A final backhand volley comes out a few centimeters and the tournament comes to an end for Richard Gasquet. This time the support of the boiling public of the Suzanne-Lenglen court will not have been enough. Despite a good start to the match and a few strokes of genius, the Frenchman, now ranked 75th in the world, was logically eliminated on Wednesday evening by the American Sebastian Korda (n ° 27) in three short sets (7-6 , 6-3, 6-3) and 2h19 of play. He will, despite everything, have saved a match point before admitting defeat against his young (21) and promising opponent.
If he has to play the double Thursday with his friend and newly retired Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gasquet has probably not played his last round at Roland-Garros. A few days before his 36th birthday (June 18), the Biterrois should be on Parisian clay again next year to celebrate his 20th participation in the Porte d’Auteuil tournament. In the meantime, he will transmit his knowledge to the microphone of France Télévisions, of which he will become the consultant for the end of the tournament.