Paris (AFP)

"I'm not playing well, quite simply": in complete disarray, Gaël Monfils (world No. 9), who fell in the first round of Roland-Garros for the first time in fifteen years on Monday, considers having played his "worst match" on Parisian clay against the Kazakh Alexander Bublik, winner 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

Q: How do you see this game?

A: "I have no words, to be honest. It's my worst match (at Roland Garros, editor's note), that's for sure. I think it has been seen that I have no Great feelings at the moment. It's hard for me to be really good, to be able to play well. Alexander (Bublik) made his match, but I made a lot of faults, a lot of double faults, I put myself very badly. .. I just don't play well. It sure gives a bad result. "

Q: Which sentiment is predominant?

A: "I'm disappointed, of course. I don't know what else you want me to tell you."

Q: Could a larger audience have been a game-changer, you who feed on it a lot?

A: "I don't even ask myself that question. I played badly, I mismanaged the moment."

Q: How do you explain the contrast between your results before containment and since recovery?

A: "I lost my rhythm."

Q: What about your service difficulties?

A: "It's very hard to answer. If I knew it, I wouldn't have made so many double faults. We have to keep working on it, get the rhythm back. But what exactly is happening, I do not know."

Q: Is there a weariness about the health protocol that is now your daily life?

A: "When you lose, it's necessarily harder. When you win, you feel less of all the constraints. These constraints, you have to deal with, you have to adapt, it's not an excuse for my three bad ones performances (in Rome, Hamburg and Paris over the past three weeks, editor's note). "

Q: In these very special conditions, did you have the impression of playing Roland-Garros in spite of everything?

A: "It's obviously different. All the tournaments that we do are different. The conditions are different, you have to adapt. But obviously, it's not the same as the tournaments that we played all the way. throughout our career. "

Q: How do you imagine the end of the season?

R: "I am registered in Cologne (two tournaments scheduled for October, editor's note). I will go home, take some time for myself, go back to training. After that, when will I resume competition? I have time (to see). "

Interview at a press conference.

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