AUSTRALIAN OPEN

February 8, 2021

Alexander Zverev

Press Conference

A. ZVEREV/M. Giron

6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Sascha, tricky couple of opening sets today. Could you tell me how the match went and how pleased you are to advance?

ALEXANDER ZVEREV: Yeah, first of all, I think it's incredible to play in front of fans again. That's something that we missed over the last year or so. I think that's great news for us, to be able to do that here.

And yeah, it wasn't easy. I still felt my abs and my back a little bit, so the serve wasn't full power like it usually is. I barely got over 210 on the serve, which is still quite fast, but for me I know I can go faster than that, so I had to vary it a little bit. I had to go a lot of spin, I had to go a lot of slice on that serve. That was a little bit different.

All in all, he played well, as well, and for me the longer the match went, the better I started playing, and that's something positive, I think.