Mark Nixon · @markalannixon
12th Jun 2014 from TwitLonger
Monfils in l'Equipe after his loss to Nishikori: Frankly, I don't like this surface at all. Why? I don't know ... I just don't like it. But I've talked about it with Guy Forget, who told me he didn't like it either when he was young. So I'm trusting him, maybe it will change.
I knew I wasn't going to be as good (on grass) since Roehampton in 2003. When you're big, you feel that serving well and hitting hard helps. Me, I have to be able to move. And here, I can't move well. I can't plant my feet. I run in jerks. There's no smoothness. I have to take it easy when I push off. It's frustrating because I'm very clear headed. I'm concentrating on my game and my movement. I know if I push off too hard, I can fall and hurt myself.
But it's not that I don't know I was the lesser player out there. I did everything I could against Nishikori. But it's not easy doing things that aren't natural for me. But I wasn't as good! OK!