} People need sport and I’m sure tennis would gain much more television viewing.” He later added. “The schedule they have given us is practically crazy. Now, the Associated Press has confirmed that the four other players are Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Grégoire Barrère, and Belgian women Ysaline Bonaventure and Kirsten Flipkens. Although the Australian admits that he is at a loss following his most recent defeat at the clay court major. } Then I came here (Paris) to practice.’. Mentally, it’s a lot based on results. Gasquet at his very best can be almost unplayable and there are certainly few players better to watch in full flow. “”It is better for tournaments to be held under these conditions than not, but obviously losing a lot of emotion playing games behind closed doors. .tourney-details.action-buttons a[href*="watch-live"] { It is the mental part of his game that de Minaur says he is struggling with the most. He has now lost in the first round in three out of his four most recent tournaments since the Tour restarted back in August. The Canadian says he didn’t play good enough in what was his main draw debut at the event. Required fields are marked *. “Now it is the players who have to decide on which tournaments to play and which ones to not, but the best players on the circuit who will play in the final rounds and therefore have a lot of games, are going to have to make a schedule according to their physical condition in order to avoid injuries that could make them miss out what’s left of the season.”. //php if ( class_exists( 'WooCommerce' ) ) { ?>. Click to get a sign-in link sent to your email. So obviously there are a lot of things that I need to just clear my head out and almost just maybe not putting as much pressure on myself, that’s probably one of the things,” he said.“I don’t know what I’m going to do but hopefully whatever I decide to do, it will help me out and I can get back to where I want to be.”. It was originally reported that the USTA wanted there to be only one guest before there was some backlash from players. The former Grand Slam semi-finalist missed the first month of this year due to injury and has only played seven competitive matches before the sport came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March. I had one hand on the trophy, but I do believe that I can win them now. His talent was so obvious that he was pictured on the front cover of French Tennis Magazine at the age of nine, unveiled as the next great hope of French tennis. .atp-nav-list>.atp-nav-item { French tennis veteran Richard Gasquet is yet to finalise his plans for returning to the Tour but has confirmed that he intends to play at the US Open. Gasquet, a 34-year-old from France who is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist and eliminated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6 (0), 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the first round Tuesday night. padding-left: 0px; Guido Pella vs. Salvatore Caruso - 9/28/20 French Open Tennis Pick, Odds, and Prediction, Denis Shapovalov vs. Gilles Simon - 9/29/20 French Open Tennis Pick, Odds, and Prediction, Looking For Sports Writers -- Join Our Team. © Copyright 1994 - 2020 ATP Tour, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In Germany, the Bundesliga has never had as much television audience as it does right now. First of all, we play on a different surface. Not only has Gasquet had to compete against the fearsome trio of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, but the likes of Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic. The 19th seed struggled to find a range throughout his 7-5, 6-3, 6-3, loss to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in what was his first ever main draw appearance at Roland Garros at the age of 20. It is his fourth first round loss at a Grand Slam. The ATP Tour is set to resume on August 14th at the Citi Open in Washington in what will be the start of a packed schedule. Less than a month after achieving his best ever result in a Grand Slam, the 21-year-old is ‘not happy’ with his form at the moment as he tries to get the spark back. width: auto; He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. He was also the runner-up at the 2005 Hamburg Masters and Canada Masters in 2006 and 2012, a semifinalist at the 2007 and 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2013 US Open and a bronze medallist in men's doubles with Julien Benneteau at the 2012 London Olympics. What's the evidence for 10pm pub closing time? Also, I wasn’t good, and I could have been better on many of those opportunities,” the world No.22 said after the match.“I give him credit and I take responsibility for that because I just felt like there were too many times where I just didn’t step up and played a decent point.”. } Gasquet is an amazing player, but he has not found his form since the return of tennis, and his lack of play on clay does not help his case here at the French Open. The person who went on to win the men’s title. The owner of this website assumes no responsibility for the actions by and makes no representation or endorsement of any of these games and/or activities offered by the advertiser. I expect Gasquet to be rusty coming in here as he did not participate either in the clay court tournaments prior to the French Open and he will have to ensure his game is up to speed as he has probably one of the toughest first round matches ahead. } Initially, he wore the burden of those expectations lightly, enjoying a phenomenal juniors career, in which he held the world #1 ranking and compiled a 44-7 record in singles. Gasquet is a very solid player and if his career was not plagued by injuries, he would have become a Grand Slam champion without a doubt. .breakpoint-768 .sub-header-links{display:none;} Gasquet has won 15 ATP titles and earned more than $18 million in prize money so far in his career. .summary-tbody td[data-type*='Rating'] { Now, the Associated Press has confirmed that the four other players are Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Grégoire Barrère, and Belgian women Ysaline Bonaventure and Kirsten Flipkens. It also has not helped Gasquet’s cause that his rivals are some of the greatest players the game has ever seen. Official tennis titles and finals records of Richard Gasquet on the ATP Tour for singles and doubles.