Australian Open Tuesday, 9 February 2021 , Victoria, Press Conference

is like, he teach me everything since the beginning how A. RUBLEV/Y. Hanfmann to play, how to see the court, what to do, it's like that he teach me that is not only about shots it's about 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 rallies, it's about to see the court, to see what's happening around so and that's -- plus of course on top THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. of that we were working hard improving my body, doing everything for me to be stronger. Q. Can you talk us through your match and how you were feeling on the court today? Q. How has work on your physical, knowing that today that you played strong with the play? ANDREY RUBLEV: I was a bit nervous because it's first match of of the year, so I start a bit tight. ANDREY RUBLEV: I don't understand. But anyway, I could come back really fast and I start to control the match already almost in the middle of the set I Q. How has work your physical, knowing that today was already controlling the match, so I'm really happy players are very strong? with this and in the end until the end of the match I was controlling the match, so in the end I'm really happy that I ANDREY RUBLEV: You mean players very strong could finish the match quite confident and in straight sets shooting or very strong? and that's what I need for the first match to get confidence, to get this feeling to don't stay long on court, Q. Yeah. Yeah. to save energy. ANDREY RUBLEV: And that's why I need to work hard Q. So you came from playing ATP Cup and straight physically to be able to catch these balls. But it's not at that into a Grand Slam. Is it much of an about even the players who shoot hard, with them I feel adjustment going from best-of-three to best-of-five? comfortable, it's more about with the players who play long rallies, like Medvedev, like Schwartzman, like ANDREY RUBLEV: I mean, not really. I like to play Djokovic, like Rafa, because to play against them you best-of-five. For me it's more easy to transfer from need to show your best level for three, five hours and best-of-three to best-of-five then, for example, to go that's why you have to be physically strong to be able to straight after the Grand Slam to play normal ATP keep this level for a long distance. So it's more about tournament, this is a little bit tougher because you feel this, because many players can play one set amazing but like have you less time, everything goes so fast because then after one hour and a half or something, they are you start to get used to the format, best-of-five and, yeah, dropping the level. so for me to start to play best-of-five is more easy because I feel like I have more time, so I normally even if FastScripts by ASAP Sports.... something goes wrong I still have enough time to come back and to turn to my side the match.

In general, yeah, because of the ATP Cup, so I adapt to the courts really fast, so I'm already here feeling good.

Q. Tell us how has been your developing in tennis working with Fernando Vicente.

ANDREY RUBLEV: We're working with him already almost five years I think, something like that. I mean he teach me basically everything. Because when I came I was, I think I was talented, but I was a bit crazy. I was working hard but I was not working in the right way. He

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