Team Cup

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi Golf Resort

Continental Europe

Matteo Manassero

Quick Quotes


Q. That match was tight, how proud to win it in the end?

MATTEO MANASSERO: Yeah, it's nice to bring it home. It's nice to finish this great event with a win. So yeah, I'm proud. I'm proud that I stayed in it and I fought. At the end of the day it was about looking at our match and trying to make the most of that. So I'm happy that I managed to do that. It was a tough week.

So this week, obviously we think as a team. So I'm not standing here happy with the result, but the fight today was good.

Q. You played in the Seve Trophy in 2011 and 2013, the equivalent of this championship. Over the last 12 years, how much has it evolved? It seems it's much more a rehearsal for Ryder Cup and a chance to test things out for Ryder Cup.

MATTEO MANASSERO: Yeah, it's very different. I think back then it used to be just that event, and sort of we see each other every day at tournaments, but there's always kind of rivalry which is nice.

This week, obviously it's the same but they want to use it with a bigger purpose, obviously the Ryder Cup, which I think is really nice. The organisation compared to 12 years ago is a lot more. We're very coddled. We have everything we need. It seems like a little Ryder Cup, I think. I've never played in one, but from what the players say on all the team perspective, it seems like a little Ryder Cup.

It's great that we can kind of have a little bit of experience of something that we all dream to play but then it's never that easy to be prepared to play.

Q. Having played in this, does it increase your desire to try to get on that Ryder Cup Team?

ANTOINE ROZNER: Yeah, team sport is amazing. But it's different, also. It's 12 years since I have played in a foursome match play, and for me, yesterday was difficult. It's all experience. When you're not playing that well, to be able to be supportive for your partner that maybe is playing better than you, so you can try to be as one and bring something together, do something together, it's not easy.

It was a really good experience, and I would say, obviously, yeah, more desire to play in the Ryder Cup, still a dream.

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