Richard Gasquet can no longer do it. Drawing. – Belish / Shutterstock / Sipa
The Covid then the adductors, early defeats … 2021 does not look like a great vintage for Richard Gasquet. The Biterrois, current 52nd player in the world, fell from the start this Sunday during the Masters 1000 in Rome, against the American Reilly Opelka, 46th, in two small sets (6-1, 7-5). On Italian clay, the American giant (2.11 m) ended a three-month shortage that began at the Australian Open …
Absent last week in Madrid after his injury to Estoril, ten days ago, “Richie” (35 years old on June 18) lost his fourth game out of the seven played since the start of the calendar year. Between the moods of some and the twilight of others, Roland-Garros, which begins in three weeks, looks still very sad for French tennis.