Arthur Cazaux Prepares for Roland-Garros Despite Ankle Injury: “I will be on the field to win”

FREE MIDI INFO. Injured ankle during the first round in Barcelona, ​​Arthur Cazaux will be well suited to compete at Roland-Garros this year (May 26 – June 9) even if the Montpellier native does not know in what state of physical form he will be.

You published a training video on the center of Roland-Garros, how is your ankle? Is the news good?

The ankle is better, it’s progressing at its own pace. I resumed training on clay just two days ago. I had resumed tennis all last week but it was only at the basket without having any confrontation in front, I didn’t move, I only did ranges. There, I’m gradually starting to move around again but not yet at great intensity, a bit of slipping… That’s where it’s at for the moment. I am still limited in terms of training time this week. But I compensate with physical fitness in the gym.

Before that, you practiced tennis sitting on a chair with an orthopedic boot, right?

Yes to keep a little contact with the racket. Since Roland-Garros was approaching and the doctors had told me that I could normally be ready for the tournament, we had to keep this contact with the racket, it was important. When I had the boot, every two days I tried to type for an hour sitting on a chair, quietly.

What was the hardest part of this period? Did it bring back bad memories for you, who had already experienced this?

No, honestly it’s okay. I took this period well. What was hard was at the time, I knew I was going to miss the entire clay court season. I knew that my chances of competing in the Olympic Games were slipping away a little because I couldn’t earn points to try to get my place at the Games. Afterwards it’s like that, injuries I’ve had much more serious ones in the past so it’s okay I took this injury well.

Today, if you had to give a percentage of your chances of playing at Roland Garros, how much would you say?

It’s certain that I’m going to play at Roland-Garros but am I going to be 100% physically ready or not… There’s a good chance that the percentage won’t be at the maximum. But in any case, you never know how my body will react. As much as I will be more ready than what was planned. So we’ll see how my re-athletics and my resumption of training on land goes.

When did you make the decision to play at Roland-Garros this year?

From the start, I was told that, normally, it would be good and that I would be on time. Rehabilitation and reathletics followed the initial course of things. As I didn’t have any major pain, the doctors always gave me the green light for Roland. I wasn’t worried about playing it. But it was more about whether I’m going to be 100% or not physically. Roland-Garros is Roland-Garros, it’s in France, I know that I will be supported by the public. Even if I’m not in top form I will be transcended by everyone nearby, the public, the desire to do well there, so I don’t worry about that.

This doubt about your physical capacity also takes some pressure off you?

I’m not going to make excuses to tell myself that I didn’t have the preparation I wanted. If I go on the field, it’s to win. I’m not here telling myself that I have nothing to lose because I’m less well physically. No no, if I enter the field it’s to give the best of myself with what I have and win.

After your absence following your injury, do you want to score points even more with a view to qualifying for the Olympic Games?

Yes obviously, we’ll see what happens at Roland. I will take it match by match, the results and the accounts we will do at the end.

How did you take Adrian Mannarino’s statements on his likely withdrawal from the Games?

He’s been telling me for a while that he was unsure about the Olympics because he knows that it’s a surface where he doesn’t perform very well, that he could surely give up his place. There, he made it official, obviously that gives me a chance to qualify. If I manage to win this last place, I will be very honored to wear the jersey of the French team, to play a tournament for my country that would be incredible.

Is this approach to his credit?

That obviously suits me but I haven’t earned my place yet. In any case it is to his credit yes, it is quite a strong choice.

2024-05-15 15:26:00
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