CITI OPEN

August 8, 2021

Mackenzie McDonald

Flash Interview

J. SINNER/M. McDonald

7-5, 4-6, 7-5

Q. How do you feel about today's match?

MACKENZIE McDONALD: Yeah, I'd say it was a super tough match today. Jannik is a great player, very professional, very young and up-and-coming guy. Yeah, he's going to win a lot of tournaments.

I'm happy with how I competed, how I played. You know, I feel like I really put everything out there. Maybe could have played a little bit better at times and served a little bit better, in my opinion. But I did everything I could expect of myself, and I'm very happy with the week overall and my progress as a player.

Q. How do you think the match went? So many up-and-downs and so many breakpoints. How do you think you handled that?

MACKENZIE McDONALD: I think I handled that really well. You know, I feel like next time I want to put myself in a better position than just kind of fighting for my life every other minute.

Yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, you know, I gave my best. I mean, he put a lot of pressure on me. Again, I wish I just could have been up in more of those games so I wasn't in those holes. But I mean, you know, I fought really hard, so it was good.

Q. How proud do you feel of your achievement this week and how much you've come through?

MACKENZIE McDONALD: Yeah, it's been a great week. Building, ranking's getting in the right direction, getting better as a player. Little cliché, but that's the most important, and the results will take care of itself.

I'm still going to be out for my first title, but this is definitely a step in the right direction, having been in a final before, and now I can say I did it at 500. I'm going to keep building until I get a title.