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Post by Brinyi on Jul 10, 2007 13:02:49 GMT -5
I think we can all agree that his era of world tennis tennis domination began at Wimbledon, and that he only lost to Federer because of unfair scheduling and . Thank you.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 10, 2007 13:04:37 GMT -5
Wimbledon: Richard Gasquet au bout du rouleau Par Eric Salliot
LONDRES (Reuters) - Richard Gasquet estime ne pas avoir été éliminé samedi en demi-finales à Wimbledon sur sa valeur mais davantage sur son état de fatigue.
Le Français, tête de série numéro 12, a été dominé samedi par Roger Federer, numéro un mondial, en trois sets 7-5 6-3 6-4, au lendemain d'une victoire titanesque (8-6 au cinquième set) sur l'Américain Andy Roddick, troisième mondial et deux fois finaliste sur le gazon anglais.
"Au réveil, j'étais très mal, a confié Richard Gasquet. Mon tendon d'achille me faisait souffrir. Je me suis endormi vers 2h heures et demi du matin avec un réveil à 7 heures. Ce n'était pas très juste de me faire revenir sur le court à midi en ayant fini mon quart face à Andy Roddick à 20 heures. Je n'ai pas eu de chance avec le temps et la programmation."
L'Héraultais a néanmoins inquiété le quadruple vainqueur du tournoi londonien.
"Oui. Et j"aurais pu gagner le premier set, a enchaîné Gasquet. La deuxième balle de break à 5-5 30-40 me laisse des regrets, je boise un retour et il me met un coup droit gagnant. A 100%, j'aurais fait un super match. Mais à partir du moment où Federer fait la course en tête, on sait qu'il est encore plus fort."
Le Français, 21 ans, repart cependant de Wimbledon avec de bons souvenirs et des perspectives fabuleuses.
"Le bilan est extrêmement positif, a admis Richard Gasquet. Je suis heureux de rentrer dans les dix premiers mondiaux (il sera septième mondial lundi, NDLR). Je me sais capable de réaliser des gros matches. Je n'ai plus aucun doute quant à mes qualités de guerrier. J'ai beaucoup appris sur moi-même."
En principe, Richard Gasquet est inscrit la semaine prochaine au tournoi sur terre battue de Gstaad, dont il est tenant du titre. /ES/CBE
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 10, 2007 13:08:11 GMT -5
Gasquet sets record straight By Martin Johnson Last Updated: 10:11pm BST 04/07/2007
It is hard to know precisely why Wimbledon finally caved in this year on the equal pay for women issue, but one reason might have been a long overdue recognition that the girls have a far tougher time of it in press conferences. Roger Federer, for example, is a pretty relaxed sort of character, but he'd be slightly more nervous if he knew he was in for a grilling on the colour of his underwear.
The boys are mostly required to answer questions about their tennis - which normally means that getting through a press conference is an exercise in trying to stay awake - but this was not quite the case at the Monte Carlo Masters back in April when Richard Gasquet, of France, popped in for what he thought would be a routine interrogation.
Gasquet, doubtless bracing himself for some fearless inquiries about the fluency of his backhand, or an invitation to offer some piercing insight into the improvement in his first serve percentage, barely had time to pour his Perrier when a voice piped up from the assembled media. "Er, tell me, Richard. Are you gay?"
"Pardonnez-moi?" he said, or words to that effect. The question, apparently, was inspired by an article in the magazine Le Point, but despite coming straight to le point on the topic of Gasquet's sexuality, Richard said that Le Point could scarcely have missed le point by a wider margin. He didn't quite blow a Gasquet, but Richard was so keen to point out that he was straight, you half expected him break into a Maurice Chevalier-like rendition of "Thank 'Evvens For Leeetul Girls."
Gasquet was probably a bit wary about even shaking hands with his fellow countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday, just in case anyone got the wrong idea, but it was no surprise - given the kind of weather we've had at Wimbledon - to find a couple of Frogs on Court No 1 when they pulled back the covers.
This tournament has been positively awash with Frenchmen, with no fewer than 15 in the first-round draw. Gasquet is their only seed, but French tennis is in far better shape than British, with 12 of their men in the top 100 and 10 of their women. The equivalent figures for the Brits are two and zero.
Why is this, you wonder? Well, it may be because French tennis is not nearly as middle class and elitist at club level as its British equivalent, and while both countries have almost identical numbers of club players, the French have far more competitive juniors around the 7-8-9 age bracket.
In Britain, of course, no one of this age is allowed to compete at anything, just in case little Johnny should burst into tears, or have his self-esteem shattered by dropping his egg from the spoon on school sports day. If there is anything more bonkers than teachers being told not to encourage pupils to put their hands up in class, just in case the poor mites suffer devastating emotional damage by not being selected to answer the question, it's not easy to call it to mind.
Gasquet, now 21, is regarded as having slightly under-performed after being trumpeted as a genius at junior level, while Tsonga, 22, the product of a Congolese father and a French mother, is just back from a long spell of injury. He's highly talented, but is so erratic that for every "magnifique!" there is a "merde alors!" Gasquet brushed him aside in straight sets to set up a quarter-final meeting with Andy Roddick.
Afterwards, when Gasquet revealed that he had been glad to finally get the match after two days stuck in the locker room, he was asked whether he had "made any new friends?" while he was hanging around in there. In the light of the Monte Carlo experience, he might have wondered whether the question was loaded, so he said "no."
The fact is, though, that if British tennis could start heading in the same direction as it is in France, we wouldn't much care whether our male tennis players came into a press conference sporting crew cuts and tattoos, or wearing lipstick, high heels and a Shirley Bassey cocktail dress.
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Post by shtexas on Jul 10, 2007 13:24:22 GMT -5
So, what exactly is this article about?
a) Gasquet's sexuality? b) gay stereotypes? c) the poor state of British tennis? d) all of the above?
What a jumbled mess!
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Post by shtexas on Jul 10, 2007 13:39:18 GMT -5
Or maybe he just wants to see Andy Murray in a dress.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 10, 2007 10:45:16 GMT -5
Wussquet certainly lived up to his name in Montréal.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 10, 2007 11:52:44 GMT -5
What on earth does [image] refer to, BTW?
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Post by :rolleyes: on Aug 10, 2007 17:44:21 GMT -5
oh great. it's silverwhite All tennis boards turn to trash when Serena fans start posting.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 10, 2007 17:59:44 GMT -5
Says someone with -46 Karma.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 11, 2007 7:07:50 GMT -5
Wussquet's section of the draw in Cincinnati:
(4) DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB/BYE MOYA, Carlos ESP v NALBANDIAN, David ARG CALLERI, Agustin ARG v KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER Q/SE v (15) CANAS, Guillermo ARG (12) HAAS, Tommy GER v ANCIC, Mario CRO MELZER, Jurgen AUT v Q/SE WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI v HEWITT, Lleyton AUS (8) GASQUET, Richard FRA/BYE
No point posting the rest because we know he's not going far.
Oh, and he's playing doubles with Nadal, although the draw isn't out yet.
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Post by sasha on Aug 11, 2007 14:45:32 GMT -5
Won't even make the QF.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 11, 2007 20:16:35 GMT -5
I'm not sure he'll even win his first match.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 11, 2007 20:39:56 GMT -5
Doubles draw: 1. BRYAN, B (USA)/BRYAN, M (USA) bye BHUPATHI, M (IND)/MURRAY, J (GBR) vs MONACO, J (ARG)/PERRY, T (AUS) BERDYCH, T (CZE)/KIEFER, N (GER) vs GONZALEZ, F (CHI)/LJUBICIC, I (CRO) 8. ASPELIN, S (SWE)/KNOWLE, J (AUT) bye
4. DAMM, M (CZE)/PAES, L (IND) bye CANAS, G (ARG)/GARCIA, M (ARG) vs BENNETEAU, J (FRA)/CLEMENT, A (FRA) PAVEL, A (ROU)/WASKE, A (GER) vs WC DELIC, A (USA)/ISNER, J (USA) 5. HANLEY, P (AUS)/ULLYETT, K (ZIM) bye
7. DLOUHY, L (CZE)/VIZNER, P (CZE) bye GASQUET, R (FRA)/NADAL, R (ESP) vs TURSUNOV, D (RUS)/WASSEN, R (NED) CERMAK, F (CZE)/NIEMINEN, J (FIN) vs FYRSTENBERG, M (POL)/MATKOWSKI, M (POL) 3. KNOWLES, M (BAH)/NESTOR, D (CAN) bye
6. ERLICH, J (ISR)/RAM, A (ISR) bye ALMAGRO, N (ESP)/FERRER, D (ESP) vs MELZER, J (AUT)/ROBREDO, T (ESP) WC BUTORAC, E (USA)/QUERREY, S (USA) vs DJOKOVIC, N (SRB)/ZIMONJIC, N (SRB) 2. BJORKMAN, J (SWE)/MIRNYI, M (BLR)
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 14, 2007 0:31:54 GMT -5
silverwhite wins at life. Leave him be.
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Post by The Chloe on Aug 14, 2007 0:32:35 GMT -5
I'm not sure he'll even win his first match. Nor am I. I'm too lazy to look up his record against Hewitt, but that is a poopy draw. Would Hewitt get his ranking back up so that these things don't happen?
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 14, 2007 6:35:57 GMT -5
I'm not sure he'll even win his first match. Nor am I. I'm too lazy to look up his record against Hewitt, but that is a poopy draw. Would Hewitt get his ranking back up so that these things don't happen? Hewitt leads 1-0. Their only match was the five-setter in the R16 of USO last year.
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Post by silverwhite on Aug 18, 2007 5:30:14 GMT -5
Oh well. He retired against Hewitt (yes I realise this was a few days ago). Hope the blister heals. Only positive thing about that match was this shot: youtube.com/watch?v=-GPdjZ0trMY
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Post by Brinyi on Sept 18, 2007 14:36:19 GMT -5
www.sports.fr/fr/cmc/tennis/200738/noah-au-chevet-de-gasquet_148751.htmlThe word on the street is that Yannick Noah is now working as a "consultant" with Gasquet and his coach E.Deblicker. They have had at least 2 practice sessions. "There is a gap between who he is and the things people say about him. I read everything that was written about him during the US Open, and there is a lot of negativity surrounding this kid who is becoming a man. We have to deal with that." -- Y. Noah
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Post by sasha on Sept 18, 2007 19:58:00 GMT -5
When you're 21, and your people even say stuff like that about you... yeesh.
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Post by Brinyi on Mar 21, 2008 9:34:46 GMT -5
"Very, very bad. My attitude and my tennis. I sometimes give up in my mind. I start to get into the match and then I panic. I feel very bad on the court."
-- A classic Wussquet quote from IW
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Post by janie on Mar 22, 2008 17:09:44 GMT -5
I'm afraid our Ti-Rich is not cut out for the rigors of the life of a pro athlete. He's better suited, maybe, for a nice secure job at Euro Disney -- I suggest he try out for the role of Meekay Mouse.
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Post by janie on Mar 29, 2008 9:09:03 GMT -5
l'Equipe: « Richard Gasquet quel est le sentiment qui domine à la sortie d'un tel match ? Comme toujours, j'éprouve de la déception de perdre un match 7-6 au troisième set. Je suis déçu, c'est entièrement normal. Éprouvez-vous également de la frustration, par rapport au niveau de jeu que vous avez produit ? J'ai donné ce que j'ai pu sur le court, alors... de la frustration ? Oui, de ne pas être bien, en début de match, mais après, j'ai donné 100% de ce que je pouvais le jour donné, je ne pouvais pas mieux faire aujourd'hui (vendredi). Je n'étais pas au top au début, ensuite c'est quand même devenu un bon match de tennis. Tursunov a très bien servi, il a très bien joué. Mais cela aurait pu très bien tourner de mon côté au troisième set. C'est ça qui est un peu dur. Ce match face à Dmitry Tursunov a eu une physionomie quelque peu étonnante. Il y a eu deux matches dans le match. Au début, ce n'était pas bon, on ne peut pas dire le contraire. Après, c'était presque un match de filles, avec les breaks, les débreaks ... C'était quand même très bizarre, surtout que Tursunov est un gros serveur et que moi je ne sers pas mal non plus... Me faire breaker trois fois de suite, c'était trop, je suis devenu fou, dans ma tête, c'était la fusion. Puis, dès 5-5 au deuxième, c'est devenu un bon match de tennis. C'est dommage, cela aurait pu être un match un peu « déclic » , qui m'aurait fait du bien. « C'était la fusion », dites-vous. Pour quelles raisons ? Je n'y arrivais pas, je commettais beaucoup de fautes. Mais bon, c'est : soit je joue très mal, soit je joue très bien. C'est souvent ça... La victoire m'aurait fait du bien. Ce n'était vraiment pas loin, même si c'est sûr que je peux mieux jouer au tennis. C'était un peu la même physionomie de rencontre que contre « Jo » en Australie. Pas extraordinaire, mais un bon niveau. Mais qu'est-ce qui fait que vous n'y arrivez pas ? Je ressens un peu de crispation. Je veux aller loin dans le tournoi, je n'ai pas envie de perdre dès mon premier tour... Et après, j'ai eu du mal à être mentalement bien sur le court. On pointe ça aujourd'hui, mais l'an dernier, c'était exactement la même chose quand j'ai perdu beaucoup de matches sur terre battue. Il faudrait que je sois un peu plus décontracté, et que je relâche plus. Il y a des périodes où l'on n'est pas au top, c'est comme ça. Là je stagne un peu, mais je vais remonter. Vous traversez un passage un peu difficile actuellement... Normal, je dirais. Un passage pas fabuleux, c'est clair, mais des passages comme ça, j'en ai connu des vingtaines ou des trentaines, donc je ne suis pas plus inquiet que ça. Je ne sais pas trop pourquoi je suis comme ça, mais je sais qu'il y a des moments comme ça, où il suffit de s'accrocher et ça repart très vite. J'ai déjà connu ça. Il n'y a aucune raison pour que je ne rebondisse pas. Le quart de finale de Coupe Davis qui se profile face aux Etats-Unis peut être une manière de rebondir justement. Exactement. C'est une belle rencontre à jouer, donc cela peut aussi être une belle manière de rebondir. Mais, franchement, après une telle défaite (contre Tursunov) je ne suis pas à me tourner la tête vers un autre tournoi. » Propos recueillis par Myrtille RAMBION, à Miami
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Post by corswandt on Mar 29, 2008 17:53:37 GMT -5
Not sure how to interpret Gasquet's attitude. I mean, he's clearly deluded - I just don't know to what extent and in which way.
He may be deluded in a pessimistic way - i.e. he knows he's not a born competitor and feels he'll never win anything because of it. Which is false; you can win even if you're not a born winner.
He may be deluded in an optimistic way - i.e. he feels he's got the greatest game in the world and that only his lack of mental fortitude is preventing him from winning big. Which is false; his game isn't all that. He's occasionally flashy, but too defensive and underpowered for today's game, and at his worse he's reminiscent of Volandri, only not as good.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 16, 2008 11:55:05 GMT -5
Ti-Rich is tking a ton of heat for his behaviour at the DC last week:
- Whining about his blister - Sending text messages and sitting impassively during the matches - Not joining his teammates on court after the doubles win - Suggesting to Forget that he didn't want to play Roddick and would rather play Blake
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Post by sasha on Apr 16, 2008 12:14:22 GMT -5
Maybe he meant that he'd rather face Blake on day 1.
As I always thought the 1st day was 1 vs. 2, 2 vs. 1. But, it wasn't for that tie.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 16, 2008 15:31:21 GMT -5
No, he meant day 2! Forget was under the impression he didn't want to play Roddick which was why Mathieu did the homours..
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Post by janie on Apr 17, 2008 16:45:56 GMT -5
Gasquet sounds like he belongs on the Indian team, where disinterest and strife are the order of the day! The solution is simple --everyone but mon cher Guy can see it -- throw the Ti-bum out and bring in the Gnome.
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Post by sasha on Apr 17, 2008 18:47:09 GMT -5
But, Mathieu already played Blake on Day 1.
Meh, stupid Wuss.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 18, 2008 9:00:49 GMT -5
So, if Gasquet stepped in to play Roddick on day 2 he would have replaced Mathieu, and Clément or Llodra would have played Blake if necessary.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 22, 2008 12:49:01 GMT -5
Latest developments: - Gasquet criticizes Forget for talking publicly about private conversations, criticizes the president of the French Fed for criticizing his motivation, and criticizes the press for trying to "stir up conflict" between him and Mathieu - Gasquet's father criticizes Forget for criticizing everyone but himself after the team loses and calls for his dismissal - Llodra criticizes the Gasquets for criticizing Forget - Santoro criticizes everyone for criticizing Gasquet.
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