Sinner beats Gasquet to end Frenchman's career

PARIS -- World No. 1 Jannik Sinner sent Frenchman Richard Gasquet into status Thursday with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 hammering successful the conflict of generations astatine the French Open to easiness into the 3rd round.

It was the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore years successful Paris that the 23-year-old Sinner bushed section leader Gasquet, who said helium would extremity a vocation that began implicit 2 decades agone and yielded 16 tour-level singles titles aft his location Grand Slam.

"It's evidently a precise peculiar spot for maine to play and against Richard. We played past twelvemonth too. It's precise pugnacious but I'm blessed to beryllium successful the 3rd round," Sinner said.

"I deliberation we person a bully narration disconnected the court, we're antithetic generations but it's his infinitesimal now. Congratulations connected your career, you gave truthful overmuch to fans ... you played successful a large epoch and everyone volition retrieve you.

"You had and astonishing career, but you're besides an astonishing person."

The 38-year-old Gasquet, who made his French Open debut successful 2002 erstwhile apical effect Sinner was inactive successful a crib, drew immense roars from the Court Philippe Chatrier assemblage erstwhile helium unleashed his single-handed backhand connected the Italian aboriginal successful the match.

Fans were somewhat much subdued erstwhile Sinner raced up 4-1 and won the opening set, earlier they were astir silenced erstwhile helium dished retired a bagel successful the adjacent acceptable to permission Gasquet with a upland to climb.

Sinner faced much absorption successful the archetypal 8 games of the adjacent acceptable arsenic Gasquet mounted an improbable comeback attempt, but helium broke for a 5-4 pb and promptly closed retired the match.