[tedlesurfeur]

Originally Posted by gambit84

so a laughing Gillus during the interview....

No no no, he just laughed at one comment !! don't make it sound like he was all happy and all He's just not willing to make a big deal out of it, that's all

[Truc]

He already said before the match that the idea was to enjoy his matches there (I posted the video in the livescoring thread yesterday). Completely different than in Bucharest - "I'm here to defend my title", etc. And he always is very honest about his goals.
I buy it when he says it's not a big deal for him. But he's certainly disappointed by his performance (he must have been quite crap during the 3rd set), he does look too in the video.

(He laughes at more than one comment. The Masters Cup question and then a few times again during the part about Jo. )

[Truc]

They lost in doubles too, but Jérémy was the one serving for the 2nd set when Ancic/Ljubo broke back.
That's the only game I followed, so that's the only comment I can make about the match.

[rtgy]

OMG i totally forgot about doubles...sorry for Gillu........but Vienna is next

[Puschkin]

Originally Posted by Truc

Winning 2-3 matches won't make a difference for his ranking now. It's just important for his confidence to get a few wins under his belt, and that will be his frame of mind in Vienna too.

Come on Gilles, I saw you in person in Monte Carlo, which was outright embarassing, I don't want to see you like that in Vienna, otherwise I start doubting why some people develop a soft spot for you.

[Truc]

He was injured in Monte-Carlo!!

His draw in Vienna:
[1] WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI vs QUALIFIER
QUALIFIER vs KARANUSIC, Roko CRO
MOYA, Carlos ESP vs BERRER, Michael GER
QUALIFIER SCHWANK, Eduardo ARG vs [7] SIMON, Gilles FRA

[4] KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO vs FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP
LJUBICIC, Ivan CRO vs MELZER, Jurgen AUT
LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP vs CALLERI, Agustin ARG
[WC] KOUBEK, Stefan AUT vs [6] ROBREDO, Tommy ESP

[5] VERDASCO, Fernando ESP vs QUALIFIER
CANAS, Guillermo ARG vs SEPPI, Andreas ITA
KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER vs GICQUEL, Marc FRA
[WC] FISCHER, Martin AUT vs [3] DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG

[8] MONFILS, Gael FRA vs [WC] PEYA, Alexander AUT
QUALIFIER vs STEPANEK, Radek CZE
GULBIS, Ernests LAT vs VOLANDRI, Filippo ITA
BOLELLI, Simone ITA vs [2] GONZALEZ, Fernando CHI

[Truc]

Hmm, now people say he's playing Schwank...
I saw Schwank yesterday against Sexy and I wasn't expecting him to play so well on that surface, it wouldn't be as easy as it looks.

[rtgy]

Gillu will kick Eduardo's ass............

ALLEZ POUSSIN!!!

[Guy Haines]

Originally Posted by rtgy

Gillu will kick Eduardo's ass............

ALLEZ POUSSIN!!!

I hope so.

Schwank didn't do too bad this past week. But he doesn't have a game that gets better indoors like Nico's, so Gilles can do it.

[Truc]

Yes, Schwank isn't a bye at all like I might have thought one week ago (stretching it a bit), but his game should suit Gilles. He has been an Argie killer this year except for the Delpo match at the USO, so let's hope he will keep up the good job.

His whole draw looks OK if he has "taken his bearings".
It's a big "if", though, he sounded quite disorientated in Metz. He was just coming out of hibernation too, but since he had really found the right balance on hc/clay lately and settled down his game nicely for this kind of surfaces, the transition might be tougher than usual for him, with the increased pressure to play up to his new rank.

[rtgy]

Originally Posted by Truc

Yes, Schwank isn't a bye at all like I might have thought one week ago (stretching it a bit), but his game should suit Gilles. He has been an Argie killer this year except for the Delpo match at the USO, so let's hope he will keep up the good job.

His whole draw looks OK if he has "taken his bearings".
It's a big "if", though, he sounded quite disorientated in Metz. He was just coming out of hibernation too, but since he had really found the right balance on hc/clay lately and settled down his game nicely for this kind of surfaces, the transition might be tougher than usual for him, with the increased pressure to play up to his new rank.

i'm totally agree with u.....lets hope he will leave this "hibernation time" behind his back and make some good games in the indoors...................

ALLEZ GILLES!!!

[Puschkin]

I knew it: Gilles tomorrow on the small court against Schwank. At the same time Ljubicic/Melzer on center. Poor Gilles, he will be able to count the people watching his match. I will be one of them.

[rtgy]

Yes Gillu's match is scheduled to be 4-th match of the day in court B / btw Ernie will play his match against Volandri in court B to, just before Gillu's match/
i'm a little surprise to see 7-th seed not playing in the central court........totally rubbish!!!

[Puschkin]

Originally Posted by rtgy

Yes Gillu's match is scheduled to be 4-th match of the day in court B / btw Ernie will play his match against Volandri in court B to, just before Gillu's match/
i'm a little surprise to see 7-th seed not playing in the central court........totally rubbish!!!

well it happens everywhere. There is a local playing on Center court.

[Truc]

Simon-Schwank was never going to be on Center Court. A 2nd round against Moya maybe. It doesn't make a difference for us anyway, there doesn't seem to be any livestream.

But you should go and watch Jürgen's match too, it might be more your taste than Gillou. I hope the matches on Center Court will be veeeeeeery long so Gilles plays during Koubek-Robredo, I wouldn't feel bad about you having to miss Koubek for Poussin then.

Thanks a lot and have fun (it makes me a bit nervous you're going tomorrow , please show some good tennis, Gilles, don't embarrass us)!