French tennis player Richard Gasquet warned his followers. He will only play a few more months as a professional in tournaments that will not last more than a year. This was evident when he said goodbye to the audience at the Paris Masters being held in the French capital.
His farewell to the tournament This means that within a year Gasquet will be out of the circuit and with him will be gone one of the best one-handed backhand shots in the history of tennis.
Gasquet, after losing in the round of 64 of the Parisian tournament in two sets against the Belgian Zizou Bergs 6-3 and 6-4, took the microphone to talk about the reasons for his retirement.
With sincerity, the Frenchman, who managed to beat the Serbian Novak Djokovic once and the Swiss Roger Federer twice in his career, He explained that his performance is not like that of his best years as shown by his current position in the ATP ranking.
“I am giving 100% of what I have, I prepared a lot for Bercy, I told myself that I wanted to give my best, but in the end the level has not been as good as I expected. If I currently have the ranking I have it is for a reason, I am going to finish the year 130th in the world, that is why I stop,” said the Frenchman.
Gasquet made it clear that If it were not for the weight without escape of age, he would not finish his career.
“I am lucky to be in good physical shape, to play well and to look forward to some games, so I will try not to get injured and enjoy as much as I can until Roland Garros,” mentioned the Frenchman, who also announced that his official farewell It will be in the second Grand Slam in 2025.
Gasquet, one of the last exponents of classic one-handed backhand tennis in that way, at 38 years old, He leaves orphaned hundreds of fans who considered him one of the most aesthetic players who have ever set foot on the most important courts. of the world.
“That’s life, it had to happen one day, although I tried to delay it as much as I could,” Gasquet said.
The French tennis player has won 16 ATP tournaments, all in the 250 category. He also reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon Grand Slam twice and the US Open once.
