able to do last year.
04:54And was a good start regarding this case.
04:57Danilo, obviously a three-time runner-up in this tournament.
05:00Do you use that as fuel to motivate you to hopefully go one better?
05:05100%.
05:06Big motivation.
05:07It's finally the tournament I like.
05:09The tournament I can play well in because I played, you know, some of my best matches here.
05:15And to be on the two finals I lost against Rafa and Yannick, I was playing unbelievable tennis.
05:20Like, maybe the tennis that I don't play every time.
05:23So it's a great motivation to try again.
05:26Have the final.
05:27Try to do better.
05:29We've been two sets too low up.
05:31I would take it again and just try to finish it three, four, five sets.
05:35Doesn't matter.
05:36Big motivation to try to get the title for sure.
05:39Last two, Howard and Catherine.
05:41Hi, Danilo.
05:44You play matches sometimes early in the morning, sometimes middle of the day like today.
05:49Sometimes under the lights at night.
05:51You've had success in all those settings.
05:53Which do you prefer?
05:54When do you like to play the most?
05:56Six or seven.
05:57Some tournaments make it six.
05:59I think Indian Wells and some other.
06:00Six or seven is for me the best timing.
06:03It's not too late.
06:04And you finish, you usually go to bed just after midnight, which is still fine.
06:09And you have all the day.
06:11Like, I like to wake up easy, to not rush.
06:14Because even today when the match was like during the day, which was not early, still you wake up, you warm up, you eat.
06:22And I woke up at 7.30, which I prefer to do it later.
06:26But then you adapt.
06:28And that's what I said.
06:29Like, usually I think last year I lost more matches than I should playing early.
06:35So I try to adapt it with my team to be better.
06:40And today was also waking up early, winning the match.
06:45Good.
06:46For a 7 p.m. start, what time would you wake up?
06:499.30 probably.
06:51So it gives me two extra hours of sleep, which is always great.
06:54I think we all love to sleep.
06:56Some people more than the others.
06:57I love to sleep.
06:58Last one, Catherine.
07:00Hi, Janil.
07:01Stefanos was in here yesterday.
07:03Obviously a really tough loss for him yesterday and a tough period.
07:05He was talking about feeling kind of jaded with the tour and feeling like he'd been ground down by the lifestyle kind of over the last few years.
07:16I just wondered if you can relate to that at all, whether you've ever had periods of feeling that way.
07:21And if not, how have you avoided that?
07:24Honestly, in a way, always.
07:28I think when you're 21, you don't have it.
07:30You travel.
07:31You love it.
07:32Challengers.
07:33Then if you get your ATP tour, as I said, it's a better life.
07:37And you love it.
07:39And then at one moment, OK, you're used to it.
07:43It's not the right word.
07:44For example, talking about me, I started to have a family.
07:46Tougher to go away from them sometimes.
07:50And the higher you go, I would say the bigger the stakes.
07:57So you demand a lot from yourself.
07:59Stefanos is a winner of several Masters thousands.
08:03Masters at the end of the year.
08:05He made two Grand Slam finals or three.
08:08And so whenever you are down a little bit, meaning losing first round or something like this,
08:14depends a lot from you because you have a very high expectation from yourself.
08:18So it's tough.
08:19I had it last year for sure.
08:21And then of the year I had it like when I was younger.
08:24End of the year was my best time because I didn't care.
08:27End of the year, beginning of the year.
08:29Now, sometimes during the year, I start to get really tired from the tour.
08:33It demands a lot.
08:34But you have to deal with it.
08:37And at least I can tell that every beginning of the year, I feel very fresh.
08:41And now I'm very fresh.
08:42So that's what I try to do in preseason.
08:44Take a lot of rest.
08:45And again, we did a lot of adjustments with the team to try to have this year good till the end.
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