Gasquet puts his Grand Slam failures into perspective: "It wasn't a mental problem".
With just a few months to go before he retires at Roland Garros, Richard Gasquet talks to Eurosport about his career and what he missed out on to win a Grand Slam, a title that every tennis player dreams of one day.
The Biterrois native made no excuses when asked about his level against a golden generation (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic among others): "The generation I played against was monstrous. The strongest generation in tennis.
I was still ranked seventh in the world, and I played in Grand Slam semi-finals. But I wasn't as strong. You can't look for mental things.
That's quite French. Honestly, it wasn't a mental problem when we lost. It was that they played better than us. In terms of intensity, physicality and mental strength, they were stronger.
It's impossible to have a weak mind when you're Top 10. It's a bit like how little people know about tennis. Tennis-wise, we could have made more progress.
Me, my serve, and other French players also had their weaknesses. And when you saw the best...
Djokovic, I don't see any weaknesses, nor does Nadal. Let's not talk about Federer.
Sometimes you have to be a little more Cartesian and know a little more about tennis."
