Gasquet bows and says goodbye to Bercy

Clément Pédron, Media365, published on Tuesday October 29, 2024 at 5:25 pm.

For his seventeenth participation here at the Rolex Paris Masters, the last one before his retirement after Roland-Garros 2025, Richard Gasquet failed the feat against Zizou Bergs (6- 3, 6-4) to create. The Frenchman bid farewell to the Masters 1000 in Paris where he reached the semi-finals in 2007.

It is a small blessing that Richard Gasquet said this Tuesday afternoon after losing in the first round of the Rolex Paris Masters against Zizou Bergs (6-3, 6-4). We say “farewell” as the Biterrois took part in his seventh and last Masters 1000 in Paris here at Bercy. But it’s not goodbye since the one-handed backhander announced a few weeks ago that he would retire after his final appearance at Roland-Garros in 2025. That’s still a thing to see a Frenchman leaving. the view of Ile-de-France that he loves so much. This Tuesday, Richard Gasquet was unable to compete with the Belgian and lost in 1h22 of play In this first round, the 133rd player in the world and a regular wild card winner was not to enough to serve. (49% success) despite some good percentages of points won (70% on his first ball and 67% on his second ball) over the whole game.

Semi-finalist in 2007

Biterrois may have some regrets as he had a break point at 1-1 before dropping his next service game, allowing Bergs to take the entire set and win in 39 minutes. In the second round, and despite his opponent’s unforced errors (17), Richard Gasquet never managed to finish the match to secure the third set. He gave up his serve at 2-2 and didn’t challenge the Belgian’s position often enough. Bercy didn’t have the seventeenth win in seventeen appearances here for the Habs but the sense of duty accomplished just the same. Of course, he never managed to win the Rolex Paris Masters but he left his mark with a semi-final loss to David Nalbandian in 2007, two semi-finals in 2013 and 2015, beaten by Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray respectively not forgetting his other one. single-handed backhand opponent, Roger Federer, who defeated him in 2010 and 2011. Despite the case, the future retiree received a warm welcome from the public and the organization, which should be his daily life for the next six months before he draws a line under his career .