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U.S. OPENSeptember 5, 2010Gilles SimonNEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK R. NADAL/G. 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. End of FastScripts |
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