Exhausted Simon ready to concede Murray tie
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January 21, 2013, Monday
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GILLES Simon yesterday admitted he may not go the distance against Andy Murray after his marathon Australian Open win over Gael Monfils left him struggling to walk and needing hours of treatment.
Simon overcame severe cramps to post a 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 8-6 victory against his fellow Frenchman, finishing after midnight in 4 hours 43 minutes in Melbourne, to book a fourth-round berth against the US Open champion.
Afterwards, the world No. 16 required nearly four hours of medical treatment and was in such bad shape that he was unable to attend the customary post-match media interviews.
Deprived of sleep and muscles still aching, Simon spoke to reporters yesterday and gave himself virtually no chance of eliminating Murray, the super-fit Olympic and US Open champion.
"I don't have a lot of chance to win this one," he said. "But this is my job to go on the court and do the maximum to bother him, to give him a hard time.
"The thing is, it's difficult to win 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 against Andy. I'm not sure, if we play longer, that I will be able to make it to the end."
In a slugfest which featured a 71-shot rally, Simon started cramping towards the end of the second set and he admitted he threw away the third and fourth sets to conserve energy for the fifth.
Simon overcame severe cramps to post a 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 8-6 victory against his fellow Frenchman, finishing after midnight in 4 hours 43 minutes in Melbourne, to book a fourth-round berth against the US Open champion.
Afterwards, the world No. 16 required nearly four hours of medical treatment and was in such bad shape that he was unable to attend the customary post-match media interviews.
Deprived of sleep and muscles still aching, Simon spoke to reporters yesterday and gave himself virtually no chance of eliminating Murray, the super-fit Olympic and US Open champion.
"I don't have a lot of chance to win this one," he said. "But this is my job to go on the court and do the maximum to bother him, to give him a hard time.
"The thing is, it's difficult to win 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 against Andy. I'm not sure, if we play longer, that I will be able to make it to the end."
In a slugfest which featured a 71-shot rally, Simon started cramping towards the end of the second set and he admitted he threw away the third and fourth sets to conserve energy for the fifth.
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