Son on Mpetshi Perricard: "We've been together for 10 days, I hope he doesn't give me the flu".

Arthur Fils came through his first round at the ATP 500 Rotterdam.

After losing the first set with a lot of technical waste, he managed to reverse the trend and win against Constant Lestienne.

In a post-match interview, he talked about his match and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who had to withdraw from the first round due to illness.

"Constant is a great player, you know, so it's difficult to get used to his ball. Sometimes he's slow, sometimes very fast, he uses the slice a lot, so it wasn't easy to feel comfortable.

It's been a long time since I've played on such a slow court. I played in the Davis Cup last weekend, and it was very fast.

But in the end, I managed to play a good forehand. But I'm feeling very tired after Davis Cup.

We've been together (with Mpetshi Perricard) for 10 days, so maybe he'll pass on the flu to me, but I hope not."