As curious as they are honest, were the words of a Matthew Ebden who hadn't played a singles match in two years and was forced to face Novak Djokovic due to the rules of the Olympic Games: "My sole objective today was not to get injured, I would have never won otherwise. In the past two years, I had only played a singles tie-break just yesterday... It's been a long time since I played a match! I tried to give the crowd a bit more tennis, I gave it my all".
Ebden 🇦🇺🎙
— Giovanni Pelazzo (@giovannipelazzo) July 27, 2024
"I didn't come here to play singles, I had only played doubles for two years. I had never officially retired from singles, but today I can officially say that was my last match!
Of course, what a place to retire... on Chatrier, against… pic.twitter.com/VrOLUd64a0
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