David Goffin has admitted he has ‘no regrets’ about his tennis career after retiring in Brussels.
The Belgian played his final match of his career in Brussels as he went out in the second round against Alex Michelsen.
It was a 6-3 6-4 defeat for Goffin in just under an hour as he ended a glorious career which saw him finish inside the world’s top ten and achieve Grand Slam quarter-final status.
Goffin also reached the final of the Nitto ATP Finals as well as reaching a final of a Masters 1000 final.
In Brussels Goffin said that he is proud of his career and has no regrets, “I’m proud of all my career,” Goffin told the ATP website.
“I gave everything to try to reach my goals. I’m proud of the attitude that I always had in front of the difficulties that I had in my career. I’m proud of the wins I had, the opponents I beat. A lot of things I’m really proud of. But in the end, I have no regrets and I gave everything until the very end.
“A younger version of myself would say that it’s quite a good career, quite good emotions with the impressive places that I played [at], like a stadium with a crowd, the Davis Cup ties that I played. Hopefully a younger David would be impressed.”
It’s been an incredible career for Goffin who also led his side to a Davis Cup Final and will now leave it to the new generation to take the lead.
One of the new players coming up from Belgium is Raphael Collignon and he described how much of a inspiration Goffin is, “I think David is a great champion and to have him in our country is like an inspiration for young kids, to believe in their dreams because he did crazy things,” Collignon explained to the ATP website.
“He was Top 10 in the world. He beat all of the Big Three; Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. He’s the biggest inspiration for all of us and it’s a huge honour to play with him today in doubles. Everybody wants to play good tennis, but I think the most important thing is to be known as a good person.
“David is a very good person, always the first one to give some advice to me, to try and be a mentor. And I think his game speaks for itself. He’s an unbelievable player. It was a joy to grow up watching him.”
