{"id":84971,"date":"2025-04-06T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T16:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=84971"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:31:07","slug":"gasquet-earns-win-on-monte-carlo-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/gasquet-earns-win-on-monte-carlo-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasquet earns win on Monte-Carlo farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"54\">There\u2019s still plenty of life left in Richard Gasquet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"235\">The 38-year-old wild card secured victory in his final Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters appearance on Sunday, defeating Italy\u2019s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"493\">Set to retire after Roland Garros, Gasquet is competing in The Principality for the 12th and final time. In front of a passionate French crowd, he dazzled on Court Rainier III with his stunning shot-making, clinching victory after two hours and 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&#8220;I know how lucky I am to play on this court,\u201d Gasquet said in his on-court interview. \u201cMaybe it was my last time. In the third set, that\u2019s what I told [myself] in my head: \u2018Fight, fight, it may be the last set here, so you have to play well. You have to be good on the court, you have to fight\u2019. And I did it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI did some great shots and of course I\u2019m really happy to win here. I want to thank the organisation for the wild card first and of course to win, it\u2019s crazy for me.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LQahbwzic_M?si=mmPfr2njOHLCRPZ8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"746\">Gasquet made his Monte-Carlo debut in 2002 as a 15-year-old wild card and reached the semi-finals in 2005. With a 19-11 record at the event, the former world No. 7 will look to extend his run against Felix Auger-Aliassime or qualifier Daniel Altmaier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another chapter written in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richardgasquet1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@richardgasquet1<\/a>\u2019s Monte-Carlo story \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x7kbqVkeJ6\">pic.twitter.com\/x7kbqVkeJ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (@ROLEXMCMASTERS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ROLEXMCMASTERS\/status\/1908908158904304052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nEarlier, wild card Valentin Vacherot became the first Monegasque player to record a main draw match win at the event since Jean-Rene Lisnard in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round after 58 minutes. After sealing his first ATP Tour win, the No. 259 in the PIF ATP Rankings closed his eyes and raised his arms to the sky. Vacherot will next take on Grigor Dimitrov or Nicolas Jarry.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Thompson also advanced, defeating Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-3. The Australian will meet three-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read more from Sunday&#8217;s action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gasquet earns win on Monte-Carlo farewell - Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/gasquet-earns-win-on-monte-carlo-farewell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gasquet earns win on Monte-Carlo farewell - 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