Italian Simone Boleli, No. 47 in the world, dashed away today, our Champion's Marcos Baghdatis hopes to reach the second round of the French Open, in a 3 straight set match, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Our Champion who has been absent from all types of competition since the Davis Cup tie against Slovenia, showed lacking matches, as well as practise for such a big event, as the Grand Slam in Paris.
"...I have been expecting that I wouldn't have come to play...but I have not played for quite a while, so it was difficult for me to come back...but I was lacking practice and matches...I was not making the appropriate choices at the right time...and even though the result shows he had an easy win, I think I had some opportunities in the first set, also in the second set when I had a break point at 4‑3...but that's the way it is...that's tennis...but this guy, he played his match, and he played better than I did today...
....all players play good tennis..then, as I said earlier, I haven't played enough so far, and even if the result is 6‑2, 6‑4, 6‑2 is hard, I had some opportunities in the first and in the second set....I made wrong decisions, and this is what made the difference...he played more tournaments than I did so he had confidence...he shot the ball very well...he was fit...that made the difference, and this is why today I lost...
.....I felt good on the court...I wanted to play, but the problem is I didn't know what to do...sometimes the ball was arriving....I didn't know how to play it...so it's a bit of a problem, you know, when you play at such a level not knowing how to play a ball...ti's a bit difficult...but I will be definately be going to Wimbledon...." our Champion stated at the press conference.
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