At a time when we are talking about mental health, it is perhaps logical to return to the Roland Garros final in 2004, especially since this duel was the fatal blow for the two protagonists.
After this defeat, Guillermo Coria fell into depression and never regained the urge. Gaston Gaudio first surfed the wave before he too lost his footing.
It must be said that we had taught these two very emotional players to contain their emotions, a choice that forced them at every stroke to go almost against their nature.
Suddenly, when this “method” definitely gnawed at them from the inside and the results were no longer there, they simply exploded in flight.
Seeing Gaston back in the preliminary round of the Davis Cup as captain of the Argentinian team is therefore necessarily to remember this tragedy, to remember that tennis can also “destroy” our brain .
Posted on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 10:56 a.m.
