Marc Rosset turns 50 - "I have a privileged life"
Marc Rosset celebrated his greatest success at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona by winning the gold medal in the individual. On the occasion of his 50th birthday, the Swiss had a long chat with the newspaper Blick .
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Nov 07, 2020, 12:47 pm
Marc Rosset may have won 15 singles and eight doubles titles on the ATP Tour, but the greatest sporting moment of his career will forever be winning the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. At a time when tennis had only just returned to the Olympic family, Rosset defeated the Spaniard Jordi Arrese in five sets in the final. And achieved something that the next generation of Swiss tennis aces was not able to do: Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka won the doubles competition in Beijing 2008 together, but both were denied single gold. Federer won silver in London in 2012.
Rosset now works as an expert on Swiss television. And was a guest at the Laver Cup in Geneva last year. Today, November 7th, Rosset celebrates his 50th birthday. That means, at the moment he doesn't feel like partying at all. Because the corona pandemic is also imposing restrictions on Rosset's social life. In an interview with Schweizer Blick, Rosset talked a little about his life.
Marc Rosset on ...
... the challenges for tennis players during the Corona period:
It's been very complicated for the players since this summer. I don't know how some of them can still take it. One like Alex De Minaur in Australia, for example. He's only 21, has to travel for a long time and then just sit in hotel rooms, possibly for six weeks - that's not funny and especially tough for the boys.
... the panic attacks at the end of his career:
I couldn't play any more matches, I couldn't get on a plane, and I was always afraid to go left or right. There are some who do, Mardy Fish comes to mind. That was a tough time, I had to go to a psychiatrist to learn how to deal with it.
... the suicide of a friend he loved:
I still regret it very much. You never stop feeling guilty, no matter how many people tell you that you are not to blame. You wonder why, could I have changed it? Voilà, this is life. But only part of it. All in all, I've had a great, privileged life and a lot of luck. I was able to travel and meet a lot of interesting people. And I'm not the only one who knows such tragic experiences. For example, I was at the funeral of Federer coach Peter Carter and saw how much Roger suffered - he was destroyed.
The full interview with Marc Rosset is available here .