Richard Gasquet
FameRank: 6

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"Richard Gasquet" (born 18 June 1986) is a French tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis)/Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His career-high singles ranking is world no. 7, achieved in July 2007. In singles, his best achievements in Grand Slams are reaching the semifinals of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles/2007 Wimbledon Championships and the semifinals of the 2013 US Open (tennis)/2013 US Open. Gasquet is best known for his long winding groundstrokes and his one-handed backhand.

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What happened here last year was not good for me, ... But I now have more experience and am more mature. I worked a lot after my disqualification, and I think I learned a lot.

There are some tactics you can use against (Federer).

(When) I came here I had no confidence, I hadn't played like this in a long time. Everything was great tonight, the court, the public, the opponent. I respect Calleri a lot, he is a great player who hits the ball hard.

This is a great win for me.

But he doesn't have any real weaknesses. I've got enormous respect for him, he's a role model for me and a very nice guy.

I'm very pleased to have got the first two rounds out of the way.

I am getting more confidence on grass and I know now that I can play serve and volley.

I have to play more matches to be as good as I can on the surface, but I have reached two quarterfinals now so it is a very good time for me.

Now there's a big match awaiting me. I won't be the favorite but if I can beat Nadal it would be fantastic.