[Truc]

Originally Posted by isabelle86

please, tell me the points he will earn or lose in ms madrid on clay are the ones of last year ms hamburg? and then his sf results in Madrid on hard is the one he will defend in Shanghai?? is that correct? I hope so!

Yes, he will lose his points of his Madrid final in October 2009 and it will coincide with the new Shanghai event. They keep their points for 12 months.

[soulage]

What a day for french tennis The clay is a surface which don't forgive

[isabelle86]

Originally Posted by Truc

Yes, he will lose his points of his Madrid final in October 2009 and it will coincide with the new Shanghai event. They keep their points for 12 months.

Merci, I am so stunned about what happened today, I wrote his sf result in Madrid instead of runner up result.
what do you think about him needing to gain some weight and muscle?
you said in the interview in the video interview last week with l'equipe "en aparte" he had a cold, it was also obvious to me.
do you think he can have some health probelms? today he had again a terrible cold and looked very unhealthy. I am very concerned about his fitness/health at the moment.

[Puschkin]

Seems as if I am the great Gilles-jinxer. That's the third time I saw him live, and it gets from bad to worse.

[MsTree]

Maybe he keeps spotting you in the crowd and loses concentration on his game

[rtgy]

Originally Posted by Puschkin

Seems as if I am the great Gilles-jinxer. That's the third time I saw him live, and it gets from bad to worse.

yes I remember your "Vienna experience" too

[Puschkin]

Originally Posted by ictmee

Maybe he keeps spotting you in the crowd and loses concentration on his game

That is highly unlikely. And if so, I would love to extend theses "skills" to Nadal.

[Truc]

Originally Posted by Puschkin

Seems as if I am the great Gilles-jinxer. That's the third time I saw him live, and it gets from bad to worse.

I really sympathized with you today! Gaël's match alone was already shocking, but the combo Gaël-Gilles in a row took it to a new dimension. It was unreal.

I hadn't seen they have his interview in English on the tournament website:
http://montecarlo.masters-series.com.../09_simon3.asp

[Puschkin]

Originally Posted by Truc

I thought of you today! Gaël's match alone was already shocking, but the combo Gaël-Gilles in a row really took it to a new dimension.

But I got to see Richard, so my day was saved.

[Naina]

Originally Posted by Puschkin

But I got to see Richard, so my day was saved.

You are lucky you saw almost all frenchies. Wrong place to ask but did u watch marat-lleyton?

[Puschkin]

Originally Posted by Naina

You are lucky you saw almost all frenchies. Wrong place to ask but did u watch marat-lleyton?

unfortunately not, you need extra tickets for the Court des Princes....and today the more interesting matches werer there, tomorrow too. BTW: I never saw PHM.

[rtgy]

Originally Posted by ictmee

Maybe he keeps spotting you in the crowd and loses concentration on his game

Les/still red hot /

[Brownie]

Originally Posted by Puschkin

But I got to see Richard, so my day was saved.

Oh good! That's nice you got to see him, even though he isn't playing

[Naina]

Originally Posted by Puschkin

unfortunately not, you need extra tickets for the Court des Princes....and today the more interesting matches werer there, tomorrow too. BTW: I never saw PHM.

too bad. He looked HAWTTTT on t.v . Maybe you will see around tomorrow

[Truc]

Tulasne's take on the match:
http://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/breves2...ch-pourri.html
Even playing average tennis he would have won. He hasn't quite got his bearings yet on clay, but it's the same for everybody, he was tense before entering the court. The beginning of the match was decent and then he got himself into a negative spiral. At the end of the match, Gilles was telling him that he didn't know how to play tennis anymore. A sore throat problem has also disrupted his preparation. They now have 2 weeks of intensive training ahead.