AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 19, 2022

Yannick Hanfmann

Press Conference

R. NADAL/Y. Hanfmann

6-2, 6-3, 6-4

THE MODERATOR: You played a great match today against one of the best in Rafael Nadal. Please take us through the game.

YANNICK HANFMANN: Yeah, I think I played a good match, maybe the score is a little bit rough, but I thought actually in the first set, which was 2-6, I had some chances and, yeah, of course if you don't use your chances against him he's going to punish you and that's what he did today.

Nevertheless, I mean, I come out of it a little bit for the better spirit than last time I played him in Paris. I felt like after that match I wasn't really happy with how I performed and today I think I gave myself a little bit of a better shot.

Yeah, I was hopeful maybe at the end to challenge him a little bit more to serve it out, but, yeah, I'm okay with it. It's still a loss, I'm still disappointed because I thought, you know, maybe with my form and with how I've played I was hoping to play a little bit more close to him, but that's how he is, right? That's how he won a lot of tournaments and matches.