Since then, Roger has been his hero, with no one even close to the Swiss, including me, his father. When I played against Roger in Basel, Timothee told me that he was on Roger's side; those are kids, and you can only smile on that," Gilles Simon said.

Google News. Ranking ATP. ATP Live Scores. It started badly for him, as he struggled with injury. He lost three straight matches, including to the home favourite Bernard Tomic.

Simon pulled out of the Australian Open due to his knee injury. As the fifth seed, he lost in the first round to Olivier Rochus in Marseille.

He then participated in the Dubai Tennis Championships as the eighth seed, but lost in the first round to Marcos Baghdatis.

The right knee injury eventually caused Simon to miss the entire spring European clay season, including the French Open. At the Wimbledon tournament Simon reached the third round with one win, due to a second-round walkover Illya Marchenko , before losing to Andy Murray.

He lost in the quarterfinals to David Nalbandian in three sets. He went on to meet the no. Before the match, upon hearing about the birth of Simon's son, Nadal jokingly offered to buy Simon a flight ticket back to Europe to see his son before the match.

He did not play any live rubber, but defeated Eduardo Schwank in a dead rubber. Simon then entered Open de Moselle as a wildcard. Originally, he did not plan to play the tournament because his son was supposed to be due that week.

He took his newly extended family to Metz and eventually won the tournament by beating Mischa Zverev in the final.

This was his seventh career title, coming only weeks after the birth of his first child. During the award ceremony, he thanked his girlfriend for the support and called the victory a "family effort.

The rest of was more ups and downs, indicating that after returning from the serious knee injury, he was still struggling to find his consistency.

He went on to participate in two Asian tournaments. He then crashed out at the first round of the Shanghai Masters to Stanislas Wawrinka in two sets.

During his second-round encounter, he was down a set and a break to David Nalbandian before fighting back to even the match at one all.

He was then down a break again before coming back to beat the seeded player in three sets. He eventually lost in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets.

The next tournament was the Valencia Open , where Simon beat two seeds Fernando Verdasco and Nikolay Davydenko en route to his semifinal appearance, only to lose to the Spanish qualifier Marcel Granollers in two sets.

At the last tournament of the season, BNP Paribas Masters , Simon again came from behind to beat newcomer Andrey Golubev in three sets during their first-round encounter.

However, in the seoncd round, after failing to convert numerous breakpoints in the beginning of set 1, a set that he eventually lost, Simon faded and lost the second set to the eventual title winner Robin Söderling in two easy sets.

The final was filled with controversies over which player was to be called on to play each match. Simon lost the match in three sets.

When France won the doubles and led 2—1 going into day 3, the French team seemed to be on its way to yet another Davis Cup victory. But day 3 opened with Djokovic in strong form defeating Monfils in three easy sets, leaving the championship to a deciding fifth match.

The fifth match ended in anti-climatic fashion with an overwhelming victory for Troicki in three sets. Serbia won the Davis Cup for the first time in history.

France's defeat caused some to question the choice of Llodra to play Troicki when Simon has a 4—0 head-to-head record against the Serb.

Nevertheless, everyone agrees that Troicki and the Serbian team had displayed convincing performances over their French opponent, and the victory was well deserved.

Simon started his campaign by entering three tournaments in Australia: Brisbane , Sydney , and the Australian Open. He lost in the first round of Brisbane to Santiago Giraldo.

One week later, he beat Alexandr Dolgopolov and Ernests Gulbis in the quarterfinals and semifinals and then captured his eighth title by defeating Viktor Troicki , in the final of the Sydney International.

In the Australian Open, he lost to Roger Federer in the second round in a five set match. Simon reached the fourth round of Roland Garros but lost to Robin Söderling.

Simon started his season at the Brisbane International , where he made the semifinals before losing to Alexandr Dolgopolov. In Miami, he was defeated by Andy Murray in the fourth round.

He lost in the semifinals to champion Rafael Nadal. Subsequently, he won the tournament in Bucharest, Romania, defeating Fabio Fognini in the final.

In Rome, he lost to David Ferrer in the third round. At the French Open he lost in the third round to Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets. At Wimbledon he lost in the second round to Xavier Malisse.

He started off the season once again at the Brisbane International where he lost in the quarterfinals to Marcos Baghdatis. At the Australian Open , he reached the fourth round before losing to Andy Murray.

He also made it to the fourth round of the French Open , before losing to Roger Federer in five sets. At Wimbledon he lost in the first round to Feliciano Lopez.

He missed the US Open due to illness. In September, he won the Moselle Open for his 11th career title, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final in straight sets.

Simon began his season at the Brisbane International with a shocking loss to world no. He lost to Andy Murray despite taking the first set and serving for the match in the second at 5—3 in the quarterfinals of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel.

At the Rome Masters, Simon pushed World no. Simon made back-to-back grand slam third rounds in French Open and Wimbledon Championships. At the US Open, he pull off an upset against world no.

He lost to Roger Federer in two tight tiebreak sets. Simon started slowly, losing to James Duckworth in Brisbane. He made the third round of the Australian Open , where he was defeated by David Ferrer.

However, he was defeated by Tomas Berdych in the semifinals. He reached the fourth round at Roland Garros, losing to eventual champion Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.

He later reached his second grand slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon, defeating Monfils and Berdych before losing to Roger Federer.

In September, he made the final of the Moselle Open , where he was denied a third title at the tournament in a hard-fought final by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , who took his third title at the tournament instead.

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Anindita Das posts 0 comments. I am Anindita friends call me Ani, love to write, work is life. Serving for the opener at , the four-time champion placed a service winner down the T line, looking good so far and hoping for more in set number two.

Gilles was in all kinds of trouble after getting broken in the second set's third game, staying calm and pulling the break back a few minutes later after forcing an error from Roger.

World no. The eighth game brought drama and excitement, with Federer fending off break opportunities to stay in touch, hoping for a late break that would carry him home.

The Frenchman closed the ninth game with a volley winner and secured a break with another great point at the net a few minutes later to steal the set and force a decider.