"I will do with people who believe in me": after his exclusion from the FFT, Corentin Moutet moves forward

It's over for the Blues... After Gilles Simon beaten by Auger-Aliassime in the afternoon, Corentin Moutet lost Thursday evening against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (n ° 5) in two sets (6-3, 7 -6 (3)).

The match too many for the Parisian, from qualifying.

“In the first set, I was a little slower, I had less energy.

He was playing very fast compared to the other players I played, sums up the world No. 64.

In the 2nd set, I was much better.

It's a bit of a shame that it doesn't pass, I would have been curious to see a 3rd.

I didn't serve very well at the end.

And he had a very good game…”

Moutet did not approach his nocturnal rendezvous in ideal conditions.

Barely more than 4:30 p.m. after leaving the Central at 3:05 a.m. on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, leaving a long fight against Briton Norrie.

Something to slightly upset the routine… “I tried to sleep, do like every game, my physical warm-up, respect the meals, but it was really complicated, he summarizes.

I went to bed at 5:30 a.m. but I was not sleeping.

I was just thinking about the game and I had drunk a lot of coffee.

I wasn't fresh when I woke up, but honestly I had no body aches.

It was more a basic fatigue, to seek concentration, to be there on each point, etc.

I'm disappointed with the outcome of the match but I think I showed good things and I can play tennis even better.

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Make that win No. 59 for @steftsitsipas in 2022!

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He knocks out Moutet 6-3 7-6(3) to advance to the quarter-finals in Paris!

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For a few months, the French n ° 5, 23, has been on an upward slope in the game. But his behavior on the court has just earned him his exclusion from the federal bosom in which he grew up.

"The saddest thing is not necessarily no longer working with them because I'm all alone in the field, but no longer training with Laurent

when we were doing a very good job, explains- he.

I'm not perfect, no one is.

I have certain flaws that they don't like, it's their choice.

I will do with people who believe in me.

I will continue to train and do what I can.

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Moutet especially regrets the timing of the announcement as he was preparing to play his last tournament of the year.

“They told me two days before Bercy, it's not very easy to organize two weeks before a pre-season, he continues.

I didn't expect it because they were in my box in 8th place at the US Open, there in qualifying, often there telling me that I was doing things well... In terms of behavior, I'm expressive, I let myself sometimes carried away by my emotions, in any case they are visible.

But as we saw yesterday

, I can win very difficult matches, go for it in my entrenchments.

Not a thousand of us know how to do it and I can be proud of myself.

I am a fighter.

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The Ile-de-France left-hander will now sit down to think about his staff.

“I met a lot of people who believed in me, others who said I wouldn't make it, some who said both, he smiles.

The important thing is that I have my relatives who have never changed their speech.

I trust them.

On the way, I will meet lots of people who will believe in me when it works and then leave me.

That's life, that's business, that's how it is…”