It is one of the most beautiful backhands of the circuit and its trademark since its arrival in the world of professional tennis. It is certainly for this reason that Richard Gasquet chose to call his autobiography Against all odds. A play on words which also echoes the escapades he may have experienced during his career, he who was promised first place in the world when he was young. In 2009, he tested positive for cocaine and ensued a media whirlwind that will tarnish his image.
Well back after this episode which put him on the front of the media scene, Richard Gasquet is not the type to seek the light. Very discreet about his private life since always, we learn in a portrait dedicated to him in Release that it is in a relationship for some time with a Frenchwoman. If in the end we know very little about the young woman, we nevertheless know her work, since the tennis player’s companion works in the supermarket sector.
If we just learned a few days ago that the legend Rafael Nadal was going to become a dad for the first time at 36, Richard Gasquet does not seem more in a hurry than that on his side. As we learn from the article, he does not necessarily want to have children as long as he is a professional tennis player. This is a bit of what the Spanish champion repeated for several years before finally taking the plunge.
A disturbing friendship with Sarkozy and Noah
Alongside his love life, Richard Gasquet knew how to surround himself well throughout his career and among his relatives there are very prestigious names, such as the former President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy. “He knows the sport well. It’s a great meeting. Someone attentive, very human”, he says about it. Conversely, it is also very close to Yannick Noahwhose enmity with the husband of Carla Bruni is known. “They may be antagonists, they are my two models”slice the 35-year-old tennis player.
The article on Richard Gasquet can be found on the Liberation site.