This week on the ATP Tennis Podcast…

NICK KYRGIOS ON HIS WIN IN WASHINGTON – “It’s just very emotional for me to see where I was that last year to now, it’s just an incredible transformation. I just came up with a great energy and I knew I had experience on my side today. I love this court, I’ve played so many matches here and I’m just really proud of myself.”

ALEX DE MINAUR ON THE CAMARADERIE AMONGST AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS – “You know there’s a lot of Australians out there and I feel they all want the best for me. More than anything they believed that I belonged before I did, so they helped me really believe in myself and believe that I was good enough to be with the best guys in the world. They instilled their belief in me and that went a long way.”

ANDY MURRAY ON DEALING WITH INJURIES – “I had to accept that I might not play again before I had the operation and whilst I was going through that process, it also made me realise why I was playing tennis in the first place. Yes, winning titles is nice and winning major events is great but the reason why I started playing tennis as a kid was not for that, it was because I loved the sport and really enjoyed doing it and that’s why I’m still playing.”

MISCHA ZVEREV ON SASCHA’S DESIRE TO GET BACK FROM INJURY – “Right now that main goal is to come back, to be healthy, to win matches again and then, I think becoming No. 1. Yes, it’s a goal, but it’s part of the process. We always say just enjoy winning matches and tournaments, you climb up the rankings and one day, in the perfect world you’re No. 1. I think that’s how it should happen and how it will happen.”

REILLY OPELKA ON LEARNING FROM VENUS WILLIAMS – “Venus is brilliant, she’s really a genius. Her mind socially is on another level. How well she can read a room is off the charts and I think, knowing her so well now and the way she was as a kid, her awareness on court. What other girls were feeling against her was, I think, why she had so much success and why she always delivered on big matches because she was always aware of what was [happening] on the other side of the net.”

DENIS SHAPOVALOV FIVE YEARS ON FROM BEATING NADAL IN MONTREAL – “I remember blacking out after that win. I can’t remember much, just from videos, but it was definitely unbelievable for me at that point. That week literally made my career and it was completely different after that, getting into bigger events, a complete lifestyle change. Really this tournament made my career… This week made me the player I am today.”

-Podcast presented by Brian Clark and Jill Craybas
-Interviews by Jill Craybas and Seb Lauzier
–Denis Shapovalov Feature by ATP Uncovered
-Commentary by Chris Bowers, Kevin Skinner, Sam Gore & Robbie Koenig

Source Tennis – ATP World Tour