D. PRIZMIC/U. Humbert
6-1, 7-5
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. Your thoughts on the match today?
DINO PRIZMIC: Yeah, today I play very good, very good level. I very happy about my game. Match by match I play very good. Also today opponent was very, very tough. Yeah, but I again played very good.
Q. So often we see after a player has a big win, they suffer a letdown in the next match. How hard was it after the excitement of Friday night to come back and refocus today?
DINO PRIZMIC: Yeah, I mean, for me it was a big thing, a big thing happen yesterday. I just want to stay focused and try to prepare as much as I can for every match. Yeah, also today I just try to stay focus and to be ready for the match.
Q. Do you think you've broken a barrier; you can consider yourself a contender to reach the semifinals or finals of a big tournament like this?
DINO PRIZMIC: What do you say?
Q. You broke through a barrier as a player...
DINO PRIZMIC: I don't know. Now it's for me hard to say. I just want to go match by match and to see what to happen.
Q. When you are suffering with injuries, did you ever lose hope, faith that you could get back to this kind of level?
DINO PRIZMIC: It was not easy, especially in the beginning when I had a lot of problems with my wrist. But hopefully now everything is good. I just want to continue like this.
Q. How hard was it seeing other people your age having those breakthrough moments when you were not even able to play?
DINO PRIZMIC: I think it's very good for young players, especially for Blockx and Mensik. For now it's still something new for me. I need to continue to improve every day, to play good, yeah.
Q. How about the experience in Rome so far? Tennis aside, did you have time to see something about the city?
DINO PRIZMIC: Yeah, not yet. Every day is the same. After the matches I have to do recovery and prepare for the next day.
Yeah, I just want to keep my routine and to stay here as much as I can.
Q. Ljubicic said you are a very different player from the other tennis Croatian players of the past. Would you like to steal something maybe from the heritage of Croatian tennis?
DINO PRIZMIC: Oh, I don't know. Like I say before, I just want to play my game and to be myself on the court. Yeah, we will see.
Q. Do you have any targets in mind for the rest of the year now that you've made this breakthrough?
DINO PRIZMIC: Maybe for me goal is to be top 30 at the end of the year.
Q. Top 30?
DINO PRIZMIC: Top 30, yeah.
First of all, I just want to stay healthy and play as much as I can.
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