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AUSTRALIAN OPENJanuary 14, 2017Nick KyrgiosMelbourne, Victoria, Australia THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. The knee update, please? NICK KYRGIOS: Yeah, it's feeling really good. I've done four or five treatments on it. Got one more tomorrow. Yeah, it's feeling a lot better since I last competed, which was in Perth. So I've had massive improvements in my knee. Q. And the treatment is? NICK KYRGIOS: Just putting, like, patches on my knee. It's another way to insert some cortisone in my knee. Q. Happy about the Hisense situation? NICK KYRGIOS: Definitely. I think Hisense is one of my favorite courts, if not my favorite. I feel confident on that court. I love the way it looks. I like the dimensions of it. It's a great serving court. Yeah, I like playing there. Q. When you played the Fast4 just a few days after Perth, you looked pretty good. Were you feeling pain-free? NICK KYRGIOS: Yeah, a couple, two days. I think I played four days after. Yeah, I had a couple treatments. I had to test it out there. If I wasn't able to play Fast4, I probably wasn't going to look good to play a best of five match. I had to test it out there. It was still giving me some pain, but definitely feeling some improvement already. Q. How do you feel about your draw? NICK KYRGIOS: I think it's very good. Obviously you get rewarded with a good draw the higher your seeding is. I played well last year. Got my ranking to top 30 in the world. I've been awarded with a pretty good draw. Saying that, Elias can play some pretty high-level tennis. Everyone in the draw can, can beat anyone on the day. I got to go out there and not expect to win the match. I got to go out there and just play and we'll see how it goes. Q. What are your expectations, Nick, coming in here, given obviously you haven't played a regular tour event for a while, and the knee? Where are you setting the bar? NICK KYRGIOS: You know, I'm never been a player to play many tournaments before a Grand Slam. I like to come in pretty fresh. So my expectations are high. I still feel like I can do some major damage and get to the second week and really cause some upsets, so... My expectations are still pretty high. Q. Do you get a sense from the Australian public, there's been some rocky moments lately, do you get a sense that everyone is behind you and wants to see you play to your full potential? NICK KYRGIOS: Yeah. I thought in Perth everyone was behind me. In the Fast4, as well. I think it would be silly not to. We got two players in the top 30 that can do really well and go deep in the draw. We got a lot of guys in the draw that can do well, younger guys. Jordan Thompson is playing well now. It's exciting. It's an exciting time for Australian tennis. Yeah, I think everyone should just get behind everyone because we all can play well. Q. Did you do much different in the off-season this year compared to previous years? NICK KYRGIOS: I had a bit more of a schedule this year. I had a strength conditioner. We've been working pretty hard. Yeah, I guess it was a couple weeks where I didn't have him this year. I kind of did my own thing. I think that's how my knee started flaring up a little bit. Live and learn, hopefully next year I'll get it right. Q. Do you feel a different player than last year when you sat in that chair? NICK KYRGIOS: Yeah. I feel like last year I was an established top-hundred player. I hadn't beat top guys on a consistent basis. I feel like now I know what I can do on the court. Last year I was pretty consistent throughout the year. Won three titles. Got to 13. I feel more comfortable on the court. I know what my game is, I know how to play it. I know I can beat anyone on the day. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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