One final warrior’s match to draw a line under his beautiful history at Roland-Garros. On May 24, former French number one and world number five Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was eliminated in the first round of the Paris tournament by Norwegian Casper Ruud in 4 sets: 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 ( 7/4), 6- 2, 7-6 (7/0). The 37-year-old, one of the best tricolor tennis players of recent years, has decided to put his racquets aside once and for all, as he announced a few weeks ago.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, invited from “C to you” on Monday, May 30, is back for this emotional gathering. “Even if I really wanted to write the script it would have been complicated. The goal was still to win, that’s what made this moment a bit magical, I still played on the court and surprised even myself with the quotes. So the surprise was complete and it suspended the moment a bit”, trusted the athlete.
The host later reverted to the physical condition of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was not spared physical faults throughout his career. “You gave your all, your shoulder went out and you couldn’t even carry your son”, then he remembered Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine. “It’s true that I can’t carry anything anymore. By the way, I still can’t. I’ve done some damage, but now the shoulder won’t do much except for some fun. We’ll be okay, it’s okay”said the tennis player, who in the past was ridiculed for Kinder Bueno commercials.
Jo‐Wilfried Tsonga, who was also invited to the “Télématin” show in France 2, admitted that he still has trouble perceiving himself as retired. “To be honest, I haven’t really gotten down to it yet. I’ve been in great demand since then, when I get home I really think I’ll have time to come back, I’ll be with my little guys and my family and I can. I guess I’ll go back at that point to say to myself ‘no practice tomorrow, no game tomorrow, nothing’. I’m not so afraid of space, frankly I realize that something will be missing in the coming months, but I’m also happy, which is a relief for me too because the last few years have been very, very hard physically. I’ve been playing tennis for 30 years, putting pressure on my joints and body, which gives me relief.”Reacted.
Source: Programme Television
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