2023-05-26 05:34:28
Clémence, wife of Lucas Pouille, tells how she convinced him not to stop his tennis career. Thursday, the Northerner climbed into the main draw at Roland-Garros in an atmosphere of madness.
A roar of emotion crossed court 14 at Roland-Garros on Thursday. Lucas Pouille (29), former world number 10 down to 670th place, capsized the whole public by beating the Austrian Jurij Rodionov (1-6, 7-5, 6-0) to climb into the main draw of the Parisian Grand Slam. In the stands, his wife Clémence let her tears burst after being the victim of a little discomfort during the meeting. She had a front row seat to see her husband on the verge of giving up tennis after a period of depression.
“I’m glad I didn’t give up”
By dint of persuasion, she participated in convincing her to continue on the circuit and is therefore enjoying this little resurrection. At the end of this victory of intense emotion, she thus returned to the very difficult moments crossed by the Northerner. She recalled the moment, last October, when Lucas said to her: ‘You come to see me play for the last time’.
But after a morning training at the national training center (CNE) with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the process started again and led to these three wonderful days at Roland in a Davis Cup atmosphere. Lucas Pouille will know his first-round opponent on Friday evening. There is a 10.50% chance that it will be the world No. 1 or No. 2.
“It was a football atmosphere today, it was great, rejoiced Clémence. He also plays again for that. I cried that he stopped tennis. He saw himself doing something else, I wanted him to play again. For him, for our daughter. I didn’t want it to end and I knew he was still capable of doing something. I was once in Bercy to see our friend David Goffin play. , he joined me, he saw Gilles (Simon) and wanted to play again. Maybe if I hadn’t gone to Bercy…”
“I didn’t let go, she continues. It’s not thanks to me but I’m happy not to have let go. He trained with Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Lucas said yes, I told him : ‘I want to see you play one last time’. In the evening, he said to me: ‘it won’t be the last time’. It was the start of a new adventure. It’s incredible to see him as that today. It was hard, everyone dropped him when he marked the history of French tennis. He proves today that he has his place.”
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