David Goffin: 'Playing good match against Rafael Nadal in Paris was useful'
David Goffin did not get great results this year before this week's Cincinnati. The Belgian probably had his most difficult time in March when he played the Phoenix Challenger after the Indian Wells event. "Of course it was a tough period there", admitted Goffin. "I was coming back from injuries. I had some trouble with my confidence. I couldn't find my rhythm, my game. Then I changed coach. Thomas came at this time in Indian Wells. It was much better. Week after week I started to play well during practice. Then after that some part of matches were much better. Then one matches, two matches, and then after that -- it takes time sometime to go back to your best level. And then on the grass -- maybe at the end on the clay it was the moment I needed some good matches, good match against Rafa", said Goffin recalling his four-set loss to Nadal in the French Open third round. "Then on the grass I continued to play some good tennis. Here again, a final again, so it's great now. I'm feeling great. I'm back at my best tennis. So it's good. It's good."
On his win over Richard Gasquet, he concluded: "I knew that he was in the semifinal for the first time in Masters since a long time. He had big injury. It was hot, humid. I felt that it was a little bit heavy. And he played a really nice match yesterday against Roberto Bautista Agut. I knew that for him it was tough physically, and I had to put him under pressure to move him a lot. And I felt, yeah, that he was a little bit tired. Me yesterday I just had an easy hit, like almost a day off. So I was a little bit lucky today."
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