Winner of his first qualifying round at Roland-Garros on Monday, Lucas Pouille (now ranked 670 in the world) is enjoying his return to the courts after a long journey through the desert. “He serves Me and gives me strength more than anything else,” he says.
“It’s quite paradoxical, but I think it was the victory that gave me the most pleasure in almost four years. I arrived at Roland with few references, certainties, tournaments and almost zero victories”. It is undoubtedly much more than a tie that Lucas Pouille won this Monday at Roland-Garros, against the Czech Tomas Machac (n° 127, 7-5, 6-3), after having gone through several years of depression.
“Also, there is a life. And that life doesn’t always go as it should…”
“I’m not the person who talks the most, I thought it was time to talk about it,” he explains about his shocking interview in The team given last March. For months I asked my team not to talk to anyone, to reject everything they asked of me because I didn’t feel ready, it wasn’t the right time. He had decided to make an observation, to expose everything on the map. Was it good or not? In any case, it was necessary.”
“There are times when people also have to realize that we are human beings, like everyone else, that we have the right to go through difficult times, very good times,” he adds, falling to 670th place in the world. , we see the elite athlete who must always be perfect, in top shape. After all, beyond that, there is life. And that life doesn’t always go as it should.
“From the moment you spend time alone, in your room, seeing only black…”
«There was not a day when I felt good, recalls Pouille. From the moment you spend time alone, in your room, to see only black… Now it’s gone, although sometimes I think about it. He serves me and gives me more strength than anything else ». He also reaffirms his look at the 2024 Paris Olympics at Roland-Garros. The road, still very long, will continue with a duel with the Taiwanese Chun-Hsin Tseng (n°215) during the second qualifying round in Parisian ocher.
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2023-05-23 13:00:50
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