Richard Gasquet has defeated Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan in the second round of the Rogers cup. Gasquet, who has been given 14th seed in this competition, looked in fine form and defeated Kukushkin easily in the straight sets by 6-3, 7-5. Gasquet took just 85 minutes to knock the Kazakhstan player out of the tournament.
Both the players made a good start and held their service in the first five games. But, Gasquet broke the service of Kukushkin in the sixth game and then held his service in the next game to make the score 5-2. He didn’t lose the advantage after that and held his service in the ninth game to win the first set by 6-3. Read more »
German tennis ace Florian Mayer showed the world of tennis what they had missed out on for several years after he rallied to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet to reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon at the All England Club.
Mayer had been hailed as the next big thing of German tennis since he broke through the scene almost 10 years back now, but failed to live up to those expectations and most of the blame should be shouldered on him as his wayward life almost drove him away from the sport.
But the round of 32 at the All England Club was witness to one of the best pure talents that the sport had never seen fulfilling its true potential as Mayer brushed aside the world number twenty to reach the quarter finals stages of Wimbledon for only the second time in his career. Read more »
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Richard Gasquet; a child prodigy, dubbed ‘Baby Federer’ he experienced great success as a child. Unfortunately, this fortune has not followed him into his adult career as a tennis pro, and similarly to previous years, 2012 has proved exceedingly disappointing on the title front. A bitter repeat of 2011, Gasquet is yet to secure a title this year and he is running out of time.
So far, 2006 has been his prominent year to date and although having to venture back six years, you cannot deny the Frenchman of his sheer brilliance at that time; skilled, composed and full of flair he conquered on grass, clay and indoor carpet; 3 different surfaces illustrating his versatility and strength. Since winning Lyon, Gstaad and Nottingham in 2006, Gasquet has only managed two single titles since that time; Mumbai and Nice. He sustained a career detour and setback in 2009 when he was suspended after failing a cocaine drugs test. Although managing to clear his name and reduce the suspension after proving the cocaine was not substance abuse, but was present in his bloodstream because he had kissed a woman who was an abuser, he did not come back in the same fighting form and has had an unsatisfactory last few years.
This year he has entered many tournaments including the Australian Open where he was knocked out by David Ferrer, the Estoril Open where he advanced through the rounds to the final but lost out to Juan Martin Del Potro and the Roland Garros where Britain’s favourite Scott’s man Andy Murray championed in the fourth round ending Gasquet’s hopes of gaining a place in the quarter finals. Despite his efforts it appears Gasquet is lacking the pizazz of his rival counterparts, he needs to seriously improve his game if he intends to relive his childhood glory.