Retired from the courts since the end of May, Richard Gasquet is already preparing for a racket return in hand.
On May 29, Richard Gasquet bowed to Jannik Sinner – a future unhappy protagonist of a capital final against Carlos Alcaraz – in the second round of the International of France (6-3, 6-0, 6-4). For the 39 -year -old Biterrois (since June 18), the time for goodbyes was struggling. Not without emotion. With the meritorious ovation of the Parisian public.
With the departure of Richard Gasquet, one of the neo-masters, a page of tricolor tennis turned. As with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Gilles Simon before him. Yet the story is not completely over. The interested party already preparing to reconnect with the small yellow ball, these next days as part of the Hopman Cup.
From July 16 to 20, in Bari, the mixed exhibition tournament by Nations will see Richard Gasquet teaming up with his compatriot Chloé Paquet. This replaces an Arthur son forced to rest due to his back problems and spared for the Masters 1000 in Toronto at the end of the month.
Gasquet “for fun …”
Already, the former maestro of French tennis has an appointment with the Croatian Duje Ajdukovic and the Italian Flavio Cobolli. Two opponents with a distinct scale since ranked 183e at ATP for the first; And future world top 20 for the second. Two years ago, Richard Gasquet participated in this Hopman Cup alongside Alizé Cornet, in Nice.
“” I haven’t played much since I stopped, I hit the ball only twiceDixit Héraultais.
As Arthur does not go there and that it is an exhibition, we do not need to be registered on the official lists. I am ready to play some from time to time. This is an opportunity to play a little bit. For fun, it’s good. I don’t miss the competition at all, I don’t look at Wimbledon much. Since Roland, everything is going very well for me. I did a lot of sport, especially football, a little padel, and golf. I do more sport than ever … “”
