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MONFILS TO PLAY GASQUET IN MARSEILLE

Gael Monfils is set to play against Richard Gasquet as both stars clash in the last eight in Marseille.


Both French players will battle for a chance to continue in the tournament. Gasquet sent Russian Mikhail Youzhny home on his way to the quarterfinal clash while top seed Monfils defeated Ukraine international Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1 6-4.

Another all-French clash is second seeded player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon’s. Tsonga thrashed Ukrainian Illya Marchenko 6-3 6-3 to qualify for the last eight.

In other fixtures, Slovakian Norbert Gombos will face Nick Kyrgios following is hard-fought win over Nicolas Mahut. The third seed Kyrgios is expected to progress but he would face a tough time against a confident Gombos.

Fourth seed Lucas Pouille will play unseeded Russian Daniil Medvedev. The Russian edged out German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7/3). Read more »

Richard Gasquet Tries His Hand At French Open

Richard Gasquet was a home favorite this time in the French Open. When Andy Murray reached the semi finals he was up against Richard Gasquet.


The latter definitely had a home ground advantage in this game. Murray was kept down by Richard in the first set. The second round also saw him slip up which saw Richard in a superior position. However, Richard was unable to hold onto the advantage he gained.

Gasquet is facing Andy Murray several times by now. His records are improving against Murray, who is the British number one player right now. Richard as a Frenchman did have an advantage in the French Open though he was not able to hold it to the end. There was a tie break where Richard had obtained an opportunity, though he was unable to hold onto it. For him, having reached the quarterfinals by itself was a feat that was unique to him in the prestigious Roland Garros venue of the French Open. Read more »

Richard Gasquet isn’t anywhere close to the other three players

Richard Gasquet isn’t anywhere close to the other three players that have reached the Wimbledon semi finals this year along with him and he shows no reluctance in admitting it, but, he believes he can create an upset in the Round of 4 and reach the title round at All England Club.

Novak Djokovic is going to be Gasquet’s opponent in the first semi final and given the Serb’s form in the Slams this season, it’s needless to say that it should be a walk in the park for him.

But, Gasquet is not horrified by who his opponent is.

Ahead of the game, the Frenchman was quoted as saying, “Everybody is backing Novak and that’s obvious, but, as far as I am concerned, I will have to tell myself that I am good enough to beat him. If I don’t think like that, there is no point for me to step on the court.”

When asked how it feels to be in the Wimbledon semis along with some of the greats of the game, Gasquet said, “It’s a proud feeling to be honest. All three of them are far better than me and I have nothing to lose. I will enjoy myself and will try as hard as I can.” Read more »

Richard Gasquet got distracted big time during his match at Roland Garros

Richard Gasquet got distracted big time during his match at Roland Garros versus Carlos Berlocq of Argentina on Thursday.

A unique sort of incident happened as the flying camera which was taking the shots of the match from up and over somehow got in contact with a bird which was passing the court and smashed its feathers.

It created real chaos out there.

Gasquet actually misread the situation a little bit. He initially thought he was being attacked by the group of birds, but, later, he understood everything.

The Frenchman was, however, still looking frightened even in the post match press conference.

Speaking to the reporters, he said, “It was really a weird thing. There were feathers everywhere, nobody could figure out what was going on. The crowd was stunned.”

“I went to one of the officials to ask. I hadn’t seen something of this type ever in my life. So, I was shaken.”

“These birds tend to attack too at times. So, I had that thing in my mind when I saw it in the first look.”

The good thing, however, was that the incident did not result in the death of the bird.

The bird, which was a pigeon perhaps, got freed from the camera somehow and flew away.

When told about that, Gasquet took a sigh of relief.

“It’s quite unbelievable. I thought the bird was gone, dead.” said the world no. 21. Read more »

Richard Gasquet Sensational Tennis

Video clip Rating: 5 / five

Richard Gasquet Groundstroke Practice – US Open 2014

Movie Rating: five / five