A bittersweet season for David Goffin, far from the time he defeated Roger Federer and made it to the final of the ATP Finals with meritorious access. Goffin was back in the top 20 in the world a few months ago.
The Belgian has just turned 30. He is aware that he has reached a turning point in his career, he is about to start a new year with ambition and a great desire to demonstrate his true level.
Recently, the Belgian player gave his colleagues from RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge Francophone) a long and interesting interview in which he was willing to share some of the vicissitudes of his past with a view to the future, especially at the first major event of the year, the Australian Open, a tournament which, as many know, had to be postponed for a few weeks due to the Covid emergency.
During the interview, Goffin criticized his former coach, Master Thomas Johansson, without showing himself openly, emphasizing how his new way of training is closer to his identity and playing style: “The goal was to feel good again on the pitch .
And that means revising what I do best, revising my identity and capitalizing on my strengths. When I work on it, I know that I’ll immediately feel better in training.
And so it is at the moment. And I know that every time I work on more spontaneous and natural aspects of my game, I become more confident again. I don’t want to continue with complicated things that don’t belong to me “- said the former top 10.
Melbourne’s restrictions don’t scare Goffin
The conversation then turned to the topicality we all know, namely the large and strict measures that will characterize the first slam of the season.
The most interesting passage concerns the now proverbial bubble that is being built in Australia, the rules of which involve few health risks but enormous occupational risks, especially when one of the members of each group is positive.
This applies both to the environment of the individual player and in the event that there are contacts between several groups. For example, if a tennis player trains with a partner who later discovers that he has tested positive for the virus in his group, both teams must remain in quarantine and consequently be excluded from the tournament.
These are Goffin’s optimistic words: “All bubbles will be in the same state. I imagine that no player will break through walls and flee through the emergency gate in the city of Melbourne. I think everyone will follow instructions.
And if they don’t, there is nothing I can do, I won’t watch them outside their room, but I’m confident. ”
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