By Chris Oddo | Sunday, February 7th, 2015
Richard Gasquet won his third Montpellier title, and the 11th of his career, when Jerzy Janowicz retired in the first set on Sunday.
Photo Source: Open Sud de France
Richard Gasquet needed only three and a half games to secure his 11th career title at the Open Sud de France on Sunday, as Jerzy Janowicz was forced to retire midway through the first set due to illness.
Gasquet claims his third Montpellier title with the victory, joining Pete Sampras as the only other three-time winner at the event.
"I knew he was sick when we were warming up. I saw very quickly at the beginning of the match that he couldn’t play at all," Gasquet said, according to ATPworldtour.com. "Anything can happen, so even though I knew he was sick, I stayed focused. I had a great week, with solid matches. It’s good for the rest of the season. I felt that I played well this week. I feel 100 per cent and ready for the season."
Janowicz was bidding for his first career ATP title. If he had won, he would have become the seventh player born in the 1990’s to have earned an ATP crown.
Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak took the doubles title, 3-6, 6-4, 16-14, over Dominic Inglot and Florin Mergea.