Corentin Moutet, September 28, 2020 at Roland-Garros.
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At Roland-Garros,
And Santoro-Clément's record shook.
Finally, shuddered.
Moutet and Giustino missed 28 minutes to give us the longest match in tournament history.
6:05 am, against 6:28 am for our two veterans in 2004. It is not for lack of having played push baballe too.
Abandoned by his backhand, and generally deserted by confidence, Moutet found a way to serve three times for the match without ever concluding against the Italian qualifier, before turning off the light on a last fluffy ball badly judged at 18-16, on a short number 14, where almost all of Roland's gauge had gathered in a procession.
It wasn't the mood of the century, but we got ovations, encouragement, and it felt like a kind of climax for the first week.
"No but the guy, the guy, what's his magic potion without messing around!"
Moutet's reaction, a real nugget after almost 5h59 of play!
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“Honestly, I would have gladly played an hour to win the game.
There was everything for me to win this match, people came to cheer me on, it was cool, ”explained the Frenchman, a handsome player at a press conference barely ten minutes after this crazy scenario.
On the ground, however, the Parisian, worthy successor of Benoît Paire, has nevertheless spent his life commenting on the points.
Especially the bad ones.
As we were well placed to hear it in the last round, we will pass it on to you.
It is told without malice.
As far as we are concerned, Moutet is one of those players who make you want to put on 5 hours of tennis.
Even behind closed doors.
"How don't you want to get upset, you've been missing stuff like that for 4 hours, how don't you want to get upset ??? "
> Around 5-5 when we still thought that this story would not last for ages
"I want to smash something for the hell"
> By addressing Laurent Raymond, his trainer, who has taken it all with dignity without stumbling
"Stop attacking, it's useless"
> After a 67th direct fault in backhand, his weak shot which had in addition decided to take an RTT
"How can she break at that moment?" How? 'Or' What ? "
> While a rope has just broken on an important point.
Finally, nothing definitive, since we will play another hour
"I don't understand why I'm missing this Laurent"
> And it's the forehand's turn to pull yourself into the woods for a solo ride
"I don't spend a depreciation when it's the only thing I know how to do"
> We are somewhere at 8-8, and the Frenchman tries a cushioning at a not really opportune moment.
And besides, he misses it.
The double penalty what.
"How many times has he made that one to me without messing around, how many times?" "
> After the Italian dropped a cotton ball mid-court which surprises him.
This will not prevent Mouter from congratulating his opponent afterwards for the quality of his match, by the way.
"Well yeah but if I don't miss this easy shot at 30-15, that's where it plays out too"
> At 10-10, we feel that Giustino is starting to stall physically but Coco Moutet does not take advantage.
He will do it a little later, breaking several times….
for nothing.
"How, how, how?" "
> How you could have lost this match, we also wonder
"We will have done everything for me in this match, we will have done everything to me"
> Bad faith had to present itself at the gate.
That said, he was not quite too on the spot, since the referee has just swindled him by announcing that his opponent's cushioning had doubled, which was clearly not the case.
"I just give, Laurent, I just give, it freaks me out"
> At this stage, it's been a long time since the match left the earthly world.
Nobody wants to take the slightest risk, Moutet only swings backhand bells, and the other doesn't move forward
"I don't want to win the match, damn it, I don't want to win the match"
> No better on our side.
From memory, Moutet served to finish three times in a row between 12-12 and 15-15.
Without ever managing to scratch a match point.
"It's a joke"
> When he gets caught at 14-14.
And the joke will last a little longer
"But what does he take for a drink ??? "
> On the verge of cramps for several games, Giustino how to recover.
"She makes me silly, she"
This is for the referee, who must have taken a little.
The young woman pretended not to understand and the Frenchman stopped in time.
“Play gentlemen”.
"The guy what's his magic potion without messing around ??? "
> On an unlikely winning move from Giustino.
The Italian has just saved three break points at 16 everywhere.
We say to ourselves that we have seen others, and that the record is reaching out to us, but these six hours out of time are about to close.
Too bad it was so good.
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