TENNIS ROLAND GARROS 2014 – 25th May 2014. M. Raonic d. N. Kyrgios 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. An interview with Nick Kyrgios.
Q. You had your chances in this match in the second set. How did you feel on the court? What was maybe the key in this match?
NICK KYRGIOS: Yeah, Raonic, obviously he’s got a big serve and you’re not going to get many chances.
I had a number of chances in the first and second set. I was up a break in the second set. I wasn’t serving well all day. I thought that was one thing, that I could have served much better. If I did that, I would have taken the second set.
But, you know, that’s how it’s going to go sometimes.
Q. How comfortable were you playing on the clay?
NICK KYRGIOS: Yeah, I was feeling really well, really good out there. I was moving really well. I thought I was getting to a lot of balls I wasn’t going to get to last year.
I played really well from the back. There was a couple loose errors here and there, but that’s the pressure he sort of gives you on your serve.
Yeah, I was feeling comfortable out there.
Q. What do you take away from an experience like this? I know you did well here last year beating Stepanek. Now that you’ve come back again with a bit more experience, what do you actually walk away with?
NICK KYRGIOS: I’m sort of, I was creating chances against a top 10 player, and I think that’s always confidence, you’re going to walk away confident.
I didn’t back up well after my first round last year. You know, I was feeling fine physically out there, so I can take away that I’ve done a lot more hard work as well.
Yeah, that’s it. Hopefully I can keep working hard and string another year together and be here next year.
Q. How do you feel about the grass?
NICK KYRGIOS: Way different surface. I’ll head to Nottingham. Not too soon. I’ll stay around Paris. Got a lot more Aussies playing.
Yeah, grass, I am comfortable on grass as well.
Q. Is there any particular area of your game that you’ve set yourself that you really want to work on, something special you want to improve?
NICK KYRGIOS: I think just getting better, feeling stronger. I think that’s my main priority. Being young versus the older guys, they’re so much stronger and really used to all the you know, backing up matches day after day. I don’t think I have that quite yet.
But I’m always improving. I think I’m miles better than I was. Obviously my serve is usually my strength, but today was probably not a great serving day.
Sometimes that’s the way it goes.
