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French Open sensation Hugo Gaston just wanted to play his game against three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, and it paid off when he surprised the Swiss with the biggest win of his career.
Gaston, who is ranked 239th in the world, prevailed in five sets over the previous world number 3 and took the victory 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. The French public supported Gaston at all times, who scored the biggest surprise of the tournament so far.
Gaston, a former world No. 223, will next play No. 3 and two-time French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem. “I tried to play my game but I didn’t know I could do it, until I won,” Gaston said on the ATP website.
“Every time I go out on the court I try to focus and play my game. I am grateful for the support I have had and in two days I will face [Dominic] Play Thiem.
I have nothing to lose.”
Gaston talked about playing against Thiem in the round of 16
“It’s hard to explain,” Gaston said when asked how it felt to beat Wawrinka through Metro UK.
“It’s fantastic. It was a great game. I’m very happy today.” Gaston faces another tough opponent as Thiem hasn’t dropped a set in any of his first three games of the tournament.
But the Frenchman says he has nothing to lose and will try to play his game and see what happens. “I am very happy to play Dominic. He is a fantastic player, a great fighter.
It’s a tough game for sure, but I’m trying to be happy on the field and we’ll see, “Gaston added about his next game against Thiem. Meanwhile, Wawrinka credited Gaston after the shocking loss, blaming himself for his having missed opportunities.
It’s a disappointing ending for Wawrinka, who was hoping to make a deep run at the French Open. “I think I was more of myself,” Wawrinka said in evaluating his performance.
“My opponent played well the whole game. I think he did. I was not as aggressive as at the beginning of the first set.” I think I had a lot of opportunities to take the lead again in the second round. , and I wasn’t hard enough on myself to play my game, hold the line, and be aggressive over and over again. “Yes, I had many opportunities that I did not take advantage of.”
