Pablo Herrera, Spain - "It's never easy to start a tournament facing a local team, especially here where the Austrian really support their teams. It was complicated to play with this wind as it makes really difficult to throw the ball and hit it over the head. We're happy we won and we're confident for the next game".
Adrián Gavira, Spain - "It was fantastic to play our first game against an Austrian team in this amazing stadium. Now we have one day to rest and get ready to face Indonesia. We are already focused on this match".
Martin Ermancora, Austria - "Beach volleyball is very popular in Austria, but we didn't expect to have a packed stadium on Friday. Maybe we were too nervous. Last night I didn't sleep that well. We have to find out rhythm again and do better on the next games".
Moritz Pristauz, Austria - "I'm very happy that the tournament finally started. It's not quite often that you play the World Championships at home in front of your friends and you family. The first game did go so well for us but we are looking forward to compete better in the next matches. They putted a lot of pressure on us with their serving and it was difficult to play our game because of the wind. They are older players and they have played way more matches like this".