Nikola Ciric from Serbia defeated Marc Gicquel from France and will play in the final of Sopot Challenger. He talks about the match and other things; there's also a video of Marc Gicquel timeout.
Serbian player also said it's difficult to play tennis in Serbia, that he didn't have money to travel and could only play 10-11 tournaments a year, this is why he didn't have a breakthrough earlier (and that to play in challengers you must be financially secure) and that it's the first two years in his career when he didn't have a more serious injury.
On the match:
On the special week in Sopot:
On Gicquel's injury:
On being mistaken for Marin Cilic
On his weapons:
On Novak Djokovic as inspiration:
If he will tattoo something connected with Poland:
If wars affected his tennis:
If deuces are mentally draining:
Videos from the match. Ciric was 3-1 up in the second set and got easily broken. He looked a bit dizzy, Gicquel starting hitting winners, but Olivier Charroin who sat next to me said Ciric stayed in the match and that nothing was decided. And this is what happened right after.
Nikola Ciric from Serbia defeated Marc Gicquel from France and will play in the final of Sopot Challenger. He talks about the match and other things; there's also a video of Marc Gicquel timeout.