This viral moment was gold.

"It was a really good life," confessed the Olympic champion after a winning return to the China Open.

The Spaniard turned his left ankle in his opening win, but looked stable in his second-round triumph over Zizou Bergs.

“My journey hasn’t been about noise. It’s been about building something real.”

The Pole had knee surgery in July, and though "everything is going as it should" in his rehab, he's calling things early.