"Mentally tired", Hugo Gaston will "take a little vacation"

Hugo Gaston, during his defeat against the Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta in the first round of the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy, November 2, 2020. -

One hour and nine minutes.

This is how long the match between Hugo Gaston and Pablo Carreño Busta lasted on Monday night, in the first round of the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy.

The young hero of Roland Garros quickly folded (6-3, 6-2) against the Spaniard, 15th in the world and semi-finalist of the last US Open, in a grim closed-door.

"The step was very high, there is nothing to say, he was stronger than me," admitted the 20-year-old Haut-Garonnais, guest of the tournament.

Gaston is now determined to "cut a little with tennis, take a little vacation, [rest]" to "start again in January", a priori at the Australian Open.

The 151st ATP ranking has not yet recovered from the countless media solicitations that followed his exploits at Porte d'Auteuil, with in particular two epic matches in five sets, won against Stan Wawrinka and then lost against Dominic Thiem.

"I made the round of 16 at Roland Garros, it's fabulous, but everyone has to move on," he asserts.

“I always feel mentally tired and I didn't have a lot of gas in the tank,” he also admits.

It must now refuel to quickly reach its goal: to integrate the world Top 100.

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