US OPEN

August 29, 2023

Jannik Sinner

Press Conference

J. SINNER/Y. Hanfmann

6-3, 6-1, 6-1

THE MODERATOR: Assess your performance today, Jannik.

JANNIK SINNER: I think it was a good performance. Obviously happy to be back here. It's a special place for me. I felt very good on court today. Obviously every match has his own story. I felt, yeah, good.

I was playing good. I was returning good. Sometimes the serve could be a little bit better. But the atmosphere is obviously very nice. I know physically I'm healthy, which is most important, then we see how it goes.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Obviously the other Yannick has had a very good year. How happy were you you were able to keep him from getting into the match and finding his rhythm?

JANNIK SINNER: Yeah, for sure when you break quite early in every set, it's a little bit easier to play. You swing a little bit more freely. I had a couple of tough, tough moments like in the third set, in the beginning, I was 15-40. If he breaks me there, the momentum can change quite fast, no? You have to be very careful.

But in the other way I think served well in important moments. The score is one thing, then how the match was is a little bit different. We had couple of very tough games, long games, which went my way. This for sure was the key today.

Q. You've played your next opponent a couple times this year. What is tricky about Lorenzo's game?

JANNIK SINNER: He is a great fighter. We know each other very well. We are friends. We played together Davis Cup. It's not easy matchup, for sure. In the other way, I'm happy to face him again. I'm very looking forward to it.

He's serving very well. I saw today a little bit. He's moving well. It's a tough player to play against. It depends also what time we play, what the situation is, if it's windy, if it's sunny. I feel like the court is changing quite a lot on how the situation is.

But I'm happy to face him again. I'm very looking forward to it. Tomorrow I have one day off and we will work on a couple of things which hopefully can help me the next day.