Tennis fans around Wimbledon and beyond were thoroughly looking forward to the fourth round contest between super talents Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet... only for the latter to retire with injury after just six games.
Trailing 4-2 in the opening set, the mercurial Frenchman Gasquet was forced to call it a day early after pulling up with an injury.
It was a sad sight, with Gasquet visibly upset at events, even raising a hand of apology to the sympathetic crowd in attendance.
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However, his opponent and compatriot Tsonga, who progresses to the quarter-final to play home favourite Andy Murray, was on hand to lend Gasquet some help, carrying the bags of his distressed peer.
This is nice to see.
https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/750017205782413313
The 31-year-old's gesture did not go unnoticed by the watching public...
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