I've got Declan James who's in with us
and I have to say Declan are you
actually wearing high heels 
I'm not Joey I know you like to refer to me as the
tallest player on the tour but I've
actually only six three 
no you're joking me
No, I'm six three and a half
On your on your stat it actually
says you're six five so are you putting...
putting sneaky things in?
Someone's manufactured
that I need to go and talk to PSA
and get that adjusted because it's you know
not quite on the ball 
I reckon we need
to speak to your manager but just
talking about the players coming through
you're one of them you've had an amazing
run that the the beginning of this
season you've had some very very tough
draws and you're really starting to take
it to the the very top few players in
the world I mean you were we're very
close to taking out Karim Abdel Gawad
in in the last 16 yesterday 
Yeah I'm
feeling great you know a few few minor
changes to things during the summer a
lot of hard work but you know people
keep asking me what's changed you know
why all of a sudden now are the results
starting to come and I keep saying it's not
one particular thing it's years and years
of hard work they are starting to pay
off you know it's not one thing that
changes and overnight you become a great
player it's just it's just a lifetime's
dedication to to the craft and you know
the things are starting to fall together
in the right place just believing in the
process and believing that I'm good
enough to actually reach that top level
you know close again yesterday with
another top 10 guy and I'm just you know
trying so hard to get a win against one
of these guys but I'm confident that
it's gonna come sooner rather than later
Just going back to last night with
there was one situation I don't want to
remind you of it you're obviously gonna watch it
back there was a situation when you
actually had a review where it was gonna
be a clear stroke there
going into that I mean now that you're
playing these guys he's very top guys
you're under that pressure you're
responding to their level
it's very difficult as well to kind of
switch on the streetwise side of
it as well and you know how did you feel
about that scenario 
Yeah I mean my heart rate
was about 800 at the time so you know
it's quite hard to think about
everything else and yeah I dropped the
ball there I to be honest I didn't I
didn't realize that was 10 all and we
were in the tiebreak and that my review
had been renewed I knew that I lost my
review early
in the game and to be quite honest I
just completely forgot about a minute
later before I was about to serve it
finally hit me like a light switch like
a hammer to the head I realize I've got
a review of course by then it was too
late you know I came back strongly in
the fourth but had it gone 2-1 up
that's not to say that Karim wouldn't
have raised his level again these are
the little bits of experience that I'm
going to gain and hopefully I don't you
know make a mistake like that again
I'm sure Mr. Beechill might have a
question for you. 
One thing
that interests me after after a match
like that and obviously a great result
for you
you obviously wake up today you're a
little bit sore you're reflecting on
last night what are you taking from
last night to go into the
next tournament the next matches and
hopefully come out a better player 
Yeah a huge amount of confidence really I'm
chipping away at these top ten guys you
know I had a bad patch at the end of the
third last night where I made four
errors which at that level was pretty
unforgivable but as I said I came back
strongly in the fourth and then in the
fifth I didn't go up an extra gear
mentally where I needed to and of course
his quality improved overall I have many
more positives than negatives to take
from last night and I just feel that if
I continue to put myself in that
position that sooner rather than later
I'm gonna you know get a win against one
of these guys but you know overall I
take a lot of confidence from this week
And how sore are you?
You are definitely sore after last night
This morning I was feeling a bit
fragile
Karim sent me on a few return trips in
the front left corner but I've done a
huge amount of recovery work today I've been
in the pool have been in the in the cold
pools I've been doing stretching I feel
good tonight and and of course this is
what we trained for to be able to back
these kind of scenarios up 
Well, well done
mate it was a great performance
Thank you, I appreciate it 
How'd you feel just
quickly before we throw to the next
quarter final how did you feel about your
nickname? 
Absolutely love my nickname you
know I don't think I don't think it's a
secret that I'm a bit of a Batman fan
and I think it's catching on
well that you know so if people interact
with it then great but yeah I'm loving
it
Good to see you smile we wish you the
best for the rest of the season
