Rafael Nadal vs Nick Kyrgios 7:6(0), 5:7, 6:4
Rafa: "I think for moments I played well. It’s difficult to play against him, always tough because he changes the dynamic of the point very quick and his serve is huge, especially the first serve. I think I played a good third set. Returning better. I was solid with the serve. Nick is one of these kind of players that you're going to have problems when he’s motivated."
"Tennis is all about the momentum sometimes. After the way that I finished the second with a couple of mistakes, I knew the beginning of the third will be so important and probably critical for me. So I needed to save the first couple of games, and then the match comes back to normal and anything can happen. It's all about finding the solution in every moment. In this sport it's not only about how you feel comfortable. It's about how you can make your opponent feel uncomfortable, too."
Nick: "That one hit pretty hard. I felt like, honestly, I was the one to end the streak."
"I felt like I was playing well. I felt like I did everything right in the first set that I planned to do. I sat down with my coach—myself—and I had a game plan, and everything was working. Two points away from the first set, I don't know how he got out of that game. 5-4, 30/15, just kept replaying that point over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again."
"And it was an amazing atmosphere. I knew the crowd was obviously, every time you play against Rafa, Roger, or Novak, the crowd's going to be heavily in their favour, and I know that, and I'm not asking them to go for me. I like that kind of villain, underdog-type feeling. But again, it was an amazing atmosphere. I'm never going to take that for granted. Rafa's a champion. So, you know, I think we've got an enormous amount of respect for each other. At the net, we said words, and I can feel it. We respect each other and he's a hell of a player. I think he's the greatest of all time as of now."