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Richard Gasquet [FANSITE]

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This is a fan site for the great Richard Gasquet! :D •••••••••• Here's a little summary of Richard's career: Richard is a pro tennis player born in June 18th 1986 Beziers, France. His residence is Neuchatel, Switzerland, though do to the tour he spends little time over there and most of his time traveling around the world.Richard began playing tennis at age four with his father, Francis, who ran a tennis club in Serignan and coached until October 2001; mother, Maryse, also teaches tennis. Appeared on cover of French Tennis Magazine at age nine in February 1996. Discovered by former ATP pro Pierre Barthes who ran the nearby Cap de tennis camp. Big rugby fan and supports his hometown Beziers team. Finished as No. 1 junior in the world and was named World Junior Champion in 2002, winning Roland Garros (d. Recouderc) and US Open (d. Baghdatis) titles and reaching SF at Australian Open.Fifth Frenchman to finish as World No. 1 junior and first since Arnaud Di Pasquale in 1997. Moved to Switzerland in September 2005. His coach is Eric Deblicker who has helped him to achieve many things including his first ATP tittle in Nottingham (2005). Richard finished 2006 as as his country’s No. 1 player and in Top 20 for a second straight year, highlighted by career-high three ATP titles in four finals. His three titles were most by a Frenchman since Guy Forget won six in 1991.Turned around a 7-13 start through mid-June to finish with a 27-8 record rest of season and also reached finals on all four surfaces. In a three-week stretch, defended grass-court title in Nottingham (d. Bjorkman), fell to eventual champion Federer in Wimbledon opener, and claimed first clay title in Gstaad (d. Lopez). In August, reached second career AMS final, falling to Federer in Toronto. Richard also captured title in Lyon (d. Gicquel). Richard finished 14-12 on hard, 6-3 on carpet, 7-4 on clay and 6-2 on grass, Went 1-7 vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating No. 6 Blake in 2nd RD of AMS Toronto. Earned a career-high $770,310. At the age of 20 Richard has proved himself and the world what an amazing talent he is reaching a career high in the rankings at 12 (9/12/2005). There's a lot more to be seen by the young Frenchman let's hope for a very good season! •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••ALLEZ•RICHARD!!! !•••••••••••••••••••†¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€ ¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€ ¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢

My Interests

Sports; Tennis, Football he supports PSG (Paris Saint Germain), Rugby he suuports Beziers (his hometown)and also Golf! yes golf richie likes to go home to france and play some golf with his friends. He likes pizzas, Coke, french fries, chocolate, cookies. Also He is keen on video games especially ps2 and going out with friends.Get Your Own! | View SlideshowGet Your Own! | View SlideshowGet Your Own! | View Slideshow

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who's a Richard fan or fan of tennis and sports in general :)

Music:

His favourite group i believe is Daft Punk, he likes house music a lot also RNB, Richard likes music in genreal.

Movies:



Television:

he likes to watch sports especially tennis, rugby and football :P

Heroes:

Richard is a huge fan of Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Russell Crowe, Sebastien Grosjean, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras.

My Blog

Richards qualifies for end of year MASTERS CUP

Richard Gasquet claimed the final spot in the elite eight-player Tennis Masters Cup and will be making his first appearance in the prestigious circuit finale, to be held from November 11-18 at Shangh...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:08:00 PST

Richard Loses in Lyon

Richard Loses in Lyon Richard's Shanghai hopes suffered a blow today. He lost in the second round of Lyon to Jo Wilfred Tsonga 6-4, 6-4. Next up for Richard is Paris Bercy.   Current ATP E...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:52:00 PST

Lyon Open draw released..

Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyonrichard is seeded 4 DRAW: http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://w ww.atptennis.com/1/posting/2007/375/mds.pdfCurrent ATP Entry Ranking: 11Current ATP R...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:40:00 PST

sad NEW!!

sad news!! Richard is out of the MADRID MASTERSlosing to fellow countrymen Paul henri-mathieu67|57 in the 2nd rd in just over 2hrs allez Gasquet...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:45:00 PST

Madrid Masters DRAW released!!

checkout Richards draw:after recieving a BYE in the first round RIchardwill play the winner of Paul-Henri Mathieu & Mardy Fisher matchDRAW:http://www.tennis-masters-madrid.com//pdf/draws/20 07/MDS....
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:07:00 PST

Ferrer Scoops Japan Title

Ferrer Scoops Japan Title Richard ran out of steam a bit in Sunday's final against David Ferrer. Ferrer stole an early break, and ran with the lead to take the AIG title 6-1, 6-2. Richard has withdr...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:09:00 PST

AIG Open DRAW released!!

AIG Japan Open draw released Richard is the 3rd seed and has a bye in the first round And will face the winner of either, Zack FLEISHMAN or Kei NISHIKORI. And ranking has moved up 1 position to 13 ...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:10:00 PST

UPDATE!

Richard Gasquet moves into mumbai QF --> --> Richard had one of his best matches today defeating young Italian Fabio Fognini 60 61 in  41min. Richard will now face Stephan KOUBEK ...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:23:00 PST

Mumbai Draw Released

Mumbai Draw Released Gasquet is the top seed in the Kingfisher Airlines Open in Mumbai - his first tournament back since the US Open. In the first round Richard will face Kristof Vliegen. Singles D...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:07:00 PST

US Open draw out

 US Open draw out The final grand slam of the year is showcased in the Big Apple next week. The US Open starts on August 27th. Richard is seeded 13th and in the first round will face Sergio Roit...
Posted by Richard Gasquet [FANSITE] on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:36:00 PST