Denmark’s Anders Antonsen kept his cool to win his second Super 1000 tournament in the Petronas Malaysia Open on Sunday (Jan 14). He beat China’s Shi Yuqi 21-14, 21-13 in the men’s singles final.
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00:00 (announcing the winner)
00:15 I won against a top-tier player.
00:19 I'm very proud of myself.
00:21 I'm sure I did a bad job in the finals.
00:25 My opponent did a good job.
00:27 I think I did a good job in the first match of the season.
00:33 I'm getting better and better.
00:38 I hope I can keep this attitude.
00:42 It's a rare thing.
00:46 (announcing the winner)
00:54 It feels amazing. It feels incredible.
00:59 I'm emotionless right now. I don't know what I feel.
01:02 I'm in shock.
01:04 In a few hours I'll start to realize what just happened for me.
01:09 This is the biggest moment of my life.
01:12 Right now I feel empty. Totally blank.
01:15 I don't know what I feel right now.
01:17 It's amazing.
01:18 (announcing the winner)
01:24 I think yes.
01:27 The first game yesterday was super good.
01:30 I think the first game today was really good as well.
01:33 The second game was full of nerves.
01:38 I don't know.
01:40 Not the best second game maybe.
01:43 I got a bit shaky to be honest.
01:45 It took a long time in the last part of the game.
01:48 But the first game was on a very high level.
01:51 He's played a tough tournament.
01:53 He's played three matches in three games.
01:56 He had a tough one against Viktor.
01:58 Yesterday he also played late in the evening.
02:00 But I think he played very good.
02:02 I was really struggling in that first game.
02:06 Obviously it's an uphill battle in the second game for him.
02:10 On the difficult side, playing with the drift.
02:13 So it was crucial that I got the first game.
02:16 I think the level was super high in the first game.
02:19 (applause)
02:25 (applause)
02:27 (applause)
02:30 (applause)
02:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]