Australian Open Stefanos Tsitsipas

Australian Open Saturday, 13 February 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stefanos Tsitsipas Press Conference

both of them? S. TSITSIPAS/M. Ymer STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: They both have similar game 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 style, serve, trying to take the forehand from early on and press. They're aggressive players. I don't think they are THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. as aggressive as some serve-and-volleyers, for example, who like to serve-and-volley and keep it really, really Q. You played your quarantine practice partner aggressive. They have a very modernized, very fast today. Can you give us your thoughts on how that game, and I've played both of them. I think our level of match went, please? tennis is pretty much the same, so it all comes to fighting and just determination, I think. STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: Clean game. I think I kept things simple, didn't complicate whatever tactics or Q. On the point of the crowds and the lack of the whatever use of my game I wanted to execute today. I'd crowds, does it take you a while to get used to one or say I entered a little bit stressed in the match. I don't the other? know why, for which reasons, but over time I got used to the conditions, to the big court, and I think I managed to STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: It's all in the head. It's only sustain my level and even raise my level once I got a few mental. breaks ahead. That gave me a lot of confidence, and I felt like I was on top of my game at that point. Q. How would you describe the challenge when you know that Djokovic and Nadal are still in the draw, Q. Can you talk about how the atmosphere changed and to what degree do you watch them when you're without the fans and how that affected you? not playing?

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: You know, I was practicing STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: I might watch them a little bit with Mikael during our quarantine we had to undergo for on TV if it happens that the TV is on or the right channel 14 days, so it kind of reminded me of the same is on. Otherwise I just switch to History Channel. conditions as the quarantine. It wasn't much different. Q. Tennis history or different history? I played a lot of practice sets with him, which obviously helped, and it was similar conditions for me today STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: Definitely not tennis history. I entering the court playing the third-round match in pretty think I have enough of tennis being in here every single much the same conditions as during quarantine. day.

The crowd, I don't know if the crowd would make it any Q. On that point, did you see any of Novak's match different. My game was there, and that's the most yesterday and see him struggling with injury? Are important thing for me. you aware of that, and how does that kind of factor into your brain when you're seeing such a big Q. Have you had to adjust anything in your game, champion here look like he might not be able to get and what would that be? Or are you totally satisfied through the tournament? at the moment? STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: I heard some things from STEFANOS TSITSIPAS: There are a few things. For different people. I didn't watch the match. I think it was sure there's always room for growth and getting better. too late. It was bedtime for me. It went until really late, a But this is something personal, something that I discuss five-setter. I don't know, I hear he played really well in with my team, I'm not sure with the media. the fifth. I don't have much more information. I heard he was kind of injured. I'm not even sure. Q. At this point you don't know if it's going to be Khachanov or Berrettini. What are your thoughts on It happens to everyone. I don't know if he is actually

104636-1-1044 2021-02-13 07:38:00 GMT Page 1 of 2 injured. I struggled with an injury at my French Open semifinal against him actually, which didn't end really well. I fought really hard, and after five sets, it hurts a lot knowing that the injury that was quite okay at the time got worse.

We have to wait and see. I don't know. Right now I'm entirely focusing on myself and on my performance and what's happening around me. I don't pay too much attention on external things like this.

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