Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Friday November 1, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.
Faller of Carlos Alcaraz this Thursday in the round of 16 of the Rolex Paris Masters, Ugo Humbert confided having learned the lessons of previous duels with the Spaniard but also having been in a state of grace on the court.
Ugo Humbert didn't hide it. The victory acquired this Thursday against Carlos Alcaraz during the round of 16 of the Rolex Paris Masters is “the most beautiful victory of (his) career” and “the best moment” that he has experienced on a tennis court. “I’m training for that and that’s what I kept repeating to myself throughout the third set,” he declared at a press conference in comments collected by the daily The Team. I wanted the story to end better than last year. » Ugo Humbert refers to his failure in three sets against Alexander Zverev in the second round of the 2023 edition of the Paris tournament. Affirming that his coach Jérémy Chardy had asked him not to “want to overplay” against the world number 2, the native of Metz confided that “everything fit”. “I was putting winning shots after winning shots, I was ultra-aggressive from the return,” he recalled.
Humbert: “I spoke to myself”
He then admitted that his opponent “played a little better” in a second round that was very different from the first. In the third, it was a change of attitude which allowed Ugo Humbert to free himself to seek victory. “I talked to myself throughout the third set,” he said with a smile on his face. I needed to tell myself that I was with me, that I was there, that I wouldn't let go until the end and it worked, it did me good, I felt like that so it was the right solution. It was a very positive speech. » While Carlos Alcaraz admitted that Ugo Humbert's shooting quality was a problem for him, the Habs assured that it came from nothing other than his game. “I play well, very well on these surfaces, – he confided. On both sides, I have strikes that go very fast, and he's not the only one to feel that against me. »
Humbert: “I try to live the moment to the fullest”
He who “loves playing the best players in the world”, Ugo Humbert claimed to have “had a great match” against the native of Murcia. If this victory against the world number 2 opens the table for him, Messin does not intend to advance too quickly as he has a meeting this Friday with Jordan Thompson in the quarter-finals. “I don’t want to make any predictions, I try to live the moment to the fullest,” he confided. I came to Bercy to experience these kinds of emotions, this kind of match, and when I play like that, anything is possible. I don't know how far I'm going to go, we'll see, and that's the question I don't want to answer. » In any case, he will be eagerly awaited by the Australian, who beat him in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati last August, as much as by the Parisian public.
