Humbert: "I felt more pressure today, it was harder".
Ugo Humbert had to fight hard to overcome Karen Khachanov and join Alexander Zverev in the final of the Rolex Paris Masters. The Frenchman fought against his opponent, but also against himself to overcome the pressure of the event. In the end, he was delighted to have succeeded.
Ugo Humbert: "I'm very happy to have made it through. Today was a bit harder. I didn't play as well (as in his previous matches), and I missed a lot of small chances, especially in the first set. I felt a bit more pressure, which is normal.
But I managed to deal with it, to think about other things, to enjoy the moment. And at the end, I really didn't care about the result, I just tried to play.
It also gave me a lot of strength when I felt that physically he was starting to get a bit under the weather. I said to myself 'keep him running, keep him going, keep him going, right to the end'. I'm so happy to have got through it.
I needed the crowd's energy today. It was a bit harder. I said to myself, 'Honestly, even if you're not perfect today, fight, fight to the end, all the points, give it your all, then we'll see what happens.
And there's all the public behind me, so I wanted to share the victory with them too. I'm just too happy to have another chance tomorrow to get back on this court."
