During a press conference, broadcast live on social networks, Gaël Monfils announced, Tuesday, October 27, “to end his season”.
Gaël Monfils will not participate in the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000
“The confinement turned me off, it hurt me a lot, I came back without having a lot of confidence”, said Gaël Monfils at a press conference he organized on social media.
Since the resumption of competitions after confinement, the French number 1 has not had good results. In four tournaments, the player of tennis The 34-year-old has not won a single match, neither in Rome, nor in Hamburg and neither at Roland Garros on clay, nor in Vienna indoors. By putting an end to his season, the current 11th player in the world will therefore not play the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 which will take place next week, reports Ouest-france.fr.
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“I really want to play up to forty years old, at least up to 38”
“I was obsessed with coming back, to play well, to train well to play well, to perform well, but I didn’t manage to do it at all”, also confided Gaël Monfils at the online press conference. He also returned to his defeat at the Rolland Garros in the first round against Bublik, indicating that he did not have it. “well accepted”.
This defeat “hurt me a lot. It took me a little while to digest well”, recognized the thirty-something. “I really want to play until forty years, at least until 38 to go to the Olympics in Paris (in 2024)”, he revealed in terms of the rest of his career.
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