Richard Gasquet after his last match at the Open Occitanie: “I really saw myself winning the match”

Just after his defeat in the round of 16 of the Open Occitanie against Tallon Griekspoor (6-3, 3-6, 7-5), Richard Gasquet returned, with misty eyes, to his last match in Montpellier where it was not far, Thursday January 30.

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Richard Gasquet after his defeat against Tallon Griekspoor in the round of 16 in Montpellier:“It's sport already, there are two of us playing. Unfortunately the guy opposite wants to win too. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and it's always hard, that's tennis. It's a complicated sport because there are no draws. It's always victory or defeat and there it was very, very close. Every time there were break points, he played them well, he was lucky. So it's hard to lose. I really saw myself winning the match in the third set. I had six break points, which is a lot but hey, he negotiated them well each time and then he played well to finish, he served really well.”

“I'm very proud of everything I've done here at Montpellier”

So already congratulations to him and after of course it's difficult to lose there, to stop, but after it was still a great match, there were still great emotions. And at some point you have to know when to stop, it's the moment to do it and that's it, that's life, top-level athletes. I've already pushed things quite far at almost 39 years old so I'm already very proud of everything I've done here in Montpellier, the titles I've won and today it was close. But it will still be a great match, the crowd was there, there was a great ending too.

In any case there won't be any more matches in Occitanie for me, that's already a certainty. After that there will be others until Roland-Garros but in any case it's true that I won't play here in Montpellier anymore. It's definitely something special for me, but as I said, it's still a great ending, I wasn't injured, there were a lot of people, of course you want to win, but as I said, there are two of us on the court.”