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Originally Posted by Vialator

Dans l'Equipe


ROLAND-GARROS. – Il est à peine midi, samedi, dans le restaurant des joueurs niché dans les sous-sols du court Suzanne-Lenglen, quand Gaël Monfils s’avance dans la file d’attente du self. Détendu, accompagné d’une paire d’amis, le jeune Français sait qu’il se présentera en fin d’après-midi sur le central pour y disputer un set avec Mathieu Montcourt dans le cadre de la Journée Benny-Berthet. En attendant, en bon sportif soucieux de sa diététique, il est au régime sucres lents. Lui, qui raffole des hamburgers, a choisi un assortiment de pâtes et poulet… avant de se raviser pour un steak grillé ! On ne se refait pas.

In English:

- It is hardly midday, Saturday, in the restaurant of the players nested in the basements of short Suzanne-Lenglen, when Gael Monfils advances in the queue of the self-service. Slackened, accompanied by a pair of friends, the young French knows that it will be presented at the end of the afternoon on the exchange to dispute there a set with Mathieu Montcourt within the framework of the Benny-Berthet Day.While waiting, as a good concerned sportsman of its dietetics, it on the diet slow sugars. He, which love of hamburgers, chose a set of pastes and chicken… before raviser for a roasted steak! One does not remake oneself.

[Luke]

Gael against Blake

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[parissima]

Cool pics everybody. Thanks

[I♥PsY@Mus!c]

Every pic I see that this man does have emotion on court. Never found him boring!

[tennistory]

I put new gael's pit' on:

http://tennistory2004.free.fr/2006_rg/rg06_monfils.htm

[Truc]

2 nice pics from the last issue of Tennis Magazine:


+ when he does the wave with the crowd:

[Truc]

I also posted the scan of the article about his "strip-tease" with Mathieu Montcourt in Mathieu's thread:
http://www.menstennisforums.com/show...7&postcount=50

In another article, they say Gael wanted to play in RG with the Arsenal shirt of Thierry Henry, but just before entering the court, they asked him to change because of the huge O2 logo on the shirt.
(It's in Richard Evans' column who is pretty laudatory about Gael. He says he's always liked his style and his spirit.)

[Truc]

There are many (more or less) news pics of Gael on the website of Corinne Dubreuil, but they all have a watermark now, unfortunately:


etc.
http://www.corinnedubreuil.com/PAGEACTU.html

[Truc]

And also some portraits:

More pics:
http://www.corinnedubreuil.com/GALER...G06/index.html
http://www.corinnedubreuil.com/GALER...006/index.html

[parissima]

Wow, merci pour toutes ces photos et ces liens

Vive Corinne Dubreuil et ses superbes photos aussi

[InfiniteSadness]

Hi!

Here are some pictures I took of Gael Monfils at the "Open de Moselle".
Sorry they are a bit blurry...




Soon pictures from the Benny Berthet day at Roland Garros with Mathieu Montcourt.

[InfiniteSadness]

Benny Berthet day pics




Hope you enjoy them

[delsa]

Originally Posted by BlakeJamitis

Gael looks very much like a black american - dress, emotion, everything

Gaël looks very much like a Parisian banlieusard - dress, way of talking (Parisian Banlieusard slang is very characteristic) and behaving, centers of interest, everything

Color or American influence have little to do with it even if the latter can't be denied but like in every part of the world globalization pretty much = Americanization and it shows in people's habits...
Banlieusards who are white, Asian, blacks, of North-Arican origin, Arabs or non-Arabs as Kabyles/Berbères, of whatever religion or agnostics, atheists, "seculars" like the majority etc.... Their characteristic is to be Banlieusards, that's what defines them first. It's first a differenciation based on social and local criteria. That's what they'll all tell you.
There is a strong localism (this phenomenon where you feel those living in another town no matter how near it is are already foreigners/strangers...) in the Banlieues phenomenon. When you come from the '9-3', you 'hate' this town and those people and this way of talking and this and that, and a black can 'hate' another black for such a stupid reason because of that and be ready to 'fight to death' to protect an 'Arab' because this one comes from the same cité as him...etc...Understanding all that is a big step in understanding today's French society.

[alejandra]

at the Wimbledon party