The band is back together! ‘Les Four Musketeers’ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils reunited this week at Roland Garros to celebrate the recently-retired Gasquet.
Stalwarts of French tennis in the modern age, fans resurrected the nickname first given to Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste in the 1920s and 30s for Gasquet, Monfils, Simon and Tsonga, and they came together to celebrate Gasquet's official farewell to professional tennis.
After defeating countryman Terence Atmane in the opening round, Gasquet fell in straight sets to Jannik Sinner in the second, ending his career on the biggest court in France.
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