Tom van Walle, Belgium - “It wasn’t a nice win but it was an important win. We knew if we put them under pressure they would break, but if we didn’t do it we’d start bad like we did in the second set. Then they start to play well and it gets really difficult when they are in rhythm. You need to stay focused all the time.”
Dries Koekelkoren, Belgium - “I think we are in a good flow. We are working with a new coach this season (coached Nummerdor). We had to get used to him and he had to get used to us. Now it starts working and there is a good chemistry. The structure is paying off and we really want to make a step to the top of the world. You can focus on the games now; the coaches take care of hotels and flights, in the beginning we had to do all of that ourselves.”
Edgars Tocs, Latvia - “We were a little bit nervous, first big competition for us. We were rushing, trying strong jump serves but the wind was changing all the time. The second set had less mistakes, more like easy balls, and we were playing like we had nothing to lose. In the third we started out 0-3 so the ending was not very good.”
Rihards Finstars, Latvia - “We have had some close matches with them. It’s about believing and experience. All times, at the end of a set something goes wrong, I don’t know why.”