Czech Machac claims Adelaide International title

"When you finish a tournament, you will always be tired, so for sure I will be a little bit tired," Machach said.

"But I have two days to recover. And when I arrive to Melbourne, there will be again new energy, new motivation.

"It's not an easy draw. But for me, I didn't arrive to Australia to search for easy draw.

"Everything that I will play in Melbourne is something that I'm very glad that after the injury, I can be in this moment."

Machac, who was eighth seed in Adelaide, battled a nagging right knee injury that curtailed his output last year.

But the 25-year-old felt he had overcome the ailment, evidenced by his decisive third set against a flagging Frenchman.

"I managed to keep the level of the tennis pretty high from the beginning of the third set, so that was a great key in the game," he said.

"I started to play even a little bit more aggressive ...  it was a very difficult match."

The unseeded Humbert only secured his spot in the final by winning a semi-final late on Thursday night.

"At the end, it was not easy," Humbert said.

"Maybe I was not really fresh because last night I finished my match late.

"I felt when we started the third, I have a little bit less energy - but he didn't give me anything, so congratulations to him."

Humbert also faces a challenging first-round encounter in Melbourne on Tuesday morning, against eighth-seeded American Ben Shelton.

"I need to do a good recovery to be ready and fresh against Ben," he said.

"He has a really big serve ... amazing player, super-aggressive from the baseline and he tries to go a lot to the net.

"It's going to be a great battle between two lefties."

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