The 33-year-old from Liégeois has in fact decided to give up participating next week in the ATP 250 indoor tournament in Metz, worth 579,320 euros, which he had initially included in his program.
Bob Laes, his agent, confirmed the information this Friday early in the afternoon. “David has played a lot of matches lately“, he explained. “And so he decided, after his defeat at the Masters 1000 in Paris (in the first round of qualifying against Frenchman Arthur Cazaux, editor’s note.) to end his season. So he stops there and will take the opportunity to take a little family vacation before starting preparation for the year 2025“.
Winner in Metz just ten years ago, David Goffin finished the 2024 season strong. Still 100th in the world at the end of July, the native of Rocourt made a remarkable comeback with a semi-final at the ATP 250 tournament in Winston-Salem, a quarter-final at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai and a quarter-final at the ATP 500 tournament in Basel to make its big return to the top 50 this week.
However, he will not be able to finish the year there, as he will fall on Monday, when the new ATP ranking is published, to 52nd place, overtaken by the Chinese Shang Juncheng and the Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
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