It was his first match since the announcement of his upcoming retirement at the end of Roland-Garros 2025. And he lost it. Richard Gasquet failed to create the feat against Tomas Etcheverry in the first round of the ATP 250 in Antwerp, a tournament he won in 2016 when he was 19th in the world. Today, the 38-year-old tennis player is ranked 135th and he benefited from an invitation from the organizers to play in the tournament..

Opposed to a player ranked 100 ranks in front of him, the Biterrois resisted well but ended up losing with a score of 7-6, 6-4 in 1h49. Despite his eight aces, Gasquet lost his serve three times during this meeting. In the first set, he saved a break point at 1-2, but not the one at 3-4. However, the Frenchman managed to break immediately (4-5) and pushed the Argentinian, whom he faced for the first time, to play a tie-break. In the decisive game, Gasquet came back from 0-2 to 3-2, but from 4-3 in his favor he lost four points in a row, and therefore the set.