Q. Great win today. Two in a row. How were you feeling after a round like that?
LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, pretty satisfied. It's always good coming into match play events seeing the draw getting to play against some really good players. So, yeah, to come out and play the way I have against Tony and Xander has been really satisfying.
Q. This match kind of went back and forth the whole way, seemed like it was close and in the balance the entire time. How do you keep your mentality strong at a time like that especially being new to an event like this?
LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, it's been interesting. I played a little bit with Tony the last 12 months in some bigger events, feel like I competed with him pretty nicely, so that was obviously good for yesterday.
Then I played a lot of amateur golf with Xander and I feel like he's obviously had a quicker rise than I did to the PGA TOUR and to that top 10 in the world, but I felt like back seven or eight years ago we probably had similar games and I feel like I'm getting somewhere near where he is.
So I didn't feel super out of place playing against him, I felt like I knew him and had spent a bit of time with him out at events and practicing and that kind of thing with him before. So I think that was a big benefit to me versus playing against someone I had not really met before and not played any golf against.
Q. Heading into tomorrow, you have a good start now, ahead with two victories. What's the mindset tomorrow?
LUCAS HERBERT: I think if you don't lose a match for the week you're going to be doing pretty well. Same mentality, go out and beat the player in front of me, Takumi is obviously a great player from Japan, he's not going to be an easy walkover, I can tell you that, he's a really solid player. So I got to be on my game tomorrow, make sure I'm bringing my best stuff and if I do that it should give me a good chance to get through to that next stage.
Q. What's the plan for tonight getting ready for tomorrow?
LUCAS HERBERT: I would say more on the relaxing side of things. It's been a big sort of month of golf. Don't want to wear myself out too much. Obviously hoping for it to be a long week, so I would like to keep myself fresh.
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