AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 23, 2022

Miomir Kecmanovic

Press Conference

G. MONFILS/M. Kecmanovic

7-5, 7-6, 6-3

THE MODERATOR: Talk us through tonight's match.

MIOMIR KECMANOVIC: I mean, it was not an easy match to play, especially a guy who played really well throughout the whole match. He didn't really give me a lot of opportunities, but I gave everything I had and unfortunately it wasn't enough today.

Q. You've been working for almost a year with David Nalbandian, I would like to know how important is he in your development and especially in your backhand.

MIOMIR KECMANOVIC: Yeah, he's very important. I think he changed a lot of things, a lot of things that had to be changed and thankfully it all, it's all starting to pay off.

We didn't really work much on the backhand because he, what he can do on the backhand, you know, not everybody can do, so you have to be really talented and I don't think that's something you can teach. But luckily I have a decent backhand, so we didn't really have to work much there, but we worked a lot of different things: The way you think on court, the way you do certain things outside.

So I'm really happy that he decided to help me out and also that everything that we did is finally paying off.