Feliciano: “If I continue at this level, next year I'll play”

Very happy for his victory against Lorenzo Sonego after raising a very adverse result, Feliciano López attended the media to offer your impressions of the match and discuss its future. After his success, the Toledo provisionally rises nine places in the world ranking, to 56, a situation that allows you to play all the Grand Slams and even some 1,000 Masters. That is why it advances that will continue to play next year.

Match: “I'm exhausted, very tired. I was the first day, but more so now. In the last sets I started to play more aggressive and my serve worked. I started to feel good even physically and I found my way. Everything changed. The conditions are very good. faster, more with the wind and with less heat “.

Sensations: “Winning a Grand Slam match and in this way it is very special for me, against a seeded and good player like Sonego. He was short of preparation, he had just become a father, I couldn't train much … So seeing me in the third round is to be very happy. “

First Grand Slam: “The first time at Roland Garros Carlos Moya beat me, he was my idol, someone I admired when I started. It was a gift for me to play against him there. He beat me easily. That year, 2001, I didn't play any more Slams.”

Strategy: “It was difficult to find the timing for the rest by the conditions. He won his serves very easily in the first two sets. Then I think it was not expected that a 39-year-old uncle could overcome him. “

Five sets: “I love five-set matches, I think that's what sets tennis apart at the Slams. I think you have to leave it as it is.”

Emotions on the track: “I was excited about the situation, for being in the third round as I had come, and after the effort I made. I realized the gift that life gives me at this age, and the special situation that I have experienced these days by being away from my wife and my son. A lot of emotions came to me, I am very happy. If it is already a reason for joy to be here, then imagine being in the third round and being able to play against one of the best of now, Rublev. I have to be aggressive and enjoy the moment. “

Future: “If I continue at this level and finish the year with a good ranking, I am clear that I will play next year, because this is a gift that I have to take advantage of.”

The best comeback: “This comeback has been the most special for everything I have experienced these months.”