Ugo Humbert, opposed to Goffin in the first round of the Australian Open: “Not the desired preparation”

2024-01-13 20:21:54

“It was hard, I stayed in bed for four, five days, I mightn’t really move,” he explained at a press conference on Saturday. “At first I thought it was food poisoning, but I must have caught a virus because it lasted too long for it to be poisoning. Several players and coaches were sick too. They’ve been better since yesterday. I’m happy, a little more reassured too. I was able to train for two and a half hours. It’s the first time I was able to train the way I wanted.”

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This will be the third confrontation between Ugo Humbert and David Goffin. The Lorraine won the first, in Antwerp, in 2019, the Liégeois taking his revenge in 2022 at Wimbledon.

“It’s not an easy first round,” he conceded. “I’ll have to be serious and put my game in place. But I’ll be ready for the fight. It’s not the preparation you want, but you have to accept it. I’d rather that happen to me in Brisbane than at Australian Open. And I still have a lot of certainty regarding my level of tennis, because I hit the ball really well in training. Mentally too, last year gave me confidence. “I have a lot of saves if something happens to me on the pitch. I feel confident and I can’t wait to get started.”

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