Couple of quotes from today's presser from Gael:
Q. You didn't seem to be able to give it your full effort.
"No, at the beginning I think, you know, Novak was playing good. I didn't serve great, you know. It was very quick 5-0. I get to change a little bit, you know. I get to change. That's a little bit tough, because for sure people are not really ready to see that. You know, because, you know, why I will stay and lose 6-0 and not change anything? So, yeah, definitely I try to get in his head. You know, try to create something new for him, you know, to see. And that was it. When the guy is too good, you know, playing clean and you're playing very bad, I mean, not that good, you know, you need to change. At the end, that's why I think it was necessary, and I almost get back to the first set."
And he's another, more "quotable" clip from the presser:
Q. Have you had opponents do that to you, as well, change up the tactics?
"No, because everyone not doing it because of all the question they gonna receive and all the -- is not natural, and I know it is not natural. Because first question is like you're not competing. Fuck, yes, I'm competing, you know. Even I'm like at my best actually. The guy is too good. I just have to change, you know."