Corentin Moutet: 'Some of my patterns bothered Novak Djokovic'
Corentin Moutet lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets, 7-6 6-4, at the Paris Masters.
The Frenchman said: "I'm disappointed. I enjoyed myself playing very much against Novak with the crowd which cheered us. I cannot say that I'm satisfied because I lost. And I did have opportunities. I don't know how to qualify it, but there are a few opportunities that I missed, but next time. Otherwise, I gave it all, all the energy that I could take from the crowd. The only problem is the disappointment from losing. I had nothing to prove. I went on court to enjoy myself. That was my goal. But this type of player doesn't make mistakes. I had a game plan that I had set in my mind that I wanted to unroll. Somehow, I bothered him during the first set, less during the second, but there were a few patterns that bothered him. That means that I had the right tactic. I had thought out the strategy well, but it wasn't enough. I still have to accomplish a lot of work to reach that game level as often as possible. I had a good game level, but it was not enough to play that type of a player."
On how he approached the match mentally, Moutet concluded: "I did have pressure. As for every match, every player that I played this year, I had pressure, not less, not more. I really wanted to play him. I did watch videos before playing him but nothing really changed in the way I anticipated the match. He's just better ranked. He won more slams than others. The only thing that changed is the opponent in front of him. I was the same person. I just had to be myself."
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