Affected in the neck, the current 11th player in the world abandoned Monday in the first round in Vienna when he was largely led by the Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (6-1, 2-0).
The French, who has not won a single match since February, preferred to stop there.
“I will not be in Paris for the Masters 1000 (November 2 to 8).
I did not see myself playing this tournament when I am not at all.
It's the end of my season and it will remain mixed.
I don't have good feelings.
I don't play tennis well and have physical discomfort in serving.
It's a pain that I had already felt last year after the US Open.
You had to cut the negative spiral and recharge your batteries.
It's heartbreaking to stop the season now but I'm giving myself some time to prepare well for the 2021 Australian Open. ”
"The problem is above all mental"
Gaël Monfils
Gaël Monfils lived a catastrophic post-containment season.
Since the resumption of the circuit in August, the Monf 'has lost its four meetings with one set won and nine lost.
If he has physical discomfort, the problem is elsewhere.
He readily recognizes it.
“The problem is above all mental.
I can't give the best of myself.
Since I'm uncomfortable and sad on the pitch, I contract and move very badly as I move well before training.
I have failed to find mental resources.
Especially at Roland Garros and it hurts me.
It's very hard for me to have fun, I don't have good feelings, I feel it's hard.
There is a lot of sadness that escapes in me.
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"The confinement turned me off"
Gaël Monfils
Third in the Race at the beginning of March after his titles in Montpellier and Rotterdam then his semi-final in Dubai - where he had three match points against Novak Djokovic before surrendering - Monfils had achieved one of the best start to the season of his career, before the health crisis even struck.
“I started the season very well.
I had never been so strong tennis and mentally at the same time.
Everything was in place.
The confinement turned me off, I came back without confidence, it hurt me a lot, I didn't manage to adapt well, to make the right choices on my return.
The confidence that I had gained, I lost it immediately.
I was obsessed with coming back, playing well, training well and I didn't manage to do it at all.
Defeats, frankly, we don't care ... Two, three, four, six, ten, we don't care!
The most important thing is to cut the spiral.
I did not do a good recovery but in the end, I remain eleventh in the world.
At worst, I'll go down fourteenth.
It remains to be seen when he will leave for Australia where the fortnight is still compulsory for the time being.
Obviously, her partner, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, fifth player in the world, would not be very keen to join Australia at the beginning of December ...
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