"A lot of long rallies" says Tsitsipas relieved he was able to escape in 3 against Ymer

The Swede does not fancy playing short points as he likes to keep the ball in play going for counter-attacks when his opponent gets comfortable in rallies. Asked about the match Tsitsipas admitted it was tough:

"A lot of rallies, a lot of exchanges. Some of them were really long."

He further said:

"He gave me a hard time, he was really going after every single ball and stayed in the match for as long as he could. Mikael is someone that I've been competing with for the last 15 years, we're the same generation, we're same age. So, it's kind of special to be facing each other on this court. You know, we started from eight years old playing together and now we're playing in Rod Laver Arena."

Tsitsipas could have escaped sooner had he kept his error number lower but it ventured into the high thirties which is not good enough. On that he said:

"For sure I'll try to decrease the unforced errors (38). I think I had a few more than I usually have. So keeping the consistency, trying to attack a bit more, be a bit more daring in certain moments. These few moments, few things can make a massive difference."