AUSTRALIAN OPEN

January 23, 2023

Zhu Lin

Press Conference

V. AZARENKA/Zhu Lin

4-6, 6-1, 6-4

THE MODERATOR: Congratulations on a great run in the Australian Open. Unfortunately not the result you wanted. What positives can you take out of what was a very entertaining match?

ZHU LIN: I mean, it was super tough match for me. I'm really exhausted right now. I mean, I gave everything out there. I'm really proud of myself.

Victoria, she's a Grand Slam champion. You have to be, like, 120%, even 200%, to be able to beat her.

Obviously she have a lot of experience than me on this kind of stage. If I want beat her, I need to be more consists. This is what I need to work on. Not just only for one match or one tournament, I need more consistent for whole season, yeah.

She really deserve this match.

THE MODERATOR: Questions.

Q. You'll leave here with a higher ranking, get into bigger tournaments, have opportunities to play against the best players in the world. How big is that?

ZHU LIN: This obviously gave me a lot of confidence, make me believe in myself I can play, like, better tennis. I need get more chance to play against player like this to be able to beat them.

Yeah, for sure I will play more big tournament. Yeah, let's see.