Gilles Simon: "A little sad"

Wimbledon (Men)

Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 17:49

Suspended Monday night by the night when he had just taken the third set to Juan Martin Del Potro, the Frenchman did not go far to take the Argentinian in a fifth set (7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 in 4h24).

"It was difficult to manage, that night to wait for the recovery?"
Yesterday (Monday) evening we wanted to stop both, but for different reasons. Juan Martin said that there was already too much darkness and I was afraid that we only play twenty minutes more, that we find ourselves at 4-4, that it becomes slippery and dark and that despite this, we we put pressure to finish. I do not like it. Afterwards, the problem was the recovery, because we had spent three and a quarter hours on the court already, yesterday. It was long, hard, and the break was short enough.
        

You had 4-1 balls in this fourth inning. Is not your main regret on the first occasion, when you both find yourself in the net and succeed in two reflex flights?
No, because it's more general than that. I think it was playing very well and at one point you just have to believe that you can put it 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, that it's not unreal. I think it was very possible, I had the break every time. But the points that give him the breakups were indicative of a belief that collapses a bit at that time. It showed on this first ball of 4-1 but not only. In this match I was fifteen times brave and fifteen times not bold enough. Even if I had won this point, we would have found ourselves in a similar situation at another time.
        

You end up disappointed?
I had a lot of opportunities but I did not know how to grab them. I'm a little sad because I was often above him at the beginning of sets. You can not have thousands of chances against a player like him. I had enough, but I did not concretize them.
        

Do you see him beating Nadal tomorrow (Wednesday)?
He has already done so so he still has a chance yes. He was able to beat them all and that's why many people like to watch him play, because you feel that anything can happen. "
        

J.Re., At Wimbledon