At Roland-Garros,
With the fall decor set, the French still had to offer some spring colors to the rare spectators present this year at Roland-Garros.
Missed.
Started on Sunday under the spotlight, the Moutet - Giustino match ended on Monday… under the same spotlight.
And Corentin Moutet donned the costume of a magnificent loser, defeated at the end of the suspense and crippled with cramps (0-6, 7-6, 7-6, 2-6, 18-16).
“I don't feel anything anymore, I feel completely drained,” he breathed hot, ten minutes after his match in the first round lost.
Usually, the epic fight between Corentin Moutet and the Italian Lorenzo Giustino would have taken place in a bullfighting atmosphere on court 14, a small arena that can quickly become hot.
The kind of showdown from the first week that thrills tournament lovers.
The few curious people who came to gather around the court, however, warmed up the atmosphere a little during the interminable last set between the Italian and the French, which lasted three hours!
“It always hurts to lose, especially in a Grand Slam in Paris.
There were still spectators.
It was really cool, they came to see me, to encourage me, despite the small audience.
Thanks to them.
Frankly, there was everything for me to win this game.
Finally, everyone did everything to make me win this game.
I failed to win.
It sure hurts.
Afterwards, if I had lost in 2 hours, I might have felt it coming more.
It would surely have hurt a little less. "
“It was cool that there were spectators. They came to encourage me. There was everything for me to win this match. "
Corentin Moutet
Not a tennis peak this marathon, but a real 6:05 thriller which became the second longest match in the history of Roland-Garros behind the Santoro-Clément meeting and its 6:33 in 2004. “I would have preferred it to last less a long time and that I manage to conclude on my services.
Under these conditions, it's really physically very complicated.
Tonight I'm not going to splurge (smiles).
It was cool that there were spectators.
They came to encourage me.
There was everything for me to win this match.
It sure hurts to lose this game.
Already, to play a normal match under these conditions, it is not easy.
When we play for more than 6 hours, it was sure to be complicated at the end. "
Moutet served three times for the match ...
In a bad position against the Italian qualifier Lorenzo Giustino (157th worldwide), Moutet played on alternating current and came back from a long way, only to fail on the wire.
Sunday, at 9:21 p.m., his match was interrupted, in the persistent drizzle of the Parisian night.
The hot 21-year-old tricolor did not hide his annoyance in the face of the limitable climatic conditions.
After inflicting a bubble on his opponent in the first act, he had then complicated the task.
Led 0-6, 7-6, 4-3, break, he returned to the court on Monday with better intentions, but found himself led two sets to one, after having badly negotiated the decisive game of the third act.
Back to the wall, he pushed his opponent to a fifth set, served for the match three times, before giving in.
Beaten in the 3rd round of the US Open and in the 3rd round Porte d'Auteuil in 2019, the 71st in the world will not have lasting memories of this Roland Garros unlike any other with this cruel defeat which will be hard to digest. plays on details.
I have made too many unforced errors.
I had a lot of chances.
He gave me a lot of problems with his game. He played very well, he's a very good player.
Even if he comes out of the qualifiers, it is not at all pejorative for him.
I think he's a good player.
He has already won 4 games here.
Frankly, I'm not ashamed of having lost against this player, apart from the disappointment of having lost, as it would have been against any player. ”
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