Monfils: "It's catastrophic".

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Elio Valotto

le 14/08/2024 à 12h12

1 min to read

Cincinnati Monfils

Gaël Monfils is not satisfied with the level of tennis he's been offering for several weeks now.

After a rather successful grass-court season (semi-final in Mallorca, third round at Wimbledon), the Frenchman has lost his rhythm, first losing out at the Olympic Games and then, more importantly, in Montreal, where he was an outgoing quarter-finalist.

From a position just outside the top 30, he is now ranked 46th in the world, with the ambition of regaining his level and a higher ATP ranking.

Speaking to L'Equipe, the 37-year-old made no secret of his current discontent: he's working, but doesn't really feel any improvement: "I'm training, but it's catastrophic.

Now I'm going back to training for my fifth hour of the day, it's hard, but it's not enough.

I'm giving it my all, but the sensations aren't there.

I'm doing the same things with the same team, I'm even trying to do better, but I'm missing that little something.

We seem to spend a lot of time working, but that's not why we're playing well.

Without the right feeling in training, it's difficult in matches.

The atmosphere can go crazy, and because I'm well trained, I can respond.

But it's still better to come away from a training session feeling good.

It allows you to go onto the court, for the match, feeling good. I say catastrophic because I want better."