Richard Gasquet before his last Roland-Garros match: "I would have liked to have grown up with more serenity and a little less pressure"

The "little Mozart" has aged well. He has less hair than before and his features are a little more drawn. The years have flown by. For twenty-three years, Richard Gasquet has been roaming the courts of the world, jumping from planes to hotel rooms and from hotel rooms to planes. A crazy pace for a "stupid sport" (he said in 2008 ) that he will leave in a few days. At almost 39 years old, the player is preparing to leave his racket in the locker room after a final appearance at Roland-Garros, the tournament opening this Sunday, May 25.

At the twilight of his career, the assessment is strange. On the one hand, the former world number 7, three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist, Olympic medalist and Davis Cup winner, will leave with one of the finest records in French tennis. On the other, he will carry with him the image of a French loser that unfairly sticks to him. The fault lies in a youth where he crushed everyone