Tennis: Gasquet out of Monte Carlo Masters

PARIS: France’s Richard Gasquet has pulled out of the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo after injuring his ankle playing football, said his coach Riccardo Piatti. “Unfortunately that’s how it is. Richard has pulled out of the tournament. He tried to recover, but it still hurts,” said Piatti on his Twitter account. Gasquet, ranked 17th, pulled out of the Davis Cup quarter-final clash against the US last weekend with a right shoulder injury. The French player should have celebrated the tenth anniversary of becoming the youngest player to win a Masters 1000 match in Monte-Carlo aged 15 in 2002.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2012.