Winner Thursday at the Masters 1000 in Paris in his round of 16 against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, world No.2, the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (18th) rejoiced at a press conference about the “most beautiful victory” of his career.
QUESTION: How did you experience this match?
ANSWER: “I started my match really well, everything was going in, I was ultra aggressive on the serve, on the return, he didn’t have time to play. I had a great first (set, Editor’s note) but I spent a lot of energy He started to raise his level of play a little in the second set, he really took over and in the third, I tried to talk to myself, to tell myself that I was. I was training for that and I was capable of it. I had an ultra-positive speech and that’s what allowed me to put in a great performance. I told myself that it was my last Bercy, I didn’t. didn’t even ask myself the question of whether I was going to win or lose, I said to myself +Just be in the moment, have no regrets, give your all to each point, whatever happens I want that you keep a beautiful memory.”
Q: Are you surprised to have won against the world No.2?
A: “I knew anyway that with my game, on this surface as on the grass, I can really annoy the very best in the world. (…) I have shots on both sides that go very quickly, I had a great match and I love playing the best players in the world (…) It’s the best victory of my career and the best moment I’ve had on a tennis court. is incredible, I’m training for it and I wanted the story to end better than last year (defeat in the 2nd round against Alexander Zverev, Editor’s note). I thought about the match against Zverev, it gave me something. strength and I’m super proud of myself.”
Q: How far do you think you’ll go in the tournament?
A: “That’s the question I don’t want to answer. That’s what’s beautiful and that’s what I love above all in sport and in tennis, it’s that I don’t want to make predictions, to know what will happen, I try to live the moment to the fullest, I came to Bercy to experience this kind of emotion, this kind of match, so when. I play like that, everything is possible I don’t know how far I’m going to go, we’ll see I’m going to prepare for my match as usual, I’m going to go and do my recovery, I’m just trying to do things. well, to prepare myself well, to be ultra-concentrated, to take advantage of the moment, and then we will see. He (his next opponent Jordan Thompson, Editor’s note) plays very well, he is a great player, we have to respect him, he. beat me this year, I don’t know what it’s going to be like, we’ll see, tonight I’m going to try to get a good night’s sleep and come back down pretty quickly.
Comments collected at a press conference.
AFP / Paris (AFP) / © 2024 AFP
