Hugo Gaston, October 2, 2020 at Roland-Garros.

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At Roland-Garros,

Come on we have our new Yannick Noah, next question.

Hugo Gaston, from Toulouse, ten Grand Slams in their pockets by 2030. No, obviously, but what it feels like to have a future, goddamn it.

All Lenglen agreed with us by the way.

"Hugo stays with us", "Hugo president", People wanted to make a bonfire with their masks and contaminate themselves in a thin open-air area, but the FFT health brigades were on the prowl.

We're still not getting over it.

Bike wheel to finish.

Aspen Thiem pic.twitter.com/YDB6I1zr55

- J. Laloye (@Zonemixte) October 2, 2020

A bicycle wheel to finish

The 239th world has lifted the land of Roland against Wawrinka, former winner of the places.

The Swiss undoubtedly thought to curl them quietly before going to make a facetime with Kev Adams, become a great friend since the two produce a film together.

The comedian, present in the stands, was the only traitor to the fatherland on Friday, and the public kindly chambered him at the end, won over by Gaston's character, and the variety of his music tree

“Quite honestly, the first idea in the match was to take advantage of every moment and see what was going on,” testifies Marc Barbier, a coach in heaven.

We had a game plan in place, which was to avoid a brutal and direct confrontation with Stan's game.

We wanted to vary the effects, vary the zones, vary the rhythms.

The beginning was a bit shy, then he got down to it and was able to set up his game, and then what happened ”.

A storm, a tornado, a big bang, under the fading light of Indian autumn.

Gaston started spinning from the 2nd set, under appalling conditions, and we quickly felt that the Swiss was boiling from the coffee maker in front of so much insolence.

We sometimes thought of the Santoro-Safin of the great era, even if Fabulous Fab was not left-handed.

Barbier: “Hugo his game is to get into the minds of the opponents, who ultimately make mistakes because they ask themselves too many questions about how they should play.

Creativity is his playing identity, he's always been like that.

But this creativity must be at the service of performance.

There is no artistic note in tennis.

Against Stan, that was the case ”.

🇫🇷🎙 "It's crazy what's happening"



Hugo Gaston reacts hot after his incredible feat against Stan Wawrinka.

The French will "do everything to win" against Dominic Thiem in the round of 16 on Sunday # RG20



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"The original idea was just to take advantage of the moment"

And what about this fireworks display, an “incredible” fifth set (Barbier) which saw a multiple Grand Slam winner literally break up on the court, swallowed 6-0 as one gobbles an egg mayo for lunch.

“We knew that he was physically ready, now we didn't know if emotionally he could hold out, and there he proved to us that it was very strong.

There will be a lot of excitement around him but we will make sure to manage all that as well as possible and then prepare for the next match quietly ”.

After a catastrophic tournament like never before for French men's tennis, it is tempting to see Gaston more handsome than he is, which Wawrinka hastened to remind us of, less enthusiastic than the plumitifs after the feat: " I was not surprised by his level, I had seen him on previous laps, we know he is talented, and as he is young, he will be looking for points.

He's got a different game, of course, but I think we're all a little different.

He does a lot of things, he moves well, but he's not the only one like that ”.

🇨🇭💬 "He deserves the victory"


Stan Wawrinka, handsome player, praises Hugo Gaston after the superb victory of the Frenchman! # RG20 pic.twitter.com/8SvAe1hgLQ

- France tv sport (@francetvsport) October 2, 2020

And now, Thiem

This is not the only one, but kids of 1m73 in the round of 16 of a Grand Slam with such blows, we do not see another in the table of the best 16 players of the tournament.

The hero of the evening, to finish: “It's something crazy for me.

I don't realize what's going on, but inside there are a lot of emotions.

I will try to enjoy it a bit with my family, because these are unforgettable moments to share ”.

The sequel to the sage?

Dominic Thiem Sunday.

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