INTERVIEW
It is a voice rather accustomed to comment on the world of tennis. But Marion Bartoli, victorious at Wimbledon in 2013, will be well glued to the PSG-OM, Sunday, to support the Marseillais. At the microphone of Europe 1, the retired player tells that she fell into the pot Phocaean from a very young age: "My father transmitted me the love of OM, my brother watched all the matches and I I did my first Velodrome at eight years old ".
Fan in both good and bad times, she was also in the stands the night of Cavani's free kick in October 2017, which confiscated the Marseille fans a victory so desired. "It happened in the last 30 seconds, it's not like we had no chance of winning," she concludes with optimism.
Winning a grand slam tournament gave him access to very VIP plans, between athletes. "I was able to have a full training with the team after my victory at Wimbledon, it was a very special moment for me, it's extremely impressive to meet those players you've been fans for years," says former champion, "it was an unforgettable day".
"Prognosis of the heart"
As an experienced sportsman, Marion Bartoli is well aware of the challenge that awaits this Sunday night the Marseillais, deprived of victory against Paris for eight years. "The issues are the same in individual and collective sport, with the heart and the mind can do many things," says retired tennis woman, who wants to believe in the victory on Sunday and encourages players to "honor this jersey and hope for a place in the Champions League obviously, it's always the goal each season. "
The former champion does not escape the exercise and provides his "prognosis of the heart", a victory for Marseille two goals to one. With a nod to her eight-year-old nephew, acquired by Kylian Mbappé, she says, laughing, "Permission to attend a PSG game." Fair play.