The French tennis player Richard Gasquetone of the oldest players on the ATP professional circuit, an athlete who marked an era with a magnificent one-handed backhand and who fought for several years at the top of the men’s classification.
Now, the Frenchman lives a different time in this last part of his career, which he tries to enjoy at 38 years old. Recently, Gasquet reached 1,000 matches as a player on the men’s professional tour, a record that did not come with a victory after losing to Lorenzo Sonego in Madrid, but made him join a special group of legends.
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“With Fernando Verdasco, I’m the worst of the bunch. Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, they are all monsters. We are behind them, but it is still a great achievement. There are 50 games per season for 20 years.
A very high number,” the French tennis player told the publication “L’Equipe”. “Of course the level is more complicated at 38 years of age. I never thought I could play at this age and play 1,000 games.
It’s almost a miracle that he’s still here at this point. I’ll try to enjoy it a little longer,” Gasquet said.
Gasquet is talking about his retirement
The Beziers native’s career is on its final journey, a retirement that has crossed the mind of the former world number 7.
“At the end of the year or the middle of next year, anything is possible. I try not to think about it, but play, win some games and have fun. This has been the case since the start of the season. I don’t know, it’s month by month, I don’t think much about the long term, I watch competition by competition what happens, the results, the physique, it’s a combination of many thing“, he recognized the French player.
2024-04-28 03:10:14
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