Adrian Mannarino 🇫🇷 struggled so much on the clay but gained his form quickly again on his favourite grass courts. This week moves up to ATP 27th after winning the title in Newport
"I won't have a chance": Adrian Mannarino makes heartbreaking admission about 2024 Paris Olympics being at Roland Garros
Tennis NewsSunday, 05 November 2023 at 18:30
Adrian Mannarino recently made a heartbreaking admission about his prospects at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, saying that he "won't have a chance" to medal due to Roland Garros being the venue for the event.
French tennis player Mannarino is one of many looking forward to the opportunity to compete at a home Olympics in Paris. However, the 35-year-old admitted that he would struggle to win a medal due to the surface at Roland Garros.
Mannarino is a hard-court specialist, with two of his four ATP titles being on the surface. He won the Winston-Salem Open in 2021 and defeated Sebastian Korda in the final of the 2023 Astana Open last month. His other two titles, which he won at the 2019 Libema Open and the 2023 Hall of Fame Open, were on grass. Therefore, this leaves one surface noticeably missing from his trophy cabinet.
Mannarino: having no chance at a medal is "ridiculous"
In a recent interview with L'Equipe, the World No. 25 explained his situation in regards to the Olympics next year.
"The Olympics are incredible for me, but I have to admit that taking part in them without having any chance of winning a medal is ridiculous.
"It will be played on clay, so I won't have a chance. I'm not saying I don't want to participate, it's not like that, but my career says that I have no chance of medaling on clay. At the Roland Garros, I passed the first round three times, but I never went beyond the second," he said.
Mannarino went on to further emphasize his point by comparing his ability on hard courts to his ability and ranking on clay.
"The truth is that on hard courts I play like a top 30 player, but on clay I'm a top 90 player," he continued.
claps 0visitors 189
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Renee Stubbs, stop the race baiting, you snow flake. Nothing badosa said was racist, and Paula, don't knee-jerk apologize for nothing.tennistim23-12-2024
- Rybakina is back!!
mandoist21-12-2024 - She sems to have a turbulent relationship with The Truth. Not even smartenough to make an excuse like "I severely twisted my ankle yesterday" -- then be seen shopping in some city next day while "recuperating"!mandoist21-12-2024
- Why do you even publish this TwatCaster's PATHETIC stunt for attention? There's plenty of reasons why imbeciles like him are 'talking' and people like Iga Swiatek are 'walking the walk'. Tennisuptodate should be above this tripe.mandoist16-12-2024
- If and when Political Correctness and gullible hearts over-rule BIOLOGY, the Human world begins its already seeming decline.mandoist15-12-2024
- The new generation has arrived and these guys need to do it with the left overs.
AceOfBase13-12-2024 - Every young, inexperiend CEO has "better" ideas (and friends to hire).mandoist12-12-2024
- What a load of nonsense. Emotional stress definitely didn’t cause her wrist or ankle injuries.Lyca10-12-2024
- Taylor Fritz 🎾 – the surprising third for many. 🎄 A great Christmas tree quiz question! 🎅✨MrAndreeva10-12-2024
- Simona Halep taking the axe out 🪓😮💨MrAndreeva08-12-2024
