NITTO ATP FINALS

November 19, 2022

Andrey Rublev

Pala Alpitour, Torino

Press Conference

A. RUBLEV/S. Tsitsipas

3-6, 6-3, 6-2

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. What's the aspect in your game that you're most proud of today?

ANDREY RUBLEV: That I was keep fighting and keep just saying to myself doesn't matter how he's playing, how good he's playing, just fight for every ball.

In the end I was able to start to play better and better. In the end I was able to turn around the match. I'm happy.

Q. Stefanos was disappointed at the end. He said he thought he was the best player on the court and you played with the tools that you had. Quite unusual talks. Do you think he's right or wrong?

ANDREY RUBLEV: What is the question?

Q. Stefanos was disappointed.

ANDREY RUBLEV: He was disappointed. After the match?

Q. Yes. He told us, I thought I was the better player. Andrey play with the few tools he have.

ANDREY RUBLEV: He was better player and?

Q. And you prevail with the few tools you had.

ANDREY RUBLEV: Few tools?

THE MODERATOR: Stefanos thought that he was the better player on court. He congratulate you because with a very few tools, the shots that you have, you managed to win.

Q. He didn't say 'very', he said 'few'.

THE MODERATOR: Okay.

Q. It's unusual this kind of honesty.

ANDREY RUBLEV: I mean, I don't know if I have few tools or not. If we go shot by shot, I think his backhand is better than mind. His forehand is not better than mine. The speed serve is not better than mine. He's faster. He play much better than it. If we go for best shot, I don't think...

Obviously he's better player because he's higher ranked and he achieved better results. It's obvious. There is no doubt.

But I don't think that I beat him because of few tools. If you take our match, every match, we have tough battles. This year I lost to him twice in three sets, and now I beat him in three sets.

We always have some tough matches. Only one final in Monte-Carlo that he played really well and he destroy me quite easy, but the rest was always tough matches.