By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday January 14, 2024
We take you inside the press room for the best quotes from round one of the 2025 Australian Open.
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With one round of tennis at the Australian Open in the books, let's have a look at the 10 best quotes of round one...
I think this guy's got a way of making you play bad tennis, and I feel like I played some pretty shocking tennis today. – Alexei Popyrin after falling to Corentin Moutet in four sets.
Physically I don't think he's 38. – Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard after losing to compatriot Gael Monfils (38) in five sets.
“My backhand I think is better than three years ago. My return is better than three years ago. There is still room for improvement, luckily, and it's just a matter of time and matches and opportunities to play against the best players in the world. – Matteo Berrettini on the current state of his game.
“I fell a little short in the US Open, but my outfit was spectacular.” – Naomi Osaka on her loss to Karolina Muchova at the US Open last year.
“Tealistically I can't really see myself probably playing singles again here.” – Nick Kyrgios on the fact that he might have played his last Australian Open singles match.
“I didn't start serving full on until -- gosh, what day is it today -- until, like, December 20th was kind of like the first couple days where I was really serving around 100%. So it's January 13th. Not too many days. But yeah, I was just happy to be on court, really. It's been a long time. – American Sebastian Korda on making his return from elbow surgery.
“If he plays like this every match.. his life can be good. Money, girls, casino… whatever.” – Daniil Medvedev, summing up the performance of his first-round opponent, Kasidit Samrej of Thailand
“It's a huge win, especially what we've been going through as a country. I think to bring something positive, especially since we've been having a rough time with obviously the war. We had our other issues in the past. Yeah, it's just nice to get this win for Lebanon and for the people.” – Lebanon’s Hady Habib, who became the first player from his country to record a Grand Slam main draw win by defeating Bu Yunchaokete in round one.
“I have this special jelly from Japan. I don't like to eat something like banana or something like a bar because it feels like it's heavy. It's always something in the mouth. I don't feel comfortable. This jelly is always easy to take. I don't feel hungry during the match. I just try to eat a lot after the match.” – Kei Nishikori on the secret jelly that helps him perform so well in five-set matches. He improved to 29-8 lifetime in five-setters with his round one win over Thiago Monteiro.
“I would say that I have improved everywhere.” – 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva on the improvements she has made to her game in the last 12 months.