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Gasquet Out Of Olympics

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Richard Gasquet decided against participating in the upcoming Beijing Olympics to instead prepare for the US Open.

“In agreement with his coach Guillaume Peyre, Richard Gasquet announces that he will not participate in the Olympics in Beijing,” said a statement released by his Team Lagardere organisation.

Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Tommy Haas and Ashley Harkleroad have all turned down spots on their Olympic teams to prepare for the final Slam of the year.

As a side note, I highly doubt skipping the Olympics where you would face the likes of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic to play in an event like the Legg Mason Classic where you would face sure-fire US Open contenders like…oh I don’t know…Paul-Henri Mathieu? And I hate to break it to Roddick and the rest but it’s not like you have much of a chance in New York anyway. With Roger back to being Roger and Djokovic, your chances to win are small at best.

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Nadal, Ferrer Reach Shanghai Semis

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Two days ago, David Ferrer beat Rafael Nadal. Today, he gave Nadal a gift. Nadal beat third ranked Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4 to keep Djokovic winless in round robin play in his first trip to the Masters Cup. Still, Nadal needed a Ferrer win to keep Richard Gasquet from having a chance to move into the semifinals. Ferrer did just that and beat Gasquet 6-1, 6-1 in a rout.

Andy Roddick already made the semifinals and will face Roger Federer on Friday. If Federer wins, he will be the last semifinalist no matter if Davydenko wins as Federer has an edge in sets won.

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Federer Draws Roddick, Gonzalez and Davydenko

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Roger Federer drew Andy Roddick, Fernando Gonzalez and Nikolay Davydenko in the Red Group when the Masters Cup draw was selected on Wednesday.

The Gold Group, which opens play on Sunday, includes Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet.

Federer is of course the favourite to win his fourth Masters Cup title. Nadal isn’t in top form and Federer’s draw is similar to that of the US Open when he beat Roddick and Davydenko en route to the title.

Djokovic is also a threat and a rematch of the US Open finals is most likely what we will get in just over a week.

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