ATP Masters Monte Carlo: Pouille defeats Pella - and the doubts
Lucas Pouille reported back on Tuesday with a victory at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo on the big tennis stage. And was primarily relieved.
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last edit: Apr 14, 2021, 07:23 am
A lot must have happened that a former top ten man is as happy about a banal first-round victory at an ATP tournament as Lucas Pouille did on Tuesday in Monte Carlo. Now the Frenchman is a rather quiet representative of his guild, big gestures are far from the five-time tournament winner. But at least the relief was considerable with Pouille, who had been hired out on the Challenger Tour during the past week, quite unsuccessfully.
In 2019 in Tokyo, Pouille last won against a man from the top 100, even then the elbow was causing problems. An operation was supposed to remedy the situation, which only worked reasonably well. Pouille's path of suffering cannot yet be compared to that of Juan Martin del Potro, but the 27-year-old only had a lot of fun in his private life.
Pouille against Popyrin today
The 6: 3 and 6: 4 against Guido Pella in Monte Carlo went down like oil. "It's a good win for me, for my mental condition, for my game and for my self-confidence," said Lucas Pouille after his success. which he would like to confirm today against Alexei Popyrin. He would have had doubts whether he would ever play tennis on a professional level again.
“Of course the doctor was very optimistic,” Pouille recalled the time after the operation. “It's just a minor operation for them. But we know by the elbow that it is always a bit difficult for a tennis player. It took a long time. ”Which Lucas Pouille used for himself. “Of course I see things differently now. The long break gave me the chance to think about what I've been doing over the years. And what I really want. "
Here the single tableau in Monte Carlo
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