[Nathaliia]

haha came across few results by Thierry Champion - who has his 39th birthday today just 1 day before Gaels' 19th birthie... these days also Andy Roddick, Nastya Myskina and couple of my friends are having birthdays
32 L Sebastien GROSJEAN (FRA) 0-6 0-6

32 L Magnus LARSSON (SWE) 1-6 0-6

L Sergio BRUGUERA (ESP) 0-6 0-6 0-6

L Francisco MONTANA (USA) 1-6 0-1 RET

L Emilio SANCHEZ (ESP) 2-6 0-6

32 L Eduardo MASSO (BEL) 2-6 1-6

32 L Claudio PISTOLESI (ITA) 4-6 0-6 /he lost even to Pistolesi/

64 W Pete SAMPRAS (USA) 6-3 6-1 6-1 (roland garros) ohhhh !!!

64 L Guillermo PEREZ-ROLDAN (ARG) 1-6 0-6

L Kent CARLSSON (SWE) 0-6 2-6

64 L Kent CARLSSON (SWE) 1-6 1-6

L Joakim NYSTROM (SWE) 0-6 2-6

cd. 128 L Anders JARRYD (SWE) 2-6 1-6 2-6

64 L Andreas MAURER (FRG) 7-6 0-6 0-6

smile everybody, new tournaments are coming, Europe this time it would be JUST GREAT if Gael could get a WC to Szczecin tournament to lighten up that sad entry list.

[LilyRoseAva]

12 news photos gael us open 2005

http://www.menstennisforums.com/phot...ry.php/cat/536

[delsa]

Thank you Estheroff! Great analysis Nathaliia!
And thank you for reminding us it was Thiérry's 39th birthday! Happy birthday Thiérry!
It's Gaël's 19th birthday tomorrow too (september 1st) so... Happy birthday in advance Gaël! In case i won't be able to post...
I'm sure they'll make a big commun party for their two birthdays...I think i read somewhere that it was planed...

[delsa]

Here are Chloe/Becca's pics of Gaël training during this USO 2005 (friday of the USO qualifying):







He's beginning to have too much bracelets... And pink ones, huh?
Where is the time he only wore his black & white Thierry Henry's "Stand up. Speak up." bracelet... At that time it was fun and special but now...

[Nathaliia]

thanks for the pics haha in fact he has too many bracelets. And my boss from Szczecin challenger tournament's office has just told me they were speaking to Gael about his coming back home (to Poland hehe) but he has already set some exhibition matches for that week (geeez... grrr!!!).

[delsa]

Too bad for that Challenger in Szczecin, Poland, a country that he appreciated a lot it seems, Nathaliia but i guess he wants some time off after the USO and i think that's because of his sponsor that he must do this exhibition thing (will PHM play there btw, finally?)...
Gaël is already out but he's still the 5th on both the Ace Leaders list and the Serve Speed Leaders list of this USO 2005 (it won't last long before he's out of them though...).

Ace Leaders:
1. G.Kuerten - 35
2. I.Karlovic - 32
3. G.Muller - 24
4. W.Moodie - 23
5. G.Monfils - 22
6. A.Roddick - 17
7. N.Kiefer - 13
8. T.Haas - 12
8. M.Puerta - 12
8. R.Federer - 12

Serve Speed Leaders:
1. A.Roddick - 150 MPH
2. I.Karlovic - 141 MPH
3. G.Rusedski - 139 MPH
4. M.Mirnyi - 137 MPH
5. G.Monfils - 135 MPH
5. F.Gonzalez - 135 MPH
7. N.Massu - 134 MPH
7. M.Fish - 134 MPH
7. J.Blake - 134 MPH
10. N.Kiefer - 133 MPH

He's playing in doubles with Saulnier and they're already lead *0-3 ...

[delsa]

Well, as expected, Gaël and Cyril lost 6-1, 6-3...
I hope they still had fun together though...

Eurosport video interview of Gaël just after his defeat (it makes me very sad listening to what he says... ): "Im very very disapointed but at the same time i learn" [...], "i'm disapointed about the way i played mostly", "I lacked a lot of things and he played really well"[...] "i wouldn't handle it the same if i was back on the court now...", "I got tight at this moment...", "It's again a good lesson", "Like in every Slam this year, i didn't play well..." etc...No mention of gamesmanship...

mms://wmediavod.coltfrance.com/wmeur..._3_320x240.wmv

And an audio: http://www.articles.fft.fr/Audio.asp?ID=1152

He was quite hard with himself (or just lucid actually...) in yesterday's L'Equipe as well: "I could have seized my chances...I let him play and he really took advantage of this. I don't do anything...I run...That's why i'm angry at myself now..." [...] "This match reflects all my season in the Slams this year: i never manage to play well in any of them and i don't know why..." And Thierry said: "He fought well as always but he was holding all his shots back!" [...] "Maybe he was a bit tight i don't know..."

Joyeux dix-neuvième anniversaire Gaël! (I was able to post eventually... )

[delsa]

[Saumon]

Originally Posted by delsa

nice pic

[NicoFan]

These are a little late, but I took some pictures of Gael at the US Open:

[delsa]

Nooooo....Not the garish red tight shirt on him! Gaël! Think by yourself and realize this kind of clothes are damn ugly and make you look ridiculous, pleeeaaase!
Thank you very much for the pics anyway, NicoFan!

[NicoFan]

I like the red shirt!!! He looked great in it - that's why I stopped and clicked the pictures...lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[*julie*]

Gael
Let that to Rafa please!

[parissima]

Oh come on, that hideous red top looks way better on Gael than on Rafa! He almost makes it look like a normal top (c'est pour dire! )

[delsa]

It doesn't look good on anybody. It's just ugly.
But that's not that important.