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Gogogo, Benoit!

[soulage]

There is a very very short video of Benoit on the facebook http://www.facebook.com/RolandGarros

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That beard must go. From the RG website:

[Tutu]

Benoit won 6-1 6-4. So pleased with his progress recently. Didn't expect him to qualify here at all, so congratulations to him. It would be amazing if he could win a round now and hopefully they will put him on a TV court no matter who he plays. Allez!

[MissChaChaCha]

ROLAND GARROS

Qualifications

1st Round : B.Paire d. S.Koubek (AUT/11) : 6-2 3-6 6-1
2nd Round : B.Paire d. S.Gonzalez (MEX) : 7-6(3) 5-7 7-5
Final Round : B.Paire d. D.Kindlmann (GER) : 6-1 6-4

[Tutu]

Possible placements:

Qualifier vs Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Qualifier vs (27) Feliciano Lopez (ESP)
(29) Albert Montanes (ESP) vs Qualifier
Stephane Robert (FRA) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs (25) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Qualifier vs Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)
Qualifier vs (15) Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Qualifier vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Qualifier vs Thiemo De Bakker (NED)
Qualifier vs Daniel Koellerer (AUT)
Qualifier vs (26) Juan Monaco (ARG)
Rajeev Ram (USA) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Qualifier

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Well done!

Originally Posted by Tutu

Possible placements:
Qualifier vs Daniel Koellerer (AUT)

Not-crazy Benoit vs Crazy Dani would be deserving of a show-court.

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Benoit Paire poses for a headshot at Roland Garros on May 21, 2010 in Paris, France.

[Tutu]

Somebody needs a shave.

[Stasm]

I saw Benoit Paire today, I know him since four years now, his rising was normal. He's now the NEXT BIG THING FOR FRANCE.

[espana]

Originally Posted by Stasm

I saw Benoit Paire today, I know him since four years now, his rising was normal. He's now the NEXT BIG THING FOR FRANCE.

he's solid this year 4 wins/ 3 losses on Challenger tour
22/5 on Futures tour,
but he hasn't played a single match on ATP tour, so it'll be his debut on this level

[marquez]

Originally Posted by Stasm

I saw Benoit Paire today, I know him since four years now, his rising was normal. He's now the NEXT BIG THING FOR FRANCE.

next safin if he improves his footwork imo

expect him to beat rochus

I have been honestly surprised that he destroyed a rock solid baseliner like kindlmann today, expected him to struggle in this matchup

[Smoke944]

Originally Posted by marquez

next safin if he improves his footwork imo

Surely you can't be serious here. I mean maybe Safin when he had declined a lot, but Safin won a Grand Slam at 20 while Paire is 21 and playing futures....

[marquez]

Originally Posted by Smoke944

Surely you can't be serious here. I mean maybe Safin when he had declined a lot, but Safin won a Grand Slam at 20 while Paire is 21 and playing futures....

I'm not talking about developement status at a given age, I'm talking about the similarities of hitting heavy shots on both wings consistently.

he has all the talent to become a great player, he will probably never be as good as safin, he would have to be better by now, but he can become a top30 player at least

as you mentioned, he is 21 and playing futures which is not too impressive.
I watched him when he played in st.brieuc and I was disappointed because of his attitude on court(he was very negative, very nervous) and because of the lack of footwork

so he definitely has a lot of work to do

as I said I meant it more because of his safin-like style of playing, comparing him to marat in terms of class and maturity(when it comes to playing tennis, not the behaviour on court ) would be asking way too much of course

sorry for the confusion here

[Tutu]

Originally Posted by marquez

next safin if he improves his footwork imo

expect him to beat rochus

I have been honestly surprised that he destroyed a rock solid baseliner like kindlmann today, expected him to struggle in this matchup

He's nothing like Safin. Sure he has a big serve and great backhand, but his game is more about all the variety and he moves really well - rather than having huge, booming groundies.