Taylor Fritz was the best player I've ever played, admits Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

ready play now straight set s for you how did you feel on court today hello to everyone uh I feel great it was a difficult match because uh we are like not close friends but we are friends we know each other so it's tough but uh I think the the first Set uh I played good and then he changed his his form to play like he start to play more to my forehand and then I feel better so I'm good I'm I'm happy to be in semis again three wins in a row for you of course here but the first one was tough because uh the guy you Fai guy yeah he Ser for the match yeah but since then it seems like you you improve every match yeah how Cy are you for the semi-finals yeah the first round it was really tough because he was he play amazing level uh I think the conditions of the court and that moment because we play at the at night or maybe at the evening uh it was so slow the court the walls are was so heavy so that was difficult for me because I play fast I like to play fast and he play good he he feel comfortable with that condition so uh it was tough but after that I start to feel it better um you mentioned the forehand and I guess you feel as though you know you felt more comfortable on the forehand right yeah yeah because uh at the beginning of the match today he was playing playing to me like all back hand and I need to take my inside out or inside in but he play so like so hard not fast but hard so that was difficult and then he I think maybe he was a bit tired and then he was he he start to to move more the ball like one to my forehand to my back hand like this and I feel it better there so that's F how are you feeling physically in terms of Tomorrow good I'm good physically uh now I just play the double so I'm a bit tired because it was a long day I'm here since 10 maybe like you guys but playing like a quarters again was a bit difficult mentally like so but I'm feel good I will be good for tomorrow and what do you expect from caros your next opponent uh uh we know each other really well we played last last week in toy we played final he beat me 6461 I I was he plays so good uh but I was a bit injured I get injured on the first round that week and then worst in the semis at the beginning of the match so it was difficult for me to play the this that final but uh I think here with the condition are bit a bit fast uh I think it will be a good match because he he likes he likes to play and that the ball of of him like I feel comfortable with that so it will be a good match it's a new tournament for us first time this tournament is out first time in PTO for you I think yeah in PTO yes it's the first time I played a couple tournaments in Portugal and uh it's good I like it how was it been did you have time to explore any anything so far or not really uh just some restaurants but uh the the days was very long like today now I need to get the shower fysio so I will be finished at 8 8:30 then I go to eat and then I go to the bed for a good reason yeah of course I'm happy to go to go to the Ved early for because I need to play tomorrow you've been on the tour for a few years if I just wonder what it's like um being on the tour and the challenge of tour in particular if you could give me some ideas of you know on your own sometimes maybe with a coach or how is it for you I travel a lot alone but uh I'm trying to to find my coach like uh but it's good it's it's tough because we play so many weeks but uh it's like a work you know it's the same as a work of different work but we need to play not every week but it's difficult to to take some rest because if you feel good you want to keep going and if you feel bad you want to feel better so it's tough to stop but um I don't know I think it's a it's a good tournament on the challengers maybe couple this not good but uh uh it's I don't know who is toughest play you think you've ever faced on the tour you know on chra tour or anyway the toughest it was Fritz uh because of the ranking he was 11 at that moment uh I feel it good that in that moment because I was passing qual on Grand Slam playing the first round with him playing my first match on five sets but uh yeah it's I think the level it's um it's it's not too much difference between the Challengers and the atps that's why if you see some tournaments on the 250 it will be some some guys 150 can beat the 10 or 20 it's difficult of course because they have more experience they play better but it's not too much the difference so thank you thank you so much thank you thank you if you enjoyed this video make sure you hit that like button don't forget to subscribe and click that notification Bell so you don't miss out on all things tennis