DAVIS CUP FINALS

November 27, 2021

Shamil Tarpischev

Andrey Rublev

Aslan Karatsev

Russian Tennis Federation

Press Conference

KARATSEV-RUBLEV/Hidalgo-Escobar

6-7, 6-4, 6-2

Russian Tennis Federation - 3

Ecuador - 0

THE MODERATOR: Did you expect the match to be as tough as it was? Did you expect Ecuador to be such a tough opponent?

ASLAN KARATSEV: The match was a little bit difficult because for me was the first match. For him, he played the second match. He played a difficult singles as well. Tough to adapt to the conditions. It is a bit altitude here. The court are fast. You feel it fast.

We didn't play our best but we managed somehow to win the match. Yeah, we're happy.

THE MODERATOR: What do you expect for tomorrow, Andrey? How are you feeling physically after playing two matches today?

ANDREY RUBLEV: Feeling fine because this is nothing new. I mean, normally we are playing every day most of the tournaments. Sometimes if you are playing singles and doubles, you have to play two matches every day. This is normal because now the rules, you're not playing best-of-five sets so it's a bit different.

I mean, against Spain, it's one of the toughest team. We'll see how it going to be. We're going to do our best. That's it. Not much to say. We need to work hard, give our best, and nothing else.