"I would say all the chips were against us and the chances of me playing this tournament were very, very low. I think 13 days ago, if you would have told us, 'Hey, you're going to be in the draw and win a round', it would have been a massive effort for sure. Saying that, I still think I didn't necessarily play my best today. I felt like I could have done better."
"I just have to review the body right now. I've had some niggles in the past few months, and I just need to get that sorted, train, and then we'll see after that. I'm really buying into and trusting the work that I'm doing with [new coach] Sebastian (Sachs) and the rest of the team."
"So I'm feeling good and confident that, in six months' time, I know it's not going to be the finished product, but hopefully I would have made strides."
"I think it was always going to be a tough match and a tough challenge to play against Coco. She's a great opponent, great athlete. But it was a good experience to be out there on Rod Laver."
"I think in the beginning it took some adjusting to. But it's such a nice court, and I'm happy to have had a match on that now so, next time, if I come back and play again on that court, I'll be more familiar."
"I'd really like to play her again. I think that maybe with more than five hours under my belt of practice. She's a great opponent, and I think that we're going to be playing each other many times in the future as we're both young and coming, we're going to be the next generation."
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