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Roland-Garros: "I'm happy to have made the French happy", relishes Hugo Gaston

2020-10-05T18:35:43.404Z


Tricolor hero of the Parisian fortnight, the Toulousain will give himself a short week of rest before resuming training in sight


Something happened, Sunday evening, for a thousand spectators and the nearly six million viewers who followed the last exchanges of the Homeric duel lost by Hugo Gaston against Dominic Thiem (6-4, 6-4 , 5-7, 3-6, 6-3).

With his very frank name and his antihero physique, the young Toulousain, 20, entered homes and hearts, multiplying in a few hours by five his number of subscribers on a famous social network.

Before regaining the tranquility of his native southwest, with a progression of 82 places in the standings (239th to 157th), Gaston was able to reap the fruits of his nascent glory by touring the media over the past 24 hours.

HUGO GASTON.

Even if he lost, the French tennis player created the feat this weekend at Roland Garros in the match against world number 3, Dominic Thiem.

In 2013, when he was only 12, he was already presented as a young player with a future.

#HugoGaston pic.twitter.com/cLR05qnAKZ

- Ina.fr (@Inafr_officiel) October 5, 2020

“I try to stay calm, relaxed.

I know now people will recognize me and it's nice because we did something good.

I am happy to have made the French happy.

There, it is still fresh.

But in a week, everything will be back to normal.

I will know how to keep my feet on the ground.

I am well surrounded and I have no worries about that, I know it will go very well.

"

Memories in my head

Marc Barbier's protégé will leave the capital of films in his head.

“It's hard to keep an image,” he reflects.

There is necessarily the match point against Stan

(Editor's note: Wawrinka, in the 3rd round)

and then the atmosphere against Thiem.

Playing two great players on two great courts

(Editor's note: Lenglen then Chatrier)

is something fabulous.

I lost, but there is a lot of pride.

I knew I was capable of this but not for so long.

I didn't have a drop, I was really full for five sets from start to finish and that's what I'm happy with.

"

In four games at Porte d'Auteuil, the new tricolor darling has filled his bank account with 189,000 euros (although he had only accumulated 145,000 euros in total until then).

There is no question of splurging.

“Money is also important to finance my career,” he explains.

It is investment.

I'm not going to buy a car, two houses or a watch!

"

#Audiences 🎾


Excellent score for #RolandGarros with the #gastonthiem meeting yesterday on @ France2tv & @ France3tv


▶ ️ 3.2 million viewers for 18.3% of PdA with a peak at 5.6 million million (on France2).


🔝 Best match for this 2020 edition pic.twitter.com/60eJFWNkoN

- France • tv sport presse (@ftvsport_pro) October 5, 2020

The beautiful French history of the 2020 edition will enjoy a well-deserved rest until Monday, October 12.

“I just want to enjoy my family, my friends and think about something other than tennis.

Enjoy because it doesn't happen every day.

»Tell also, when he goes to greet his Tennis Club in Blagnac, before getting back to work for the Hamburg Challenger at the end of October, and probably the Masters 1000 at Bercy where he hopes for an invitation.

Like at Roland Garros.

It is difficult to see how the organizers could refuse him ...

Achievements to be confirmed

Propelled on the front of the Seine, Gaston will no longer be able to benefit from the surprise effect.

"It is sure that my opponents will look at me differently," breaths the king of the cushioned.

They will be wary.

But first I will stay focused on myself.

It's part of my game to vary, I've always played like this and I'm not going to change my style.

I will keep the same base by adapting a little.

"

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In a tennis France in need of new models, Hugo Gaston has everything to gain by its freshness and its atypical and endearing side.

As long as the fall 2020 star is not shooting.

The Coutelots (against Nalbandian), Mutis (against Roddick) or Haenel (in front of Agassi) also had their American quarter of an hour before ending up in the memory box.

“I will continue to work on the attitude and the mentality, which made me lose matches but win here, he sums up.

On the level, I am able to compete with the best… ”

Source: leparis

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