What was for Dominic Thiem is the key to victory against them?
He played well, and my bad Start didn’t help me for sure. But I recovered well from it. I think the Match was balanced for long stretches; I don’t have the feeling to be played out was. The defeat had more to do with the little first-round weaknesses: I have not met with the Service in the desired points, if I had used good serves.
you had said in the run-up, the conditions were a little faster than in recent years. Should have done against Thiem for you not an advantage?
you can see it that way. But the faster the surface is, the smaller the margins are. And in a first round, you can’t conjure up the half-volleys in the corners, we manage this for me perhaps in a semi-final or Final in Basel. I hope that I can do this now. I’m going to have to start better and play better.
you have lost against Thiem this year for the third Time. What trouble against him?
He’s just a good player that has many possibilities. He has the head, the Fitness, the strokes, which makes it difficult to win against him. Against him it is this: If you don’t play well, then you lose. So it was Hewitt previously, for example, against Lleyton, and it is also against Novak (Djokovic, editors). I don’t think I have a heuer made in the three games, something fundamental is wrong. But I had to play in the important moments better, he is better than me.
Usually you leave after a defeat in front of the venue and gets some time to digest them. How do you deal with this defeat, Knowing that you have to compete again on Tuesday?
I can’t change what happened. It is important to remain positive. In a way I can be happy that it was going to continue. I can deal with this result for sure, but I know that the situation is now rather poor. But so be it. I came to London to win all the games. I have so missed the first goal; now is the time to prepare me well in the Match against Matteo Berrettini, so that I can bring on Tuesday with a good performance.
What do you expect against Berrettini for a game?
It is now a regular tournament, as I am of my over 20 years in the usual way. Lose is now no longer allowed. Matteo is not his strong mark-up for every opponent is dangerous, even if he showed against Novak his best game. But it is perhaps at the ATP finals, the most difficult task of all, to meet in the first Match to Novak. I need to make sure that I games on Tuesday better. I have lost to this tournament, the second Match; I hope to be able to these record series to expand. (Recorded as Create)
: 11.11.2019, 05:48 PM
