Tsonga’s emotional farewell tearfully said goodbye to his last game against Roland Garros

An Philippe Chattier On the whole, he said goodbye to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who played in the last singles match of his career at Roland Garros. The Frenchman, one of the best players from his country in recent years, lost his French Grand Slam debut 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 and 7 -6 (7-0) against Norwegian Casper Ruudeighth favorite, and lowered the curtain on a career in which he occupied number five in the world, won 18 titles, became Davis Cup champion and even played in the final in a “big” (Australia 2008).

The man born at Le Mans 37 years ago, who announced at the beginning of April that he would play in his last tournament in Paris, fought until the final set, but ended up in a tie break that he closed with tears. in his eyes, embraced by the love of the people, who took advantage of every stop of the game to applaud and cheer him up.

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