Re: Official Gasquet's 2011 Schedule: Australian Open (17-01-2011)
Richard should be looking into peaking at 500 and 1000 events this spring, not playing every single 250 event. I am not sure what him and his team are thinking. He needs confidence by playing and beating good players.
Richard should be looking into peaking at 500 and 1000 events this spring, not playing every single 250 event. I am not sure what him and his team are thinking. He needs confidence by playing and beating good players.
Unfortunately there is a huge problem with 500 events: the draw.
This is very much possible:
Rotterdam, 1st round: Gasquet vs Djokovic
Dubai, 1st round: Gasquet vs Federer
result: 2 crushing defeats, 0 ATP point, 2 weeks lost. + 2 big 0 on his points breakdown.
The only "good" 500 events are:
Barcelona: 56-man draw, 16 seeds.
Hamburg: 56-man draw, 16 seeds and weaker field because it's just before the US harcourt season.
Basel: end of season, just before Paris MS, weaker field.
And Monte-Carlo, thanks to his ambiguous status.
Apparently Forget asked them to do so. Maybe it finally dawns on Forget, that Llodra is not the God he thinks he is, particulary in an upcoming DC-tie on clay, though I doubt it.
Re: Official Gasquet's 2011 Schedule: Zagreb (31-01-2011)
As much as I don't like Tsonga I think they would be a great doubles team; it would help RIchard be more aggressive and Richie seems to "click" with Jo. So bring on team Richie/Jo.
Re: Official Gasquet's 2011 Schedule: Indian Wells (10-03-2011)
I guess the European Clay season will be the same like last year but he won't play Casablanca and will play the 2 Masters 1000 in Rome & Madrid.
If he can get good amount of points in the upcoming tournaments it would be a good choice not to play Nice just before Roland Garros and not to get himself tierd before it starts.
I guess it will be something like this:
- Monte Carlo
- Barcelona
- Belgrade
- Madrid
- Rome
- Roland Garros
Wise decision, he can't play day in day out on clay, like he did last year. He needs to focus on the ATP1000 events, no use to wear himself out in Belgrade or later in Nice.
Re: Official Gasquet's 2011 Schedule: Indian Wells (10-03-2011)
I hope he does not play Nice under any circumstances. It was his best event last year but it was then and this is now.. he is working on becoming a steady top 20 player again.. last year was transitional. He is decent ranked player now and will be seeded for RG. He really needs a decent result at his home major, he was never passed 3rd round there. Same thing for Wimbledon he should not play a week before.
According to reliable information on the French thread of rgnet, he won't play Nice. As it stands now: Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros.
Le 3ème Masters Guinot Mary Cohr se tiendra du mercredi 18 au vendredi 20 mai 2011 et réunira douze des meilleurs joueurs du tennis mondial, dont 3 membres du Top Ten, avec notamment le Suédois, Robin Soderling, n° 4 mondial, le Britannique, Andy Murray, n° 5 mondial et l’Espagnol, Fernando Verdasco, n° 9 mondial. Les Français Gaël Monfils, n° 11 mondial, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, n° 16 mondial et Richard Gasquet, n° 18 mondial, seront également de la partie.
Le Masters Guinot Mary Cohr propose aux stars de la planète tennis des conditions idéales pour une ultime répétition avant Roland-Garros.
Deux matches au meilleur des deux sets avec un super jeu décisif en cas d'égalité à un set partout auront lieu chaque jour. Du spectacle garanti pour un public qui profitera de la proximité des tribunes pour approcher ses idoles comme nulle part ailleurs.
3rd Masters Guinot Mary Cohr be held from Wednesday 18 to Friday, May 20, 2011 and will bring together twelve of the best players in world tennis, including 3 members of the Top Ten, including the Swede, Robin Soderling, No. 4 worldwide, Briton Andy Murray, No. 5 worldwide and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, No. 9 globally. The French Gael Monfils, No. 11 world, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 16 Richard Gasquet and world No. 18 worldwide, will also present.
Masters Guinot Mary Cohr offers stars of world tennis ideal conditions for a final rehearsal before Roland Garros.
Two games at the best of both sets with a super tiebreak if equal to one set all take place each day. Performing guaranteed for an audience that will benefit from the proximity of the stands to approach his idols like nowhere else.
Thanks to Marina36 from RG.net for posting this there!
Confirms that Richard won't defend his Nice title, it's a good idea not to play Nice and not risk to get tierd before Roland Garros and playing this short Exho would be better.
Re: Official Gasquet's 2011 Schedule: Monte Carlo (11-04-2011)
Yes I remember that. He said something along the lines of Richard whining like a baby because he had sore fingers and blisters. I think it happened at the USO.
Yes I remember that. He said something along the lines of Richard whining like a baby because he had sore fingers and blisters. I think it happened at the USO.
In 2005 Ricahrd won against Ljubicic at the US open in 5 sets. Weird for Ljubicic to moan about an opponent against he lost.
Maybe it was 2007 US Open when he retired before playing Young. That was one of his more dubious retirements, he claimed fever and a sore throat, but he looked ok, no comparison to Metz last year when the fever was so obvious. But from the outside one never knows what is really going on.
Whatever! Both events are long ago.
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