Tennis. Roland-Garros – Guy Forget: “In France, our system is not bad”

LFrench tennis is going through a Roland-Garros 2023 very sad. Not a representative in the third round of the ladies’ and men’s singles tables, no Franco-French pair in the quarters of the doubles tables… The results are calamitous. Before arguing the Legends Trophy, Guy Forget, former coach of the French Davis Cup teamspoke at the microphone of Tennis Act. Many players in French tennis have castigated the work of the French tennis federation in recent days. More measured, Guy Forget believes that not everything is to be thrown away in the current system…

Video – Guy Forget at the microphone of Tennis Actu at Roland-Garros

The Roland-Garros 2023 Men’s table click HERE

The Ladies table of Roland-Garros 2023 click HERE

“We progress by being in difficulty and not in comfort“

Guy Forget first welcomed Varvara Gracheva, naturalized French on Monday, before returning to the state of French tennis: “I am very happy. Welcome to her. French tennis has known good years. Today we may be at the bottom of the wave but there are talented young players. We must accompany them, help them and above all believe in them. The road is long and difficult and you have to be tough to progress. We progress by being in difficulty and not in comfort. There is no a miraculous recipe. There is no one way to be strong in tennis. We cannot say today that the Swiss, Serbian and Spanish federations or others are doing things that we have not done in France.“

Henri Leconte on French tennis at the microphone of Tennis Actu at Roland-Garros

“Our system as a whole is not bad, we must stop”

“Each player is different and the role of the federation is to adapt a program to each individual. Afterwards it is up to them, from 18 or 19 years old, to fly on their own. They must take their own structure with their physical trainer, their coach and go on the circuit. It’s not “if I don’t succeed, it’s the federation’s fault”. Today we point the finger at the federation as if it were the only one responsible. Our system as a whole is not bad, we must stop“

Bernard Giudicelli at the microphone of Tennis Actu Sunday