ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL

January 2, 2022

Marin Cilic

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: How are you finding the stadium and facilities here?

MARIN CILIC: Great, great. A little bit of a difference in terms of the weather coming from Croatia and getting here first few days was nice and hot. But that's what we expect.

Just enjoy it. Enjoy the facilities. Practiced a bit. Yesterday evening went in the city a bit for dinner. It's a bit quieter. I guess people are on holidays these few days around new year.

THE MODERATOR: Tell me about your 2022 season, what your expectations are and how you're feeling.

MARIN CILIC: Feeling good. Feeling motivated. I feel the end of the season 2021 was great for me, the second part of especially. Two titles. Won my 20th title in St. Petersburg. I feel that I have a good wind in my back and I'm going to push, push as much as I can.

I feel that there is still room for me to get back to top 20, first step, then hopefully build up on that, and a great way to start it over here.

THE MODERATOR: Have you seen the draw at all?

MARIN CILIC: Yes.

Q. How do you feel about that?

MARIN CILIC: The draw is good. I feel that quite a few guys in the draw are very solid. Very important when getting into these tournaments, the start of the year, to be really focused and to take every single match really seriously, go step by step.

That's my focus this year, to try to use every advantage I have, every opportunity to do the best I can. That's going to be my goal, to take it easy and really be focused on my own game.