Gilles Simon told what emotions he experiences after the end of his career.


In 20 years on the professional tour, the Frenchman made 898 appearances and won 504, including 34 against top 10 opponents. He has 22 ATP finals in which he has won 14 titles. In the ranking, Simon rose to sixth place.


In Paris, he reached the third round, where he lost to world No. 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime.


I am at peace. Because I am confident in my decision, I am confident in its correctness. This week, every match according soccer partners reminded me why I was so confident.


Stress before matches, pain after matches. And it was getting hard to deal with it all the time. Still nothing when you know that you are in the middle of a career, that you are moving forward and this is necessary.


But at some point, the pain is the same, the stress is the same, and you no longer win. When you don`t feel like you`re moving forward, it becomes very difficult.


Because of this stress, only more, and the pain gets worse with age. Therefore, I have no regrets. Three matches this week completely exhausted me, and I remembered why I decided to leave.


But there was also a lot that I love that made me always want to be a tennis player. So I say that I was lucky that I played for a very long time.


But I can`t say that from eight in the morning until lights out there was only happiness. Some things I won`t miss. Airports, for example. I generally have a list of what I will not miss.


As for journalists, I will (smiles).



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