“I never thought I would experience this by going to play a Tennis match. » A young graduate of TC Noyal-Châtillon, Matthieu should not have even played this championship match against Redon Tennis. “I was scheduled to play with another team, then there was a last minute reversal,” he explains.
It is around 10:15 a.m., Sunday November 10, 2024, at TC Noyal-Châtillon, south of Rennes. On both grounds, matches are in progress. Matthieu has just won his first set 7/6. With his opponent, they go to fill their water bottle at the clubhouse.
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His gaze lingers on the match being played on the other court. The thirty-year-old, who is an ophthalmologist at Rennes University Hospital, remembers: “It’s the match point. Just before…
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