“That was interesting, but every player should be able to lose sometimes. It’s human and normal. But because it hadn’t happened to me for so long, it wasn’t normal that I lost, even though I was very realistic. I knew what had happened and how I had to do better. But it’s different to come here knowing that there are players who are going to make it very difficult for me. It’s different from Tokyo, because there I didn’t feel any pressure. Everything was good. Here I know that only winning will be good enough.”
Unbeatable De Groot found it difficult to maintain motivation
