At Roland Garros
Richard Gasquet took the door to the Roland-Garros tournament in the first round after a defeat against his compatriot Arthur Rinderknech (4/6 6/2 2/6 6/7). The years pass for the now 36-year-old Biterrois who is getting closer and closer to retirement. The Frenchman brought up the subject after his failure and assures that he does not want to put his racket away at the end of the season.
“No, honestly I haven’t thought about that too much. I hope to play one more Roland-Garros next year. Afterwards, we will see the ranking. I will inevitably have points to defend at the start of the year, we will see where that takes me in the rankings and afterwards if I see that I am far from this loss of points, we will see where I stop afterwards. . But maybe next year at Roland-Garros, yes, that’s a possibility. It’s not impossible,” he explained.
Winner of the Auckland tournament last January, Richard Gasquet will have a lot of points to defend at the start of next season. If he fails to perform in New Zealand, he could take a dive in the standings as he is now 52nd. A fall which could perhaps precipitate his withdrawal: “It is sure that to finish here, it is the most beautiful. If I had an ending to choose from, it would be here, maybe a year from now. I hope to hold in any case to see the classification. If I go down, it will be sure that it will be the moment to stop and finish.
