Rome 2015

[DBR]

Richard plays a qualifier in R1, and then has a potential match against David Ferrer in R2 !

The full ATP draw is here - http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2015/416/mds.pdf

Allez Richard!!!

[DBR]

Richard training with Rosol today in Rome. Allez!

https://twitter.com/carcarnevale/status/596975893144313856

https://twitter.com/Ale_Vinc/status/596967444301873152/photo/1

[amurti]

How did Richard do against Rosol in the practice round? Anyway, happy to see him getting ready in Rome, hopefully a first round win, and also a win against Ferrer in the second. Go Richard Go.

[DBR]

Richard will play Thomas Fabbiano in Rome R1. Allez!!!

[Puschkin]

6-1 7-6 against Fabbiano in the first round in Rome. Fabbiano has a huge FH, but nothing else. So Richard just had to be solid for the first set. However, I felt he did not move particularly well and looked a bit desinterested. Richard broke the Italian early in the second set, but allowed a single bp and break when serving for the match, but overall I found him more proactive in the second set despite the hick-up. Fabbiano was poor in the breaker which Richard took 7-0. There were disappointingly few crowds for a show court match involving a home guy.

It has been a while since I could see Richaard's serve speed regularly and I liked what I saw, many in the high 190ies, some beyond 200 km/h, even if the speed machine seemed a bit generous to me.

[amurti]

Attending a course so could not even see the scoreboard, but home now and happy to see Richard won. Good luck tomorrow against ferrer. You can beat him richard.