Open Sud de France, Montpellier [58] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. [132] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) He was supposed to be the next great tennis star of France; the tennis player the French believed would carry the mantle and burden of the French people’s hopes for another French Roland Garros champion. The pressure has been tremendous for…
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Davis Cup, France DAY TWO: RUBBER THREE Doubles Match: Richard Gasquet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs. Ruben Bemelmans and Joris de Loore (BEL) The first set was a brilliant performance from the French duo; they served well and protected their serve as well, never giving the Belgians a chance to break their serve. De Loore…
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Open Sud De France, Montpellier [22] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. [50] Malek Jaziri (TUN) This was their first encounter and the first set was a tussle as Jaziri fought back from a two break deficit; unfortunately, he could not maintain his elevated level of play to gain the upset and Gasquet broke again to win…
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Open Sud de France, Montpellier Men’s Semifinal: [CR10] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. [CR133] Dustin Brown (GER) For a set and a half, Brown played incredible tennis. Yet as I watched, I wondered how long he would be able to sustain such high quality of tennis against a talented player like Gasquet. Gasquet had the added incentive…
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Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland [CR11] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. [CR19] Dominic Thiem (AUT) Gasquet met a lot of resistance in the first set from Thiem, who started off well; however, the veteran found his range and solved the riddle of Thiem’s game. Thiem served too poorly to get comfortable off the ground and that worked…
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Erste Bank Open, Vienna [CR11] Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. [CR47] Steve Johnson (USA) Johnson was close the last time they played; therefore, he had to be much more confident coming into this match. Yet, things looked a tad bleak after he double faulted to lose the first set. However, Johnson shook off his disappointment and…
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