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00:30members to really take every tournament as a new challenge, as the biggest challenge
00:37that we have in this moment.
00:40And I feel that that kind of aptitude got me to where I am in terms of the achievements
00:43and career.
00:44And I'm, of course, grateful that I'm still able to play on a high level at this age.
00:49You know, professionally, I have goals, I have ambitions, you know, it's always the
00:55highest kind of goals, and I've been fortunate to achieve pretty much every achievement that
01:03you can have as a professional tennis player.
01:05And so I think that that kind of experience allows me to believe that I can always do
01:11it again and again.
01:13And you know, I still feel physically very good, mentally, you know, I'm there, I'm present,
01:20as I said, you know, I really love the game, I love the competition, I love to be challenged,
01:25on the court, by anybody.
01:28So there's still that fire, fire flame burning.
01:34It's not guaranteed that we're going to meet, but, I mean, off the court we're going to
01:37meet, but on the court, you know, we both need to win two matches, so, I mean, huge
01:44respect to him.
01:45You know, Andy and I go back a long time, I think since we were 11 or 12 years old,
01:52it's the first time we met, first time we played against each other.
01:56He kicked my ass, sorry for my language, at that time, and ever since then, you know,
02:02we kind of followed each other on the journey to become professional players, and we didn't
02:09have much separation in terms of results, in terms of time, maybe I, you know, broke
02:14through to the top five earlier than he did, but, you know, we were very close, always,
02:19you know, and he's got so much talent and incredible grit, incredible mentality of
02:27a champion, of a fighter, and what is happening now this year with his match points saved
02:35in literally every match he plays, the amount of hours he spent on the court since the beginning
02:41of the year, particularly in Australia, is just something that you must admire, and you
02:45say Chapeau because of everything he has gone through with his hip, you know, we have to
02:54note that he has an artificial hip and he's moving the way he does, and he's, you know,
02:59constantly looking to improve and to get back to the highest level, which it seems like he's
03:05been doing, so he's just, you know, rising in the rankings and the level is better and better.
03:10Yeah, I'm very happy for him because he's a great guy, you know, and respects the sport and
03:17works very, very hard, so very committed and he deserves his success.