Richard Gasquet: The Frenchman won the Open Sud de France title
Richard Gasquet won his 11th ATP Tour tournament after Jerzy Janowicz retired sick in the Montpellier final.
The Frenchman, who beat last year’s winner Gael Monfils in the semi-finals, was declared the Open Sud de France champion when he was 3-0 up in the first set.
Fourth-seed Gasquet also won the tournament in 2006 and 2013 as well as losing to Monfils in last year’s final.
Gasquet, 28, boasts two Grand Slam semi-final appearances in his 13-year professional career, having lost to Roger Federer at Wimbledon 2007 and Rafa Nadal at the US Open in 2013.
Disappointed
Jerzy Janowicz: Retired after suffering from flu
Poland's No 1 Janowicz said: "I'm extremely disappointed because I felt pretty okay the whole week.
"But two days ago I got sick. I haven't slept in almost two days. I had a fever and the flu and I'm so weak. There was not much that I could do today."
Meanwhile, Englishman Dominic Inglot was defeated in the Monpellier event’s men’s doubles final alongside partner Florin Mergea.
Inglot and Mergea were beaten 16-14 in a third-set tie break after winning the first set 6-3 but losing the second 6-4.
Jerzy Janowicz: Retired after suffering from flu