THANK YOU CITI OPEN - RICHARD GASQUET v MICHAEL LLODRA

...The best set of tennis I saw last year won't show up on the AT P's head to head records. That's because it was a practice set at, hideaway on practice court 2, between Richard Gasquet and Michael Llodra. And after the initial pleasure of watching an extended 30 minute warmup, I then witnessed one of the best sets of tennis I've ever seen. Not only because Gasquet has one of the most beautiful backhands in tennis, and Llodra is one of the last bona fide serve and volleyers left in the game. The set was extraordinary because the spirit of these two players, their trades plied at opposite ends of the tactical spectrum, is exactly the same - swashbucklers.