06/09/2010 01:33 CEST - INTERVISTE

G. Simon - 05.09.10

GILLES SIMON
 

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Nadal said on the court you had a baby.
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.

Q. Two days ago?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah. That's why I'm going to be short. (Laughter.)

Q. Boy or girl?
GILLES SIMON: Boy.

Q. Name?
GILLES SIMON: Timothy. Like Timothy in English.

Q. When is your flight home, and how eager are you to get home?
GILLES SIMON: As soon as possible. I don't know yet. But I had a great match to play this afternoon. I knew that if I lose, I will be home right after.
So my coach is doing the booking. (Smiling.)

Q. Were you distracted at all by these thoughts on the court?
GILLES SIMON: A little bit. It's hard to focus for me the last three days.
But I think I was playing good. The two first sets were nice. I had some problem with my return today. I missed a lot of return.
And then the third set, I have to say that I was already in the plane. (Laughter.)

Q. Did Rafa say something to you at the net? I saw he gave a thumbs up.
GILLES SIMON: He knows I'm impatient to see my baby. He knows that I'm not really sad today, even if I lost.

Q. When did you first hear from your wife that she had the baby and what was your reaction?
GILLES SIMON: Two days ago.

Q. Thursday morning?
GILLES SIMON: No. The night it was okay. When I woke up the morning, she told me, Baby is coming. So it was strange feeling. I mean, I was alone in my room. I definitely didn't want to be there, but I couldn't do anything.
I expecting him to arrive four weeks later, so it's just bad luck.

Q. First baby?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.

Q. You were in Manhattan in your hotel?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.

Q. Were you planning to not play anything after the Open?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah.

Q. So you thought it was all going to work great?
GILLES SIMON: I was hoping to have more time, but...

Q. This is your first baby?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah. Already asked.

Q. It seems like the French are doing really well this year. Overall I think there are six or seven players in the round of 32. I guess this means bigger, better things to come for the following year. Would you agree with that?
GILLES SIMON: Well, we did better than the last year. I don't know why we had, you know, bad results here the years before, 'cause we likes when we like to play when it's fast. I mean, this is the fastest hard court.
Maybe we are tired at the end of the season. I don't know. But I think there is no reason. I don't think that it's an exception this year. I think it should be like this every year.

Q. Did you ever change a diaper?
GILLES SIMON: Yeah. Was my cousins, because I'm the older one.