AUSTRALIAN OPEN

February 13, 2021

Karen Khachanov

Press Conference

M. BERRETTINI/K. Khachanov

7-6, 7-6, 7-6

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. That was a tough game tonight. Can you talk us through it.

KAREN KHACHANOV: Yeah, was, you know, the result didn't go my way. Was very close match. I lost three tiebreaks. What do you say?

Was very equal, you know. It's a matter of a few points going to my side, which could change everything, you know. At the end when you come to tiebreak, you know, whoever takes it is a winner.

So I think it's not like I didn't play well in the tiebreak. I could do maybe better, yeah. I missed, let's say in the last one, it was the best tiebreak so far, and I lost the last four points. So, you know, what to say?

I had my chances. I didn't take them, unfortunately, and the result went to him, so I think both of us, we played a solid match from the beginning till the end.