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After the retirements of Roger Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon in 2022, 2023 will also see the departure of a veteran of the circuit. Feliciano Lopez, now beyond the Top 1000 and 41 years old, will bow out this season. Former world number 12 in 2015, the man who twice won the prestigious Queen’s tournament and reached the quarterfinals three times at Wimbledon has prepared his last program. Not surprisingly, he will finish, if all goes well, at Queen’s. The perfect place to come full circle. But on Monday night, he proved he’s got a hell of a level by winning the 504th match of his career in Acapulco. He played a nasty trick on Chris Eubanks, who was dominated in two sets.
In an interview for Marca, “Féli” gave some news and thus revealed his plans. “Now I’m fine, but I was a little bit in trouble at the end of the year because I got injured twice. I spent time training at Rafa’s Academy because I needed to get back in shape after such a long period without competition. I knew that this season I was going to play four or five tournaments and I wanted to do well, to feel competitive. Acapulco is an important test. Physically I’m fine, but what I miss are the matches,” he explained before giving his schedule. “Acapulco, Barcelona and Majorca are confirmed. I have asked for a few more wild-cards, like Queens. If they grant them, my last tournament will be there. In principle, that’s the idea I have.”
