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ROLEX PARIS MASTERSOctober 30, 2017Gilles SimonParis, France J. CHARDY/G. Simon 6-3, 6-0 THE MODERATOR: Questions in French. Q. You were playing a bit better in Shanghai. How did you feel today? GILLES SIMON: Not great. Game-wise I didn't have a lot of energy, especially in my movements. I was not able to play well. I was late. I was slow. And I couldn't do much. I was hoping it was going to get better during the match, but it was worse and worse on the contrary. So it was certainly not a match to be remembered. Q. Here at the end of the year we always take stock of the season. What can you say about this year? GILLES SIMON: It was not my dream season, of course. Many things happened. It's just a pity to end the season on this kind of match because lately I was playing better and I wanted to do better than that here. But now I have been playing alone for a while. I played many matches in a row, and today I didn't have enough energy left to do better. So now I'm going to stay quiet during the winter. What I mean by that is I'm going to be alone. I'm going to do my own stuff and I'll try to start next year good. Q. Did you think about having a coach next year? Are you going to play alone again? GILLES SIMON: No, I'll stay alone, I believe. But I need the physios and the trainers because totally alone is difficult. But of course, now we'll have to prepare during the offseason. And I think I'm going to stay alone until I feel the desire to be with someone again. It took a year last time I did that. Q. About your personal eagerness to play, how are you feeling especially about next year? GILLES SIMON: I love playing tennis. I always want to play, and I still do. But I didn't play like I wanted to today on the court. I was too tense and I didn't enjoy it. And the whole season was difficult because of that. My feeling is I had many matches in a row but I didn't play that much in the end, but it was many efforts that I had to make each time. The eagerness is still there. I'm always happy to practice, to play matches. I love tennis and nothing will stop me to love tennis. But sometimes I can play better or sometimes not. But I want to play. Q. You worked with a mental trainer. Did it work? Was it useful? GILLES SIMON: I mostly believe it was necessary. It was even very important for me. But it's like everything else. Like physical practice, it is not the only solution. But I believe it was useful for me because I was playing better in the end of the season. So I'll keep doing that and I'll see how it goes in the beginning of next season. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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