23-letni Francuz. Bezapelacyjnie jedno z największych odkryć sezonu 2008.
Tenisista bajecznie wytrenowany pod względem fizycznym, dysponujący niezłą technika użytkową, grę opiera głównie na solidnym pociągnięciu z Fh i bardzo dobrym kończącym Bh.
Wygrał 5 zawodowych turniejów:
* Marsylia 2007
* Bukareszt 2007
* Casablanca 2008
* Indianapolis 2008
* Bukareszt 2008
Dziś przegrał finał Mastersa w Madrycie. Jeszcze nigdy nie doszedł tak daleko w turnieju takiej rangi.
Jeden z nielicznych zawodników, którzy w jednym sezonie pokonali Rogera Federera (Toronto08), Rafaela Nadala (Madryt08) i Novaka Djokovicia (Marsylia08).
Roddick też pokonał, Roddick też !
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/DEUCE- … Simon.aspx
"Gilles Simon - The Art od Defence"
hahaha
Szkoda tylko, że przez pół sezonu :P
Dla mnie ten zawodnik to jedna wielka kicha.
Dla mnie tez. Pod koniec sezonu znacznie poleci w rankingu i tyle go widzieli w Top 10 :P
Odświeżamy temat Mistrza :D
#6) Bangkok 2009
1R BYE
2R Kim 62 62
QF Korolev 46 63 64
SF Melzer 64 76
F Troicki 75 63
Jeden z nudniejszych graczy cyklu, taki zawodnik bez wyrazu i nie wiem jak On jeszcze się utrzymuje w 10 ATP
Gilles Simon nie zagra w Australian Open.
France's Gilles Simon pulls out of Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) — Gilles Simon of France has withdrawn
from the Australian Open because of a right knee injury.
The 15th seed has been off the tour treating a chronic knee
injury for almost two months. He last played in November at the
Paris Masters.
The 25-year-old Frenchman said he traveled to Melbourne on
Saturday against his doctor’s advice and realized during
pre-tournament practice he wasn’t ready to play at his top
level.
Simon said he “figured it’s more likely this would end bad than
good.”
Simon’s departure leaves No. 10-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and
No. 32-seeded Jeremy Chardy as the only remaining seeded
Frenchmen playing in the Australian Open, which starts Monday.
Informacja z pożytkiem dla turnieju
Wimbledon 2010 -wywiad po walkowerze w 2 rundzie
Q. Obviously with the way the draw has worked out, could be Andy Murray in the next round. Just your thoughts on that. Obviously be strong crowd support for him.
GILLES SIMON: The strong crowd is not a problem. I know it. I played Rafa in semis in Madrid and the crowd was not for me, so it will be the same, I think.
But if I play against Andy, that would be nice for me, because it's long time I didn't play a match like this against a really top player in a slam.
So I'm gonna see how I will play on the court. I hope I will be doing something good. I'm just testing myself on the match and on this tournament, so I don't have really ‑‑ I don't have expectation about the result at the end. I will just play my match and we will see.
Q. Every year you've been to Wimbledon you've improved from the previous year. Is this year going to be the quarterfinals?
GILLES SIMON: I don't know. I hope. But I'm not in my best shape also, and Andy is a very good player.
Still, he play against Jarkko, who is playing very good also. So I'm not sure he's gonna win 100%.
But for sure my next opponent will be tough to defeat. I have no pressure. If it's Andy, I lost against him when I was playing my best tennis, so this time I don't know.
Q. How is your knee? Are you still having problems, or are you fully recovered now?
GILLES SIMON: Normally I'm fully recovered, but I can still feel the pain. For the maybe next two months, next or three months, there are still a risk for me.
But actually I have no pain. As you can see, I have no strap. I don't take any antiinflammatories. Normally I'm okay.
Q. Which is a harder prospect: Murray at Wimbledon or Nadal in Madrid?
GILLES SIMON: Quite the same, but Nadal was No. 1 and was playing amazing tennis in 2008. So I don't know. And I won this one.
So Murray, I don't know. I will tell you after the match.
Q. We see every year at Roland Garros French players don't do so well in their home tournament. It's been not as long as Fred Perry for here, but French players haven't won in Paris for a while. Do you admire the way Andy Murray handles the pressure at Wimbledon? Because he's our only player, where you've got lots of good players.
GILLES SIMON: For sure he's alone. But for us, yes, we have the pressure, but we are many players, so it's a little bit easier.
For him it's hard, because you know, I have an apartment right here. The guy told me, Murray didn't win anything for the last six months. That's a shame. Come on, he's playing good. He played a little final in Australia.
He said, No, no, no. He didn't win. He has to win. So I can feel a little bit the pressure he have.
But I just think he's doing the maximum. Last year he reached the semifinal; it was a good result, I think. He played a nice match, even if he lost this one. I think he's doing good.
Q. Do you feel under pressure? Obviously with the World Cup, will you restore some pride to French sport here?
GILLES SIMON: For us, no, I don't care what they did. It's not the same sport. It's really different. I think ‑‑ that's a shame also. Football is football. We are just playing tennis.
They have one of the best team in the world. We don't have the best players in the world, so it's different.
Q. Will you be supporting England now?
GILLES SIMON: Not sure, so just gonna watch who is win. When your team is out, after you don't care.
Wimbledon 2010 - Wywiad po porażce w 3 rundzie.
Q. Hard luck on your match to you. It's been a tough year for you injury‑wise. How are you feeling now physically?
GILLES SIMON: Tired, but it's good for me, because I was ‑‑ at the beginning of the match I was really tight. I just couldn't play my points. When I decided to attack I was missing everything.
When I decided to just, you know, play the ball in the court, three, four times in a row, then I was not able to brace. So it was really difficult for me.
Finally, after half an hour, it was a little bit better. I was moving better, hitting better, and finally I played a good match until the end.
But it was just too late. 6‑1, 2‑0 on grass, it's hard to win.
Q. Do you think if this match happened even a month or two down the road it would have been a lot closer? Do you just think you needed another few weeks?
GILLES SIMON: Yes, of course I need a few weeks, even a lot of weeks. What was nice was that when I was able to play my tennis at the end of the match, I mean the second half of the match, it was good. I was hitting good.
It was hard for him to win the points also. He was serving extremely well. Huge first serve, and it was hard for me to return. So we were fighting only on my serve, but it was a good tennis. I think I was playing close to the level I played before.
The thing is, it's hard for me, you know, to play like this for three hours yet. It was easier for me to play like this when I was close to be out, I mean.
But it's nice, because it could be you know, 6‑1, 6‑2, 6‑1 without any sensation and just missing the match. So at least I played two sets.
Q. You must be looking forward then to the season from here on out just to get more match play and get back up to your top level.
GILLES SIMON: Yes, I hope. The next week will be important for me. It was hard to be ready for a slam just playing one tournament before in Eastbourne. I knew it.
I saw that it was possible for me to play against Andy third round. So as I said this morning, even when I was at the top of my shape in 2008 I lost twice against him. I knew it would be hard this time.
But finally, I played my match. I had a good level at the end. I will try to keep that for the next week.
Q. Just one more question. This is a question for your fans, because I Tweeted on my page if they wanted to ask you one question. They say that you know Robert Patterson is the most famous man on the planet from Twilight.
GILLES SIMON: I know.
Q. They say you look just like Rob. Do you ever get confused for Robert Patterson? It's a great compliment to look like Robert Patterson.
GILLES SIMON: Too many person told me that at the moment. So, yeah, I think that should be.
But, you know, when someone tell you that you look like someone you're never happy. You just wasn't be yourself .
But I know my coach told it to me the first time, and then Novak Djokovic always call me Robert when he see me.
Q. Looking at your hair now, are you going to let your hair grow a little bit longer to get to R‑Pat's?
GILLES SIMON: I don't know. I don't care about my hair. I just leave it like this. I just took the shower. I don't know how I look like now.
Dziewczyna Simona porodziła mu pierworodnego, któremu nadali imię Tymoteusz. :P
Gratuluje, niech się poświęci wychowywaniu dziecka i przestanie usypiać nas swoją "efektowną" grą :P
Gratulacje, teraz zagraj mecz życia. :P
US Open, postać 5. dnia: Gilles Simon
Po raz kolejny reprezentant Francji zasłużył naszym zdaniem na miano postaci dnia US Open. Tym razem jest to Gilles Simon (ATP 41), który w pięciu setach pokonał Niemca Philippa Kohlschreibera (ATP 31). Dzień wcześniej 25-latek z Nicei został po raz pierwszy ojcem: jego dziewczyna wydała na świata Tymoteusza.
Simon jest już siódmym reprezentantem Francji, który z tegorocznego US Open wyeliminował tenisistę rozstawionego. Gilles uważany jest za znakomitego specjalistę od gry w defensywie, świetnie pracuje na nogach i kończy mnóstwo piłek będąc pod presją. Znany jest z potężnego głębokiego forhendu, ale jego najpewniejszym uderzeniem jest bekhend. Posyła bardzo głębokie piłki po krosie wymęczając w ten sposób rywali. Taki energochłonny tenis oparty na kontrowaniu rywali wymaga konsekwencji przy mozolnym rozgrywaniu każdego punktu.
Najlepszy okres Simon miał dwa i trzy lata temu. W 2008 roku zdobył trzy tytuły oraz zaliczył finał imprezy rangi Masters 1000 w Madrycie. Zakwalifikował się do Masters Cup i doszedł w nim do półfinału pokonując Rogera Federera, a przegrywając z Novakiem Đokovicia. W całym sezon jako jeden z trzech zawodników pokonał czołową trójkę rankingu ATP: Rafaela Nadala, Federera i Đokovicia (pozostali to Andy Murray i Andy Roddick). Na rozpoczęcie sezonu 2009 Francuz znalazł się na najwyższym w karierze szóstym miejscu w rankingu ATP i uskrzydlony w Australian Open osiągnął swój jedyny dotychczas wielkoszlemowy ćwierćfinał. Z powodu kontuzji kolana nie mógł bronić punktów z Melbourne i do tej pory sezon 2010 miał słaby (jedynie ćwierćfinały w Eastbourne i Waszyngtonie oraz III runda Wimbledonu).
Simon Will Meet New Son — as Soon as He Loses
Resurgent after a year of injuries and doubt, Gilles Simon has put himself back into the third round of the United States Open, where he will face No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal on Sunday.
“If I win, it’s fabulous,” Simon said. “And if I lose, it’s even more fabulous.”
If that sounds like a misquote, it is not. Simon became a father Thursday, but his son, Timothée, was born in France, about four weeks early. With his companion, Carine Lauret, going into labor unexpectedly, Simon had no time to stick to the plan and return to France in time to assist with the birth.
“That’s where the Concorde was a great thing,” he said, looking subdued Friday night, even though he had just beaten 29th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber in five sets.
But the Concorde, the supersonic plane that once shuttled passengers and the occasional tennis star between Paris and New York in less than four hours, is no longer in service, and so Simon, at the urging of Lauret, decided to play on.
“It’s been rough; anybody in this situation would have felt ill at ease,” he said. “In any case, I couldn’t have been there. When I fell asleep on Wednesday, there was no sign, and the next day, I get a call to tell me: ‘My water broke. I’m at the maternity ward.’
“I couldn’t have made it in time.”
Nadal, informed of Simon’s predicament, joked that he would be happy to buy Simon a ticket back to France before their match. But Simon, however torn, appears committed to playing out his hand in New York.
It is the downside of the nomadic life of a tennis professional but also a reflection of where Simon finds himself at this sensitive stage of his career. Little more than a year ago, he was on the way up after reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2009 Australian Open.
In 2008, he had beaten Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He made use of his fine tennis brain, silken footwork and counterpunching style to climb into the top 10 and even take part in the ATP Tour’s elite year-end championships, reserved for the top eight men in the game.
But the second half of Simon’s 2009 season was spoiled by an injury to his right knee, and the same problem forced him to take two more extended breaks from competition this year. But his results since Wimbledon, where he reached the third round, have been encouraging and include a victory over Andy Roddick in Washington.
Though the 25-year-old Simon is now No. 42 in the world, his game and health finally appear headed in the right direction.
“I think if not for all he’s been through, he would have left the tournament,” Remi Barbarin said. “But he’s worked so hard to come back.”
Barbarin, who coaches the French player Michael Llodra, was one of several Frenchmen here who dined with Simon on Thursday night at the French restaurant Tout-Va-Bien, which translates to All Is Well. That was hardly the way Simon was feeling that night, or when he took the court against Kohlschreiber on Friday.
“I simply told myself that if I lose the match, it would not affect me in the least,” said Simon, one of four French men remaining in the draw. “It was difficult to find the motivation. On the court, my concentration wasn’t there all the time. In the end, I enjoyed myself quite a bit because I was really loose out there. I didn’t say a word for five sets, which has never happened before. In the end, it actually allowed me to play a very good match, particularly at the end.”
An even better match (particularly at the end) will presumably be required if Simon is to prolong his quandary by beating Nadal. Simon’s lone victory over Nadal came on an indoor hardcourt in the semifinals of the Masters Series event in Madrid in 2008, when Nadal was near the end of his best and most grueling season.
In Simon’s three other matches with Nadal, he has not won a set, and it was Nadal who stopped him at the Australian Open in 2009, winning, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5, despite Simon’s continued attempts to search for better ideas.
“Tactically very interesting,” Federer said at the time.
Simon, a late bloomer who was just 5 feet tall at age 15, has long had to use his head to overcome greater force (his tennis hero as a boy was the smallish American Michael Chang). With parents who valued academic achievement over athletic prowess, Simon is one of the few top French players to have passed the baccalaureate at the end of high school.
“My parents were not high-level athletes,” Simon once explained. “They always supported my tennis, but they really didn’t want me to let my studies go and only play tennis. In France we have lots of players who fail in their studies at age 16 or 17. If you make it as a tennis player, great, but if you don’t, it’s not great at all.”
But for all his brain power, making it interesting this time against Nadal could be even more of a challenge, with Nadal fresher than usual and never more eager to win this tournament and with Simon pulled in two directions.
“I’ll try everything, and if I lose, frankly it’s normal,” he said Friday night. “I just hope they let us play early, because the planes for Paris are at night, and if it doesn’t go well, I really wouldn’t want to miss that plane.”
Conveniently, the United States Open organizers scheduled Simon and Nadal to play the last match in the day session.
Gratuluję syna, Gillu ;)
US Open 2010 - wywiad po porażce w 3 rundzie
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. Nadal said on the court you had a baby.
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.
Q. Two days ago?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah. That's why I'm going to be short. (Laughter.)
Q. Boy or girl?
GILLES SIMON: Boy.
Q. Name?
GILLES SIMON: Timothy. Like Timothy in English.
Q. When is your flight home, and how eager are you to get home?
GILLES SIMON: As soon as possible. I don't know yet. But I had a great match to play this afternoon. I knew that if I lose, I will be home right after.
So my coach is doing the booking. (Smiling.)
Q. Were you distracted at all by these thoughts on the court?
GILLES SIMON: A little bit. It's hard to focus for me the last three days.
But I think I was playing good. The two first sets were nice. I had some problem with my return today. I missed a lot of return.
And then the third set, I have to say that I was already in the plane. (Laughter.)
Q. Did Rafa say something to you at the net? I saw he gave a thumbs up.
GILLES SIMON: He knows I'm impatient to see my baby. He knows that I'm not really sad today, even if I lost.
Q. When did you first hear from your wife that she had the baby and what was your reaction?
GILLES SIMON: Two days ago.
Q. Thursday morning?
GILLES SIMON: No. The night it was okay. When I woke up the morning, she told me, Baby is coming. So it was strange feeling. I mean, I was alone in my room. I definitely didn't want to be there, but I couldn't do anything.
I expecting him to arrive four weeks later, so it's just bad luck.
Q. First baby?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.
Q. You were in Manhattan in your hotel?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.
Q. Were you planning to not play anything after the Open?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.
Q. So you thought it was all going to work great?
GILLES SIMON: I was hoping to have more time, but...
Q. This is your first baby?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah. Already asked.
Q. It seems like the French are doing really well this year. Overall I think there are six or seven players in the round of 32. I guess this means bigger, better things to come for the following year. Would you agree with that?
GILLES SIMON: Well, we did better than the last year. I don't know why we had, you know, bad results here the years before, 'cause we likes when -- we like to play when it's fast. I mean, this is the fastest hard court.
Maybe we are tired at the end of the season. I don't know. But I think there is no reason. I don't think that it's an exception this year. I think it should be like this every year.
Q. Did you ever change a diaper?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah. Was my cousins, because I'm the older one.
#7 - Metz 2010
1R: Dustin Brown (JAM) 6-3 6-4
2R: Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-1, 6-7(5) 6-3
QF: Xavier Malisse (BEL) 7-5 4-6 6-1
SF: Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-3 6-2
W: Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-3 6-2
Simon says Metz title is a family affair
Frenchman Gilles Simon says bringing his three-week-old baby son and girlfriend along to the Metz ATP event certainly didn't hurt in his run to victory.
The Frenchman became a father on September 2 - weeks earlier than expected - and had to rush home from the US Open after the birth.
Metz was his first return to the game. "I wasn't supposed to come here initially; my son was due to be born this week so logically I hadn't entered any tournaments," he explained. "But because I had been playing well I really wanted to try to compete and really wanted to come to Metz; I knew I could do something good."
The family outing proved to be a winning combination. "Since my son was born, I haven't spent much time with him yet. When I decided to play this week I also decided to bring the family with me to Metz." Simon, now holder of seven titles, called the decision "the unknown."
"I didn’t know how it was going to be, if he would keep me up at night, and in the end, the result is perfect. Everything went very well and I am delighted to get to share this title with my family today."
The trophy was his first in a year since Bangkok last September. In the interim, he has struggled with knee problems. "During my time off, I strengthened my upper body to try to improve my serve, to serve stronger and for longer and this week. My serve is what kept me in the matches even if I wasn’t playing so well."
Gilles Simon Meets Baby Boy
He’ll never, ever remember it for that reason. Check out these great photos of Simon meeting his son Timothee for the first time.
Timothee was born four weeks early on Sept. 2, while Simon was competing in the US Open. His girlfriend Carine Lauret gave birth to the baby boy, and as you can see for yourself, Gilles is already in love with the new edition to the family.
A former Top 10 player, Simon moved up eight spots in the ATP rankings to No. 33 with the title at Metz.
Słodkie zdjęcie ;)
Graty Żiluu.
2010 w liczbach
Ranking: 41
Turnieje: 1 (Metz)
Finały: 0
Mecze: 23-18
Zarobki: $532,413
Simon Signals Return To Top Form With Sydney Triumph
Gilles Simon won his eighth ATP World Tour
crown.
World No. 41 Gilles Simon won his eighth ATP World Tour title as he defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki 7-5, 7-6(4) Saturday to win the Medibank International Sydney.
Simon was contesting his first ATP World Tour final in Australia and improved to an 8-2 finals record. He is the first French winner in Sydney since Guy Forget lifted the trophy in 1991 (d. Stich).
“It's always good to win the tournament,” said Simon. “I mean, you never know if you're going to win more after, so I enjoy it every time. It's nice also for me to win here, to win some different tournaments. It's a tournament I like to play.”
The 26 year old raced to victory at the ATP World Tour 250 hard-court tennis tournament without the loss of a set, including victory over No. 3 seed Ernests Gulbis in the semi-finals. He received 250 South African Airways 2011 ATP Ranking points and $77,000 in prize money.
Having only returned from a right knee injury in mid-June last season, former World No. 6 Simon was pleased with his improved form.
“In tennis it's always a matter of confidence,” said the Frenchman. “I could see tonight I was playing very nice tennis, but I played some bad games at the beginning of the second set. I wasn't doing it two years ago. I think it will come back with the match and with the victory. So that's why it's very good to win here.”
Breaks were exchanged early in the first set before Simon earned four set points on Troicki’s serve in the 10th game. The fourth-seeded Troicki managed to pull through his service game, but his resistance crumbled in the 12th game as Simon converted his sixth set point to win the opener.
Troicki raced to a 3-0 double break lead in the second set. He could not maintain his advantage, though, as Simon reeled off four straight games. Troicki broke again in the 11th game to serve for the set, but Simon again fought back to level and the Frenchman clinched victory in the deciding tie-break in just under two hours.
“We were playing very nice tennis from the baseline, and it was a real fight,” reflected Simon. “I'm just happy to win it, because Viktor is playing better and better week after week. That's very good for me to be feeling now, because I know that he's playing good and I know that I'm able to defeat him even when he's playing good. So it's good for my confidence.”
Victory for Simon marked five wins out of five for the Frenchman against Troicki and went some way to avenging France’s loss to Serbia in the Davis Cup final last month, when Troicki won the deciding fifth rubber against Michael Llodra.
Simon goes into the Australian Open unseeded and will face Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round, with a likely meeting with defending champion Roger Federer in the second round.
The No. 30-ranked Troicki was chasing his second ATP World Tour title from his fourth final; he won his maiden crown in Moscow (d. Baghdatis) last year. The Belgrade native, who opened the season with a quarter-final showing in Doha (l. to Federer), will face Russian Dmitry Tursunov in the first round in Melbourne and could test World No. 3 and countryman Novak Djokovic in the third round.
“Right now I feel bit disappointed, but definitely it was a good week,” admitted Troicki. “Also a good match tonight. I feel I had a lot of chances that I didn't use, and obviously Gilles doesn't suit my game. For the past five matches already I haven't been able to figure out how to win a set.
“I hope I continue to play good in Melbourne. I play my first round already on Monday. I hope I get ready for that match.”
#8 - Sydney 2011
1R: Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 6-0 6-3
2R: Frederico Gil (POR) 6-1 6-3
QF: Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6-4 6-3
SF: Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 7-6 6-0
W: Viktor Troicki (SRB) 7-5 7-6
AO 2011 - wywiad po porażce w 2 rundzie
Q. Well played. Did you feel you were really going to win that match at some stage, especially when you came back to two sets all? Did you feel you had it in you to win?
GILES SIMON: Yeah. I was playing to win. Of course. At the moment, I had the impression that I was playing just a little bit better than him.
Finally, at the beginning of the fifth, he played a very good game. I think we were 1 All, Love 30 on his serve. Then he played four good points in a row. Two from the baseline and two aces. He started to be better on his serve and on the second shot. It was harder after.
I think he played a great match also.
Q. What did you think made the difference from the first two sets? He looked in control for most of that time. Did he lift your game or did you drop off a little bit?
GILES SIMON: Well, you need time to get used to his game. It's going fast; he's moving fast also. He can play one forehand for me, and the other one the same. It's just impressive.
There is not too many players able to play this level, so it feels a little bit strange. You just look at the ball, and you have yeah, you have the impression that you cannot do anything at the moment.
But the thing also is I was doing one mistake every game on my side, and I was just thinking about not doing it anymore. I just wanted to play my match. I was feeling good. I had also the impression that I could do better than that, a little bit better.
Finally, managed to come back. But not enough.
Q. Did you get a little tired right at the end?
GILES SIMON: Yes, I was tired. I had to run everywhere for three hours. There is not too many players who can play longer than me, but Roger is one of them. He was moving still very fast until the end. Maybe that's why it gives the impression that I was dropping down a little bit. But I was still feeling good.
Q. Even though you lost, you got to take some positive out of that to push a player of that quality, especially after injuries and so on you've had over the last couple years.
GILES SIMON: Well, of course it's good to play this kind of match. At the Australian Open it's almost better. The problem is I lost second round, and tomorrow you will forget it and I will have to work for the next tournament. It will be different.
I'm just sad that I had to play Roger this soon in the tournament. I was feeling good. I was hoping to play a very good tournament, but the draw was tough. Even with a very good match from me, it was not enough.
Q. You have been up to 6 in the world. You must be thinking you're on the right track to get back to where you were, if not higher.
GILES SIMON: At the moment I'm feeling better. I can move as I want and it's good for my game. The thing is I'm not seeded anymore so I have to come back as soon as possible with the ranking, because the three slams I played since I came back, I played Andy third round in Murray in Wimbledon; Rafa third round in the US Open, and now Roger second round. It's hard to win every time.
Q. What do you think it is about your game that causes Roger so many problems? He's had problems against you, particularly your forehand. He seemed to be really surprised by it.
GILES SIMON: Well, I think that he is playing so well. And when I played the two first sets, I had the impression that I am so bad, because I cannot do anything. I feel like he's in control, he can do whatever he wants. At a moment, I just think, It's enough. I have to do something. I have to hit everything and take some more risks.
It's not easy when you play some other players with, I mean, same level. It's always fight, four games all, five games all, so you never want to give the easy point.
But against Roger and he wins 6 3, 6 2, one hour, you cannot do worse than that. Even if you missed everything, it's 6 0 and it's done.
So I have to up my game a little bit. I feel that on the court, and that's why I'm playing my best match against him.
Tak lubiany przez większość fanów tenisa Gilles Simon wygrał dzisiaj swoje 200 spotkanie w Tourze. ;-)
SIMON JOINS "200 MATCH WINS CLUB", ENDS MONTE-CARLO DROUGHT
Gilles Simon recorded his 200th tour-level victory.
Frenchman Gilles Simon ended a run of three first-round exits at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and marked his 200th tour-level win in emphatic style on Tuesday as he dismissed Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 6-2 in the first match on Court Central.
The No. 16 seed saved six of the seven break points he faced and capitalised on four of his five opportunities to seal victory in one hour and 33 minutes. It marked his first win at the Monte-Carlo Country Club since his debut in 2006, when he reached the third round (l. to Ljubicic).
"It was a good match. I'm happy," said Simon. "It was a good fight. I knew I had to play well because every time I dropped my level of game, he was coming back. So it was a good first round."
Reflecting on his 200 victories, Simon commented, "I remember the finals. I remember the victories against the top players more than the losses against lower-ranked players, even if those losses were also useful for me to learn from."
The 26-year-old Simon, who won his eighth ATP World Tour title at the start of the season in Sydney (d. Troicki), improved to a 16-9 match record in 2011. He is coming off back-to-back quarter-final showings in Miami (l. to Federer) and Casablanca (l. to Starace).
Simon will next face World No. 23 Albert Montanes after the Spaniard cruised past Belgian Xavier Malisse 6-4, 6-2 in 82 minutes. The 30-year-old Montanes is coming off a season-best semi-final showing in Casablanca (l. to Andujar) last week.
Fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer will open his campaign against countryman Feliciano Lopez after the left-hander sent down 18 aces in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic. The 29-year-old Madrid native recorded his seventh tour-level win of the season and takes a 6-3 career lead into his clash with Ferrer.
There was more success for Spain as Guillermo Garcia-Lopez dispatched French qualifier Vincent Millot 6-2, 6-4 in 77 minutes and qualifier Pere Riba came from behind to beat Italian Potito Starace 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Italian Fabio Fognini and Argentine qualifier Maximo Gonzalez both recovered from a set down to win their first-round matches. World No. 53 Fognini broke serve six times as he defeated South African Kevin Anderson 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, while the No. 93-ranked Gonzalez notched his third ATP World Tour-level win of the season with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Romanian Victor Hanescu.
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