Times are hard for Gilles Simon. After taking a break from tennis this winter for a few weeks due in particular to the pandemic and its restrictions, Gilles Simon has since his return won only one small victory for four defeats between Cagliari, Barcelona, Estoril and Lyon. After his loss to Bedene on Monday, ‘Gilou’ returned to a press conference on his form and his current state of mind. If he does not hope so, it could well be that the Niçois will play his last Roland Garros from May 30.
« I am not in a position to hope for anything for Roland. I’m just trying to feel good, to perform. This was again not the case today (Monday). Even if everything is not to be thrown away either. Sometimes I can play the same game and be very negative, but no. I’ll try to be in good shape for Roland. If that allows me to be well physically for the future where sometimes I perform a little better than on clay. I am in a dynamic to work well, to be in good shape. I’m getting older so it’s getting harder and harder. When you get older, you feel less efficient, you take a little less pleasure, also necessarily linked to the conditions. Maybe we can feel the end coming too, so there’s a lot of stuff coming together and it’s not easy. »
Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 2:22 PM
