Category Archives: Richard Gasquet

Czech Republic Win Hopman Cup

Posted on January 7, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Tournament favourites and top seeds Tomas Berdych and Petra Kvitova for the Czech Republic have won the diamond encrusted balls at the Hopman Cup in Perth defeating the French team of Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet 2-0.

Unbeaten world number two Petra Kvitova seemed unhindered by and back niggles she had had the previous day when she had clutched at her left lower back before losing the thoracic rotation in her shots. Petra had struggled with her serve, appearing to be dragged down by her poor posture on the right thorax for a good portion of the third set against Caroline Wozniacki. Read more »

Posted in Caroline Wozniacki, Hopman Cup, Marion Bartoli, Petra Kvitova, Physio Perspective, Richard Gasquet, Tomas Berdych

Gajdosova In Tears As Australia Thumped By France At Hopman Cup

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

Jarmila Gajdosova left the center court at the Burswood Dome absolutely devastated yesterday after she was handled by Marion Bartoli 6-0 6-0 in just 52 minutes.

For some time behind the scenes Jarmila was quite upset, her disapointment with her result not helped by a group of roudy fans that booed her once and cheered her every mistake.

Jarmila has had some issues being accepted by the Australian crowd since her divorce from Sam Groth and has been subject to significant online abuse – this incident clearly not helping. Read more »

Posted in Hopman Cup, Jarmila Gajdosova, Lleyton Hewitt, Marion Bartoli, Media, Richard Gasquet, Sam Groth

Li Na – Back In The Swing Of Things

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

“I’m back.” Ominious word from French Open champion Li Na who overcame some early nerves, lacking confidence and a dodgey first service percentage to come back and beat Marion Bartoli 2-6 6-2 6-4.

Bartoli had looked in control of the match, a more athletic figure that in recent years, but still the same intensity that she brought to the second half of last season. Bartoli was crushing Li’s second serve and when China’s most famous female tennis player took some pace off her first serve just to get one in Bartoli stepped in and crushed them too. Read more »

Posted in Hopman Cup, Li Na, Marion Bartoli, Richard Gasquet, Wu Di

Federer Notches Up 799th Career Win

Posted on November 10, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

Roger Federer has had a phenomenal career. Overnight Federer notched up his 799th career win by defeating Richard Gasquet in Paris 6-2, 6-4. If he wins his next match on Friday he will be just the seventh player in history to reach 800+ wins.

To give you an idea about how difficult it is to acrew 799 wins, Novak Djokovic has won anything and everything this season and coming into Paris he was 67-4. So even if you won 10 titles in a year, as Djokovic has done, it would still take almost 12 years to get 800 wins. Federer turned pro in 1998 so you do the maths – it’s bloody impressive. Read more »

Posted in Juan Monaco, Media, Novak Djokovic, Paris Bercy, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer

Nadal V Gasquet…. As 12 Year Olds

Posted on October 13, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

Check out this video of a wee little Richard Gasquet beating Rafael Nadal as young kids. It’s just so crazy to see them playing so well as such young children and think that it’s more than ten years down the track and they’re still doing the same thing day in day out.

Posted in Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet

Men’s Wimbledon Draw Analysis

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

To break the lengthy draw analysis in two parts I have separated the explanation about what’s at stake for the big boys Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic and what to look for in the early rounds into another post (click here).

If we look at the draw as a whole it’s hard to look beyond Federer as champion. Read more »

Posted in Alejandro Falla, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer, Dudi Sela, Ernests Gulbis, Fabio Fognini, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon, Injury, Ivan Dodig, Ivan Ljubicic, Ivo Karlovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, John Isner, Juan Martin Del Potro, Juan Monaco, Marcos Baghdatis, Mardy Fish, Milos Raonic, Nicolas Almagro, Nicolas Mahut, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Radek Stepanek, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Robin Soderling, Roger Federer, Roland Garros, Thomaz Bellucci, Tomas Berdych, Viktor Troicki, Wimbledon

Djokovic Withdraws From Queens

Posted on June 4, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Moments after losing his four set semi final match to Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from Queens to rest his injured knee which has been strapped for some months. It seems five days of rest before his match with Federer was not enough to help his knee out, Djokovic saying he needs more rest ahead of Wimbledon. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Injury, Mardy Fish, Novak Djokovic, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Roland Garros

Djokovic Untroubled By Gasquet

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Novak Djokovic, man of the moment, had little difficulty dismissing Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 to book a place in the quarterfinals against the exhausted Fabio Fognini.

Novak needed just and hour and 47 minutes to beat the owner of the worlds best single handed backhand. Impressively Novak lifted his level against Gasquet, playing sharper tennis than he had against Juan Martin del Potro in the previous round. Read more »

Posted in Albert Montanes, Fabiana Semprebom, Injury, Juan Martin Del Potro, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Roland Garros

Simon Outplays Fish

Posted on May 28, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Gilles Simon, with Richard Gasquet, is leading the way at his home tournament in Roland Garros where the French players have had less that stellar results in the past few years, making his way into the fourth round where he will face the winner of Soderling V Mayer. Simon beat Mardy Fish handily today 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in two hours. Read more »

Posted in Gilles Simon, Leonardo Mayer, Mardy Fish, Richard Gasquet, Robin Soderling, Roland Garros

Djokovic Beats Del Potro, Preparing To Make History

Posted on May 28, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

After resuming their suspended match, Novak Djokovic came out looking sharp and agile and has beaten Juan Martin del Potro for a place in the fourth round. The win means that Nole is just two wins from equaling John McEnroe for the longest season starting winning streak in the open era (42). Novak beat Juan Martin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro, Novak Djokovic, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Roland Garros