Federer vs Gasquet MS Hamburg 2005 Final

Roger Federer retained his Hamburg Masters title in 2005 with a 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 victory over French teenager Richard Gasquet

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• richard
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• hamburg
• 2005

[foul01]

he does, but i still think Federer's backhand is superior to Gasquet's

Gasquet does have a more powerful topspin backhand but thats it. no one rivals Federer when it comes to backhand slice, flicks, volleys and half volleys (in the present era, so dun bring Rafters name up for volleys).

if one only hits hard but lacks variety and point constructions, one would end up like James Blake, (who has a pretty decent backhand too but goes for broke in matches a little too often at times).

[Stylaz21]

Gasquet needs to redeem himself very quickly.

[yogu17]

@foul01 Gasquet has the best backhand, no doubt about, sorry :)

[JonnySV]

@masterofmucus Fed's volleys are good, but definitely not what wins him matches. Llodra, pretty comfortably, has the best volleys on tour, followed closely by Fed/Steps.

[masterofmucus]

@JonnySV federer has a better volley than stepanek and llodra anyday....he has volleys that rival those of sampras and rafter etc....

[larbear36]

Richie has the hottest ass on tour to go with his backhand!

[MulletMan3108]

@JonnySV  oh yeah, but I was talking about volleys haha :D

[JonnySV]

@MulletMan3108 Fed's is good, but the three best disguised backhand droppers are Gasquet, Haas, and Agassi.

[MulletMan3108]

@JonnySV yeah and clement as well. but fed is definitely top 5 when you think about it. murray isnt too bad either

[misterlonely1446]

what happened to the second set?

[hariyama22]

it's like there are two federers on the court. :P

[JonnySV]

@foul01 I agree that Richie does need to use more variety, but I feel like Richie's disguise on the dropper is bar-none the best on tour (for a one-hander at the very least).

Going back to another comment about Fed's volleys, they are good and certainly top 5-10 on tour, but not the best. Llodra takes the top spot for sure, and probably Stepanek still has better volleys than Fed.