17/05/2022
Feliciano López will not be able to increase his historical record of 79 consecutive participations in Grand Slam tournaments, after being eliminated this Tuesday in the first round of qualifying for Roland Garros against the Italian Gian Marco Moroni 6-1 7-6 (4).
Since he played the 2002 edition of Roland Garros, and until the Australian Open in 2022, Feliciano had not missed any of the big tournaments held. His debut had been a year before, when he passed the qualifying phase of the Parisian Grand Slam at just 19 years old.
Today, at the age of 40, he leaves one of the most extraordinary marks in the history of world tennis, after breaking the previous record set by the Swiss Roger Federer (65) between 2000 and 2016, the year in which an operation on his knee left him injured. forced to miss the Roland Garros tournament.
You need to do things right and then have a little luck. Even doing things right you can’t control injuriesstated at Wimbledon 2018 after improving the world record.
Feliciano López could also equal or surpass the Swiss as the tennis player with the most Grand Slam tournaments played in history. The former world number one currently has 81 participations, one more than the Spanish (80).
Foto: Cdric Lecocq/FFT.
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