Despite the end of his career which is looming, almost 36 years old, the Biterrois qualified for the second round during his 19ᵉ Roland-Garros.
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The “Suzanne”, as he affectionately nicknamed it, has always been “[his] preference to [him]”. More intimate and less stowed than the imposing short Philippe-Chatrier. Tuesday, May 24, the day of the birthday of the former player Suzanne Lenglen – “La Divine” would have been 123 years old -, Richard Gasquet qualified for the second round of his 19
The time of farewells will also soon sound for the Biterrois, so we hurry until there is time. On Monday, the rain had interrupted its game, to the chagrin of a small thousand night birds nestled under their umbrellas, hotly pearing “go richie”, “we love you richard”.
“You feel the end coming, it’s important to choose when I stop, not to finish on an injury, he confided to the world in mid-February in Marseille. Ideally, I would like it to be Montpellier, because I come from there, or to Roland-Garros. “Not the genre to consider a farewell tour.
For a quarter of a century that he has entered the life of the French, Richard Gasquet has been somewhat part of the national heritage. “Gasquet, the champion that France is waiting for?” How many times have he exhumed this “a” tennis magazine from 1996, immortalizing his backhand with a hand with the already licked gestures from the top of his 1.37 meters And its 33 kilos? The “Petit Mozart du Tennis” was classified 15/4 at 9 years old, unheard of in the history of hexagonal tennis. This bulky sparadrap has never really detached from the racket.
crime of lese majesty on the rock
In April 2002, at 15 years and 10 months old, the kid from the Tennis Club of Sérignan (Hérault) became the youngest player to win a match on the professional circuit, in Monte-Carlo. In this princely decor, three years later, he commits a crime of lese majesty by paying himself the world number one, Roger Federer. Projectors stature the adolescent and his talent. “Perhaps, at 16-17, I was not accompanied as I could have been. There was too much pressure for the young person I was,” he analyzes.
Cpected media coverage of his introverted personality. Little Richard has never dreamed like a champion. “Tennis chose me more than I chose it,” continued to repeat this only son of two tennis monitors. Everything went so quickly that he did not have time to imagine another professional future: “I played very well, very young, so I never really had to think about it”, said- He with this singing accent that characterizes him. See you almost 36 (he will celebrate them on June 18), the voice has gained assurance, the gaze is no longer fleeing as in the early days.
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