Murray, Wawrinka, Gasquet… last flames of love

Murray, Wawrinka, Gasquet… last flames of love

Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka et Richard Gasquet
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They still race on courts around the world despite the weight of years and declining results.

Glorious pages in the history of tennis could be turned in 2024. And even if nothing has yet been made official, Rafael Nadal’s fabulous chapter should close. Behind the Majorcan legend, other big names of the last fifteen years could bow out. Caught up by their physical limitations linked to age and their inability to regain their best level, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet are going through unprecedented zones of turbulence in their careers, inexorably drop out, but hold on. By dominating the Frenchman Alexandre Muller in two sets, Tuesday in the first round in Doha, Andy Murray finally won a match in 2024 after four defeats in the first round and a black series of nine defeats in ten tournaments, including one in Montpellier against Benoît Paire, who for his part had not won a match on the main circuit since… August 2022. A breath of air for a 36-year-old champion in decline. The subject is sensitive…

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2024-02-21 11:09:40
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