Garin and the victory over Thiem: “Before, I didn’t have confidence in myself; If I continue like I played today, I’m on the right track.”

Christian Garin (100th) made his debut on the right foot at the Chile Open 2023. The national tennis player beat Dominic Thiem (99th) pupil of Nicolás Massú, for 6-2 and 7-6 (2) in the central event of this tournament for the day on Tuesday. In addition to the result, Gago showed a very good performance in both sets of the match .

After the end of the game, the second national racket spoke to the media about his victory. At the beginning, he analyzed his great triumph: “I think I played very well, the way I trained, aggressively and trying to get in the net as much as possible. . Before, I wasn’t convinced that I was going to win the games and I didn’t have good results, but this week I’m here to try to keep working”.

“This game gives me confidence and encourages me to continue playing and working on this basis,” added Garin. Later, he talked about the possibility of it being his best game of the year. “Yes maybe . With the cheers of the audience, it’s nice to play. I’m not used to people supporting you like that, that’s why this tournament is so special for me. These are the most special weeks of the year for me” .

Then he talked about how he will face the next challenge that awaits him, Sebastián Báez (35th). “I want to keep playing the same way, I have room for improvement, but I want to keep being aggressive. Rio. It makes me happy to have played so well.” .

Later, Gago explained how he was able to improve the mental aspect to deal with these challenges: “I improve the mental part by working day by day, I have a psychologist and I work in this area with my team . I can continue to improve. Sometimes, when you lack self-confidence, it is more noticeable, but I am convinced that the daily work always pays off”.

Moreover, he also detailed which aspects need to be improved for this Thursday’s game: “I have to be a bit more decisive in the opportunities and continue the way I played today. I liked the attitude I had, and the support of the people is essential. If I continue the way I played today I’m on the right track” .

Finally, the Tank spoke about the threatening messages he received against him via social networks. “We live with negative messages every week. Sometimes it’s because of the bets. It’s ugly, I play tennis because it’s my dream, and living this kind of thing is bad, but I kinda got used to living with it . It’s ugly but I can’t help it. I only enjoy the support of people who support me. I downloaded the messages so they could see what it’s like to receive this type of threat,” he said.

The Austrian was the first to speak to current media. First, he was satisfied with his experience these days. “It’s a great tournament. I had a great time and it was an incredible atmosphere, it’s great to play like that . Unfortunately, my level was not good enough today . I have to continue and stay focused for the future. »

And it is that Thiem insisted in his self-criticism on the level he showed during the match: “There are many things that I did not do well. In practice I do a lot of things, but when I get on the pitch I don’t know what’s going on ”.

In fact, when asked about the level Garín showed in the game, the world number 99 was clear in explaining that the result was due to his poor performance. “He played well, but I made it easy for him, because I didn’t give him any difficulty. I was not aggressive enough. He looked at a high level, but if I play like that, a lot of players are going to look good playing against me. I was not a real challenge for him ”.