00:02I mean, obviously, I had a tough, tough first round. Rubikina is a great player. So yeah, I mean, I
00:09tried, you know, going out there to see what it would be like just to, I guess, feel no pressure.
00:15And yeah, just go out there and have a fun time. I feel like that's what I accomplished. And obviously,
00:21I have a lot to learn. But yeah, I'm excited with most of the things that I did out there.
00:25And yeah, I'm excited to, I guess, experience this more times, hopefully.
00:31Thank you. Questions?
00:36You're still a junior. I'm curious on with the recent changes with NCAA and prize money, NIL, is that something
00:46that could be potentially on your radar and use as an avenue to kind of have more appearances here?
00:52Or are you hoping to just kind of build off of this and just go the pro route?
00:58Yeah, I mean, I think I'm trying to just finish high school, see where the rest of this year takes
01:03me.
01:03I'm not rushing into kind of making a decision with all of that. But yeah, I would say my answer
01:10to that is just I'm taking this year and next year to finish high school and then see where I
01:15am then.
01:20All right, Brian, we spoke yesterday.
01:22Yes.
01:22Thank you for your time.
01:24You had a lot of aces out there.
01:26When people here, you at one point had, you know, played a role hitting like Serena.
01:30Is there pressure? You got to show some power?
01:34I mean, no, I feel like I've always been an aggressive player.
01:38That's always been kind of my game just to be aggressive.
01:43Obviously, my height gives me the chance to serve bigger.
01:45So I feel like I usually have, you know, that kind of feeling of being more aggressive and powerful.
01:53But yeah.
01:56Have you met Serena yet?
01:58Or do you know if you will have the chance to meet her?
02:02I actually have not met her yet, but hopefully I can get the chance soon to get the opportunity to
02:10meet her.
02:14Your story made a lot of headlines for the match.
02:17Did you get any reactions from that or did you try to get away from that before your first Grand
02:26Slam match?
02:27Yeah, I mean, I think it's hard to get away from all of that.
02:30It's kind of just about, you know, accepting it and not letting it get to you.
02:35And I feel like I did a good job of that.
02:37Obviously, I saw that Will Smith reposted one of my posts.
02:43So that was pretty, pretty cool and a cool experience.
02:46But I mean, no, I would say I didn't let any of it get to me.
02:53Was there any reaction by Serena in the last five years after the movie?
03:00Did she congratulate her for what you were doing there or something like this?
03:07Not yet.
03:10But hopefully soon.
03:12I mean, yeah, there was obviously a lot of other things happening in that movie.
03:17So I'm sure she was caught up with that.
03:19But, yeah, no.
03:24Are you planning on playing the junior tournament next week?
03:28And then you're probably used to kind of being the, you know, the aggressive player out there with your game.
03:36How did you feel in your match today?
03:38Were you feeling, OK, I can really just go toe to toe with the world's biggest hitters?
03:43And was it kind of daunting facing Rabakina in that way?
03:48Yeah, well, to answer your first question, yes, my plan is to play juniors and kind of finish the year
03:55with my last U.S. Open.
03:58But, yeah, I mean, I think my goal is on court is always to have like an aggressive game style.
04:06And today I feel like it was a bit harder to bring that out because obviously she is a very
04:10aggressive player.
04:11So I think, you know, it was a fun experience to kind of see, you know, how the best players
04:17in the world, how they how they hit their their balls and their shots.
04:20And, yeah, hopefully the next time I meet her, if I do, I can be more experienced and, yeah, see
04:29what I can do.
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