INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA

September 20, 2020

Horacio Zeballos

Marcel Granollers

Press Conference

GRANOLLERS-ZEBALLOS/Chardy-Martin

6-4, 5-7, 10-8

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Congratulations on the win today. I just wanted to ask you a little bit about how much this win means to both of you and what you were thinking specifically at 8-all in the match tiebreak when you decided to take the forehand up the line.

HORACIO ZEBALLOS: Of course I think this is one of the best moments in my career. You know, this tournament has a lot of history, and I watch it many, many years since I'm a little kid.

So this tournament is really important. Winning Rome is a huge thing for me, and for sure for Marcel too.

What can I say? I'm so happy, and you could see it in our faces when we finish the match, right?

Q. Marcel, you have won three titles and four clay finals this year. You've got a 16-1 record on the surface this year. I wanted to ask you about these achievements and what makes you guys so tough to beat on this surface.

MARCEL GRANOLLERS: Yeah, I think before the first clay tournament of the year in Buenos Aires, I was long time without winning one match on clay, because last year I didn't win one match on all clay season.

So after Buenos Aires and Rio, I think we felt very good on court, playing together. I think we both grow on clay playing when we was young. We feel very good on clay. I think we can play very good.

Yeah, we are very happy to win our third title of the year on clay.