Released in the second round of the US Open by the Australian De Minaur, Richard Gasquet does not know if he will be able to return to Europe very quickly. Confined after the positive control of Benoît Paire, he begins to worry.
No miracle for Richard Gasquet at Flushing Meadows. Faced with the formidable Australian Alex de Minaur, seeded No. 21, the Biterrois was eliminated in four sets (6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 7-5). The Frenchman, 51st in the world, took advantage of the excitement of his young opponent to steal the third set after saving three match points in the 3-point 6-point tie-break. fourth round, the Biterrois, 34, began to decrease in intensity on the physical level.
“Eating in the bedroom, how are you …”
In the twelfth game, he could not keep up with the pressure and therefore disappeared from the tournament. “He’s one of the strongest guys physically, I knew it would be complicated. He’ll be in the top ten pretty quickly,” admitted Gasquet, who will have very special memories of his fifteenth US Open. Close contact with Benoît Paire and closely monitored by the American authorities, he had lived in recent days confined in his hotel room. He would like to leave the United States as soon as possible, but the situation is uncertain.
“Before, I was concentrating on my games but the situation is getting worse, he said. I don’t want to spend nine days here. Honestly, I have no information. I am waiting for news. from the competent authorities. I do not hide that the Air France flight this evening, I would like to take it. Even if I was not traumatized. It was hard Saturday evening with the positive control of Benoît. elsewhere, it lasted two days its thing, it’s weird. But eating in the room, how are you … “
