Humbert on his conflict with Khachanov: "I didn't mean to offend him at all".

Ugo Humbert spoke of his conflict with Karen Khachanov at the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000. The Russian had criticized the Frenchman for his exuberant celebrations while injured.

He explains: "I didn't react very well, because his press conference was before mine.

The journalists didn't pass on his comments to me. Because of this, I couldn't even defend myself and explain how I saw the situation as a whole.

I wrote to Karen to explain my vision. But we played for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Nothing would have made me immediately aware that he was hurt.

Besides, I wasn't feeling my best either. But I wasn't going to be nice and slow down.

If he was seriously hurt, he could have quit the game. But I apologized. I respect all my rivals and I absolutely didn't want to offend him."