Got this off wikipedia on Gasquet
"Gasquet is noted for his powerful and precise single-handed backhand, his flair and shot-making ability and is also known for his speed around the court. He is an all-court player. Gasquet's single-handed backhand features a high take back, utilising gravity, coils up (very low to the ground), and slowly unwinds, unleashing one of the best backhands on the ATP tour. However, his forehand can be considered a weaker shot. He is capable of hitting big winners with his forehand, but in general, his rally forehand lacks consistent depth.
Gasquet has earned much praise for his "natural talent".[6] One of the accolades he has received is recognition of his ability to play all-round complete tennis. During a Davis cup match against Marat Safin, British TV presenter Barry Cowan described him as "naturally more talented than Federer". Many, including Peter Fleming, have sung similar praises of the Frenchman."
How crazy is that???
Pulling a GameSampras, I see. Classy. Real classy.
Mid 2009 Gasquet had already been playing crappy tennis for a year, and who was overrating (as in winning a slam) Gasquet anyway?Where did Gasquet end the year ranked? Another outstanding thread by Cesc it turned out.
who was overrating (as in winning a slam) Gasquet anyway?
If you had joined TW before August you would understand.
If you had joined TW before August you would understand.
Even this year (when this thread was made) only the biggest Gasquet fanboys were still trumpeting him as the next big thing in tennis. No one really was still calling him "Baby Federer" and the like anymore. I don't think anyone was overrating him, particularly this season. Only to say his BH is one of the best in the game, which it is, but the rest of his game and particularly his game mentally was pretty weak. Was he overrated at a time? Yes. But at the time this thread was made, I didn't see him being so grossly overrated anymore. Particularly when this thread was made while he was still on drug suspension, which makes the thread and it's premise even more pointless.
Put a fork in Gasquet, he's done. I doubt he'll ever return to the top 20 again.
I disagree, if Gasquet plays a full season in the next 12 months he can easily reach the lower ends of the top20. In any case, I don't see him doing much better than that.
He wont have the results for that. Anyone in the top 50 is likely to beat him right now. Of course he could once in awhile beat guys in the top 50, but guys outside the top 50 can also beat him.
he can play well when he wants to and is a threat to anyone.
Federer that mentally collapsed after the rain delay and was beating the living snot out of Djokovic before that. Yes, that's a great example. In fact, Djokovic has not manage to beat one quality player in a slam outside of a sick Federer or Roddick. Djokovic's claycourt resume is only pretty good. It's not great as many people make it out to be. He in fact somehow manages to avoid some of the best claycourt players in the world half the time.
He's severely overrated, and will in fact drop out of the top 5 by years end, unless he miraculously gets another miracle TMC field where everyone manages to take out each other, get injured, or withdraw.
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I don't think he is super special. His backhand really is a thing of beauty though.
Didn't you hype him as the next No.1 recently? LOL!
I still think he did pretty well, and it's not over for him yet.
He not only beat Federer, he beat Djokovic 6-4, 6-2 on hardcourt, and beat Murray three times on hardcourt, plus that win over Roddick at Wimbledon.
He is talented and has some decent results. At the Canada Masters in '06 he took out Santoro - Blake - Verdasco - Berdych - and Murray, back to back, before being beaten by Federer in the final.
He probably got about as hyped as Donald Young, and if you want to talk about underachieving then take a look at his results.
Didn't you hype him as the next No.1 recently? LOL!
He managed to beat Federer once! Even the likes of Simon have beaten Federer.
As for Wimbledon, he managed to beat a washed-up Roddick at the time - lets put Roddick this year at Wimbledon against Gasquet and see who wins.
Djokovic was awful at the TMC
He did not even win a 500 series title. I think there would be 50 more players who won 500 series title post 2006 MC. Not Gasquet though.
16 250 titles a lot of them in France and nicknamed baby fed.Wow, bumped a 16-year-old thread to have a crack at a solid and entertaining pro who reached number 7 in the world and won 16 titles over the course of a fantastic career that coincided perfectly with the 3 most dominating players in history. Amazing stuff. I get the feeling that a lot of people don't really understand or enjoy tennis at all just looking at their stats or comparing random players to one of the immortals, saying, "He's not as good as X players I like - therefore mug" and thinking that ranks as an insight. How tedious.
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16 250 titles a lot of them in France and nicknamed baby fed.
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I will say this about Gasquet. OK, his achievements did not match early expectations but he is still an entertaining player to watch, even now on the verge of retirement. It's not always just about the results. Some players are just fun to watch and I personally will miss him when he's gone!
at the end of the day...traveled around the world, made millions, had some moments in the sun (16 titles, got into top 10 for a bit), enough flair and distinction to his game that he'll be remembered for a while at least. wore some sweet gucci bomber jackets...definitely kind of just 'seeing what happens' lately for sure. pretty cool career in my book, i'm sure he's well-recognized in france and tennis-friendly cities around the world, if that matters.He used to be interesting back when he was younger and aggressive. Last few years he has just been going through the motions it feels like.
at the end of the day...traveled around the world, made millions, had some moments in the sun (16 titles, got into top 10 for a bit), enough flair and distinction to his game that he'll be remembered for a while at least. wore some sweet gucci bomber jackets...definitely kind of just 'seeing what happens' lately for sure. pretty cool career in my book, i'm sure he's well-recognized in france and tennis-friendly cities around the world, if that matters.
another way to look at it, basically better than almost anyone in history to pick up a racket, many pros included. he distinguished himself.
if you can sustain it, a long career in the top 20 or so makes for a pretty easygoing 2nd chapter of life. good next egg, teach some ball in monte carlo...whatever.