Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Tuesday April 23, 2024 at 11:16 a.m.
Still in complete uncertainty regarding Roland-Garros following his serious injury contracted last week in Barcelona and which probably permanently ruled him out of the race for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Arthur Cazaux (21 years old) nevertheless put things into perspective, hoping that this first hard blow will benefit him for the rest of his career.
Arthur Cazaux could have to draw a line under Roland-Garros and barring a miracle, he will not be part of the Olympic adventure this summer during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Despite everything, the new nugget of French tennis keeps (almost surprisingly) his morale and wants to put things into perspective despite this serious injury (rupture of a ligament in his right ankle) that he contracted last week in Barcelona (“while the point was over, I relaxed my running, making a slide braking, but my right foot got stuck on the end line, while my whole body continued in the direction of the slide. Suddenly the ankle was completely twisted”) – and came to put a serious (. and first) a halt to an ascent which only asked to gain even more altitude in the wake of a rather exceptional start to the season for the young Montpellier. “Fate has fallen on me a bit lately but I’m taking it well. I know that it’s also a reflection of life. It’s never linear, there are always ups and downs. The goal of this type of period is to come out stronger, and richer in learning”, analyzes with a rather impressive maturity for his age the French hero of the last Australian Open, who has moreover took the opportunity to recharge his batteries with his family, and enjoys it in the columns of The team. “At least I have my weekends with my friends, and I get back to my little life as a villager in the South.”
Cazaux: “I tell myself that there will be plenty of other objectives awaiting me during the year”
A little life that he would nevertheless gladly abandon to win the race against the clock that he started on April 15 in Catalonia with an immobilization boot intended to transform into a splint and with the idea of being able to be restored in time to be able to play Roland-Garros. Here too, the eighth finalist in Melbourne at the end of January is optimistic. “The ankle is still immobilized for two weeks. The doctors told me that if everything goes perfectly, I will be able to play Roland.” For the Games, on the other hand, we repeat: it is extremely compromised, not to say already folded. “With all my forfeits, my chances have become very, very low.” Not a tragedy there either for a Cazaux who is definitely very strong in constantly seeing the glass half full. “That too, I take it well, because if I had been told that I would be 74th in the world in March 2024, I would have signed straight away. I tell myself that there will be plenty of other objectives that will appeal to me. will wait during the year.” They have not changed. Cazaux, who gave his supporters a huge scare in Miami, where he fainted in the middle of a match, thus has the hope of “joining the Top 50” and “winning his first title on the ATP circuit”.
2024-04-23 09:16:00
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