TENNIS ATP CINCINNATI – 12th of August 2014. M. Youzhny d. J. Tsonga 6-1, 6-4. An interview with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Q. Just talk about how tough that was today. I’m guessing it was a hard turnaround playing all week in Canada.
JO WILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah, it’s never easy. You have to get used to the conditions really quick.
I was not able to hit yesterday because I would like to but it rain and I didn’t have a practice court before 6:00, so I didn’t play yesterday.
But, I mean, that’s not the main things. I just give everything on court, but, you know, I didn’t have enough today to compete at the good level.
So that’s it.
Q. Was it just about not being able to practice yesterday, or…
JO WILFRIED TSONGA: No, no, no, that’s what I say just right before. I just said that I didn’t have, you know, enough energy today to compete and then to be at the right level.
Q. So it was energy, as well? Just tired from Toronto?
JO WILFRIED TSONGA: Yeah. I’m just a little bit I just gave everything last week. Before the match I believed I was able to play, you know, at the good level, but on the court I realized that it’s gonna be impossible. And it was. It was because I give my best and it was tough.
Q. What were the conditions like with the wind and the cool weather? Does that have any effect?
JO WILFRIED TSONGA: Oh, no. You know, I don’t have any excuses except maybe a tough match last week and I just arrived yesterday. That’s it.
Q. What would be your plans before the Open now? You’ll just train from now till then, or anything else going on, any matches?
JO WILFRIED TSONGA: No, no matches, no matches. I will take some rest and I will prepare the US Open. I have now big challenge. US Open of course will be a big challenge, but the Davis Cup will be important for me also after that.
So for me it’s going to be important to prepare all these events as good as possible.
Q. Today was it sort of more something physical bothering you or more the mental effort of last week?
JO WILFRIED TSONGA: Oh, I think it’s both. It’s about nerve, because when you always push your body to give the best, sometimes it tell you that now it’s finished (smiling).
That’s what happened today.
