Richard Gasquet was a home favorite this time in the French Open. When Andy Murray reached the semi finals he was up against Richard Gasquet.
The latter definitely had a home ground advantage in this game. Murray was kept down by Richard in the first set. The
second round also saw him slip up which saw Richard in a superior position. However, Richard was unable to hold onto the advantage he gained.
Gasquet is facing Andy Murray several times by now. His records are improving against Murray, who is the British number one player right now. Richard as a Frenchman did have an advantage in the French Open though he was not able to hold it to the end. There was a tie break where Richard had obtained an opportunity, though he was unable to hold onto it. For him, having reached the quarterfinals by itself was a feat that was unique to him in the prestigious Roland Garros venue of the French Open. Read more »
Richard Gasquet got distracted big time during his match at Roland Garros versus Carlos Berlocq of Argentina on Thursday.
A unique sort of incident happened as the flying camera which was taking the shots of the match from up and over somehow got in contact with a bird which was passing the court and smashed its feathers.
It created real chaos out there.
Gasquet actually misread the situation a little bit. He initially thought he was being attacked by the group of birds, but, later, he understood everything.
The Frenchman was, however, still looking frightened even in the post match press conference.
Speaking to the reporters, he said, “It was really a weird thing. There were feathers everywhere, nobody could figure out what was going on. The crowd was stunned.”
“I went to one of the officials to ask. I hadn’t seen something of this type ever in my life. So, I was shaken.”
“These birds tend to attack too at times. So, I had that thing in my mind when I saw it in the first look.”
The good thing, however, was that the incident did not result in the death of the bird.
The bird, which was a pigeon perhaps, got freed from the camera somehow and flew away.
When told about that, Gasquet took a sigh of relief.
“It’s quite unbelievable. I thought the bird was gone, dead.” said the world no. 21. Read more »
If you have followed David Ferrer’s journey on the professional tour in the last one and half decades, you can’t help, but, to think that it could and should have been a more illustrious career than it has turned out to be so far.
Of course, Ferrer is unlucky to be playing in the era of some of the legends of the game.
Also, he is not the tallest guy around in the circuit. He is decently tall yes, but, a couple of more inches would not have done him any harm at all.
Ideally, you want yourself to be somewhere around 6 feet if you have to play lawn tennis. All the top quality players in the world today are there and thereabouts.
Height plays a key role in tennis. It helps you so much in terms of your serve and that’s why, it has often been seen that the tall players have that added advantage which makes them flourish especially on quick surfaces.
Ferrer does not have that luxury, but, still, the kind of skills he has, one would have expected him to have at least one Grand Slam to his name by now. Read more »
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