What’s up with Gasquet?
It seems as though Richard Gasquet is in a funk. After losing yesterday to Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-2 in the second round at Hamburg (the first match he played because of a bye), Gasquet has now only won one match since he reached the fourth round at Indian Wells in the middle of March. That lone win came over Kristof Vliegen at Monte Carlo a couple of weeks ago. His 1-5 record since Indian Wells includes a second-round loss at Miami (received a first-round bye), a loss to James Blake in the Davis Cup, a third-round loss to Sam Querrery on clay at Monte Carlo, a first round loss to Luis Horna at Rome, and now this more recent slide.
Currently, Gasquet is the ninth ranked player in the world, but he certainly isn’t playing like it. I know he had a blister problems during the Davis Cup, and maybe that is still lingering. Whatever the case is, he doesn’t have much time now to get his act together before the French Open starts in a couple of weeks. There will be plenty of pressure on the young man at Roland Garros, and another early exit will no doubt send the French fans into a frenzy!
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