Arthur Fils after Hubert Hurkacz’s retirement in the second round of Wimbledon: “I feel good, I played a great match. Obviously, it’s not the ending I wanted, but I’m happy to have stayed in my bubble. He’s a good friend, I’m sad for him, but I’m happy to win and play another match at Wimbledon. His injury? Emotionally, it’s not easy. I almost thought I had won the point (at 7-7 in the fourth set tie-break).
I knew that if I hit it right, I had a match point on my serve. It hits the cushion. I see that he jumps to the right, I thought he was going to jump to the left again. I’m a bit devastated. I look at Lapo, my fitness coach, and he points to Hubi. I see that he’s still lying down after ten seconds. What’s he still doing there? I go to my towel, I turn around… Still on the ground! I went to see him. He was in a lot of pain, he couldn’t walk. I told myself that it was going to be complicated for him. I had to wait ten minutes, you have to save a set point, try not to make a double fault… It’s tough! I did well.”
