Australian Open Friday, 12 February 2021 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Diego Schwartzman Press Conference practiced many times. A. KARATSEV/D. Schwartzman I felt okay the last few weeks. I'm playing good tennis. In 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 my opinion, I prefer a little bit slower to have better conditions so you can think a little bit more in the match THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. and you can have choices, different choices, different shots in the match. With this speed, it's difficult. You are Q. Diego, can you talk us through your match today always in defense or on attack and the points are really and how you were feeling on the court? quick. Not many longer points. DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN: Well, how I feel, difficult to Q. How would you sum up the whole experience, the say. I didn't feel really good today. It was a difficult Australian Open, the quarantine and the rules? match. He was playing amazing tennis. Too many Would you do it again at French Open, Wimbledon, winners. I saw 50, I think, hit in the match. And again US Open? me, I'm playing good tennis. 50 winners, I think it's a lot. I think I didn't serve well. Maybe that was one of the DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN: Well, like many players said, I keys in the match because he was really comfortable think if you prepare for two weeks to be here for many doing returns. weeks and to have a free life to be here today because we start a new quarantine here in Victoria, but we have He was playing better than me. He was doing everything two weeks free life, totally free life here, yes, I can do really well, moving well, hitting well, and I was not really again. But it's really difficult. comfortable in the match. I think he deserved to win. He did everything better than me. I think ATP should maybe review many of the rules this year about quarantine and the obligation for the players Q. You mentioned 50 winners was a lot. There had to play. We are South American players, and last year I been a lot of discussion about the speed of the was in Europe for four months, and now I'm already one courts. What's your impression of how these courts month -- more than a month out from home, and to are playing this year? continue playing, we have to be in the hotel and then in the tournament, and we don't have any choice. DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN: Well, the conditions are every year different. Depends on the tournaments. This year I It's going to be very difficult to continue like this. You think they are very, very quick. But also they didn't have know, every single tournament doing quarantine and just a lot of time to work on courts, so maybe that's one of the going to the site and not going out, it's difficult for the reasons why they are really, really quick. mind, for everything. I think ATP should review all the rules for this year, and maybe it's going to be better if we It's difficult, but the first two matches I played great can repeat like they did the last year, that the matches. I did well. But today playing against him, he's tournaments were not obligated to the players to play. a guy who was doing very power shots every single time, and the courts was not helping. FastScripts by ASAP Sports I think today was not helping, and I didn't feel really comfortable with the speed of the court. Q. Did you make any adjustments? Did you go up in kilos on your racquet stringing or anything like that? DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN: No, no, because like I said, we were practicing here since already three weeks, four weeks, so I played already many times on court. I 104598-1-1002 2021-02-12 08:44:00 GMT Page 1 of 1.