US Open
Gasquet on farewell US Open: ‘I’ll hold these recollections for my life’
Frenchman addresses crowd following Wednesday’s qualifying loss
August 21, 2024
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Richard Gasquet, pictured above on the 2022 US Open, was aiming for his twentieth consecutive main-draw look on the New York main.
By ATP Employees
Richard Gasquet bade farewell to greater than twenty years price of US Open recollections on Wednesday. The Frenchman, who reached the semi-finals in 2013, was celebrated with an on-court presentation following his second-round qualifying loss to #NextGenATP Vilius Gaubas.
In the course of the ceremony, US Open match director Stacey Allaster introduced the previous World No. 7 within the PIF ATP Rankings with an emblem of thanks and Gasquet addressed the group. The 38-year-old was aiming to achieve his twentieth consecutive US Open principal draw.
“I’ll hold these recollections for my life,” Gasquet stated. “It is a bit of bit unhappy for me to complete this yr [like this], however I am actually pleased with how I’ve performed right here in New York… to be right here with the group, to really feel this emotion, these emotions. You play tennis to really feel these sort of emotions. It is electrical, it is unimaginable for me to play in New York.”
Gasquet is continuous to work arduous on Tour, with no official retirement date set. The 16-time tour-level titlist earned his 600th match win final yr in Stuttgart. This season in Madrid, Gasquet competed in his 1,000th match.
“I am so fortunate,” Gasquet added. “I performed on the most effective courtroom right here with quite a lot of crowds. It was probably the most unimaginable ambiance you may face on a tennis courtroom, enjoying with 20,000 individuals on a centre courtroom. I performed [Roger] Federer, [Novak] Djokovic, [Rafael] Nadal, the most effective gamers on this courtroom, and I am proud with the way in which I performed right here in New York.”
The 2002 boys’ singles champion at Flushing Meadows, Gasquet made his US Open main-draw debut as a 19-year-old in 2005, when he reached the fourth spherical. He posted a 30-18 profession main-draw document on the season’s fourth main.
“I hope to come back again with you, within the crowd, subsequent yr,” Gasquet concluded.
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Argentine Diego Schwartzman can be competing in his farewell US Open. The 32-year-old, who superior to the ultimate spherical of qualifying, introduced earlier this yr that he’ll retire after the Argentina Open in 2025. The 2-time quarter-finalist is aiming for his eleventh consecutive US Open main-draw look.
