Intro ready [Applause] How was the match today play okay Yan first of all how was that today I mean it was quite a battle in the second set right yeah for sure I mean um I felt like I I was playing quite good tennis especially in the first set you know he I had a couple of tricky um service games but I managed to hold all of them and just run away with with that one break you know to finish the set six4 second set um I played a very good first return game broke him uh went up a break straight away but then you know towards the middle of the second set he honestly like played a very very good return game where I wasn't missing a lot and and and he was like playing more aggressive than me and and not missing as well and and I I just felt like you know like I I was thinking all the time like what kind of serve am I supposed to serve here for him to like stop stop to to start missing some returns you know because like he was locked in in that game and and and really made made a hard time for me and then broke me in the end um but thankfully you know I was able to to to come up with with um breaks as well you know broken back once more soed for the for the match um he broke me back and then I was able to win another good uh um return game and then finally serve it out what was he like to play against I What was he like as an opponent saw him play Darwin a couple of days ago and uh he played very well then but as you said you know Darwin's obviously a junior but Darwin is on the rise but what was he like as an opponent you had to think about things like like when when I was watching him on those return games I and when he got back on serve how easy is that for you to sort of go I don't know if I'm going to be able to to you know get over the line here yeah I I really had to you know Focus very hard you know to to keep competitive and and keep my return games uh you know make M make him give him a hard time you know on his service games and then really focus on my service games to to not give him too many cheap errors you know so because like he was as I said locked in and I was um you know I thought he played very well especially on the clay you know like obviously the um American boys you know that they aren't really you know Clay CAU Specialists but um you know looking at his results as well he played I think he played a couple of weeks in Mexico you know he won one Challenge on on Clay so like he had some practice and you could really tell you know with the shape of his balls it was more kind of clay CAU style that he played and um yeah he he gave me a hard match and I'm just happy to to have won it couple of strange things happened in Strange things that happened one game I think both happened in the same game I think one a ball ball came from another Court uh and it was also they were practicing and also in the same game it was actually when you one of the games you got broken in in the end so it didn't really affect the result he you know he had a quite an easy put away if you like but then there was something blue on the court and he said I I think he said like oh that's so frustrating how is it for you when you think oh I got away with one there I mean how does that feel I mean that you know it's a I'd lie if it's not a good feeling you know when he's got like an easy ball you know he's set up to to Really you know Hammer one in and then like suddenly the ball comes in and and we have to replay the point so like good for me you know but like it happens both ways so um just you know try to stay focused and then just play The Point again can you remember in your career anything strange happening a cat running onto the coure or a particularly strange let uh we've seen music on the cork sometimes in in other tournament that that happens quite often you know like when your like oh or sometimes you know just just a loud phone call or something but um really strange thing that happened I'd have to think can't really remember of anything just but you know it it just happens you know every now and then that that something you know suddenly goes wrong and and you have to replay a point so that's nothing new you know sometimes even uh you know a ball kid drops the ball at the back of you of the court and then like the empire stops play you know repeats the point or or or you know B kid falls over or whatever umbrella of the of the chair ire just opens up and flies away because it's windy you know everything happen already wild cards is back in the news again with the news that Dominic team has not been given a wild card uh for the French Open I I wondered if you had any thoughts on that I mean um first of all like I'm a huge fan of of him as a tennis player um you know I think um he had an absolutely amazing career and uh the way that he plays I really like you know and I try to imitate that as well you know especially that forehands just French decision unbelievable but I can understand I can understand the French Federation not giving him a wild card you know because there are there are some some points of saying you know like if the player announces his retirement you know and he's he's going to stop by the end of the season you know giving him a wild card you know depending on his results in the past and his risk which have not been as great you know you know people start talking about is it the right decision isn't it the right decision I think it's it's better for them you know to to give the wild cards to their Juniors because they're also working very hard or their players and um you know everyone who who works hard deserves to play in a main draw of a grand slam one more Yan I saw you play in esteril about three or four weeks ago and I saw you play xia fona you won that Playing Dominic Thiem match so that was good what was it like to play him what was his ball like what was he like as an opponent I mean obviously it's never easy you know to play someone who's so hyped um who who had uh amazing results and juniors you know he's he's fresh you know he he's just about you know he just came on tour and and and you can see that he's very motivated you know he's got a good team around him and and and he just wants to improve and and and get to the top of the game pretty fast so um playing him wasn't an easy thing but um I mean I was confident in in what I can play and and just wanted to go out there on Court and and and play my best tennis and um it worked for me and and his game obviously is very very strong like he's got absolutely bombs with his forehand he serves well you know he moves quite well you know it's it's It's Tricky when he's like locked in playing his best and then he he really really puts some pressure on you thank you Yan thanks cheers if you enjoyed this video make sure you hit that like button don't forget to subscribe and click that notification Bell so you don't miss out on all things tennis