MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAú

March 26, 2021

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Press Conference

S. SORRIBES TORMO/J. Brady

3-6, 6-4, 6-1

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How difficult was it to be out there tonight playing in the Miami heat? It looks like it took a big effect on your opponent tonight, Jennifer Brady.

SARA SORRIBES TORMO: Was difficult because she's a really good player. I think she started really well the match.

I think I didn't started that well. And the second set was like everything very close.

Yeah, I'm just -- I can't believe it, so I'm just super happy (smiling).

Q. What are you most proud of? You've gotten through the first two rounds here coming off of two great weeks in Mexico. You have already won 13 matches this year. Does anything in particular stand out?

SARA SORRIBES TORMO: Yeah, I'm proud of being, I don't know, working all the match. Don't stop fighting. I stay there no matter what, no matter the score.

Yeah, I'm just super happy about that, because I think that's something I need to do. I don't feel myself that good. So I can't stop fighting. I have to fight until the end.

Yeah, I'm just super, super happy.

Q. Is this probably the best stretch of tennis that you have played as a professional?

SARA SORRIBES TORMO: For sure. I think today was one of the best matches I played. I'm 100% sure. I don't want to say it's the best match I played, but I'm sure it's one of the best.

Q. Jen Brady had some physical struggles out there. How aware were you of that? How do you focus on your game and not kind of focus on that situation? How were you able to stay focused and centered on your own game in that situation?

SARA SORRIBES TORMO: Yeah. Well, I think is not easy. It's something that is difficult to concentrate when you're watching the other player and she's not good, she takes medical timeout and you're watching that she's not good, that she's not lying. It's totally true that she wasn't good.

I just tried to think on other things. I just tried to stay active during the medical timeout but don't think too much.

I mean, I took like two minutes and a half for myself. I started thinking another kind of thing. I started singing a song.

Yeah, then I say, Okay, now I'm gonna be back and I'm gonna serve a few balls. Yeah, I'm going to concentrate again. But I wasn't concentrate at all during the three minutes, because then I think is too much.

Q. Obviously night matches have a different energy I think than, of course you'll tell me, than day matches. Do you prefer night matches versus day matches? Are you aware of kind of the different energy? How does it affect you personally and which one do you like better?

SARA SORRIBES TORMO: I just want to play (smiling). I'm not that good for the moment and, yeah, just being able to play as many matches as I can for me is amazing feeling.

Doesn't matter. I just want to play.