LONDON: When Richard Gasquet won the Wimbledon first round match against Yuichi Sugita, the Frenchman killed two birds with one stone – he got a clash with eight-time champion Roger Federer and the match at the center of the Hallowed Central Court.
“When I was in the first half, I saw a draw.
I know I can play Roger in the second half,” Gasquet said to the ATP tourist website before the second round match Thursday.
“Of course, this is amazing for me, because I will play in the central court.
This is Roger Federer, I have played it many times.” However, many times without results.
Both of them have met 20 times and Gasquet only won twice – their first meeting in 2005 in Monte Carlo and a decade ago in Rome, both of them fits clay.
In their last 10 meetings, Federer had not dropped a set of Gasquet, the former Top-10 player is now ranked 56th in the world.
But there was a gap in Federer’s armor after he worked in the first half and advanced only when his opponent his opponent Adrian Mannarino retired with a knee injury after slipping in court, the match was evenly distributed on two sets.
Federer is 40 years old and still trembling rust after last year’s knee surgery and Pandemic Coronavirus made him not in action for 13 months.
Rafa Nadal has since joined the Summit in 20 Grand Slam wins while defending champion Novak Djokovic is a title from making it a tie of three-way for “big three” sports as a debate about the biggest player all the time.
But for Gasquet, there are more debates than the grand slam title.
“There are techniques, the beauty of the game, his movements,” he added.
“He is a classic player, an extraordinary player, the best player to watch.
There is only one Roger Federer.” Spain Carlos Alcaraz who was 18 years old recorded his first tour victory on the grass in debut Wimbledon when he fought against Yasutaka Uchiyama for more than four hours and his wages were the match against the second seed and Medvedev in court.
Ash seeds of women’s top women’s seeds face Russia Anna Blinkova in the first career meeting while Coco Gauff has been given a match at the Central Court against Elena Vesnina, who at the age of 34 is America.