Recently Richard Gasquet he celebrated 1000 career matches in the major circuit. A great achievement which unfortunately did not coincide with a victory. The French tennis player has in fact surrendered to Lorenzo Sonego in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
The transalpine veteran has joined a club of veterans, who have already achieved this great step before him. In an interview with L’Equipe, Gasquet spoke about it, denoting great humility in not comparing himself to some legends: “With Fernando Verdasco I’m the worst of the group.
Ivan LendlJimmy ConnorsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak Djokovic, they are all monsters. We are behind them, but it is still a huge achievement. That’s 50 games a season for 20 years. A very high number,” she admitted.
Then he continued: “Obviously the level is more complicated at 38 years old. I never thought I could play at this age and play 1,000 games. It’s almost miraculous that I’m still here at this point.
I’ll try to enjoy it for a while longer.”
“This is when I think about saying enough is enough”
The shadow of retirement becomes more and more insistent for him. Richard already has a precise idea of when it might happen: “At the end of the year or the middle of next year, anything is possible.
I try not to think about it, but to play, win some games and have fun. It’s been like this since the beginning of the season. I don’t know, it’s a discussion that has to be done month by month, I don’t think much about the long term, I look tournament after tournament at what happens, the results, the physique, it’s a combination of many things.”he has declared.
