Perhaps the best thing for Richard Gasquet, as he prepares to face the defending champion, Novak Djokovic, for a place in the final here, is that almost nobody expects or believes he will win. For a man who has spent a large chunk of his career inside the top 20, and been as high as No7, that may sound harsh. But his record of one win in 12 meetings with the world No 1, back in 2007, and just one set to his name since that victory, means Gasquet knows that he is the underdog. And that is how he likes it.
Richard Gasquet knows he is the underdog against Novak Djokovic in semi-final
