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Post by getta on Jul 8, 2010 7:59:15 GMT -5
thanks for the info, Michael.
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Post by getta on Jul 8, 2010 8:00:46 GMT -5
today’s short article on Marcos' new coach published on the Cypriot internet-based tennis news portal Cyprus Tennis Society.
it’s been translated from Greek into English by myself. ==================================================================== www.cyprustennissociety.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=390Guillaume Peyre is the chosen oneThursday, 8 July 2010, 13:12 Guillaume Peyre, the man with whom Marcos savoured his greater success, replaces Eduardo Infantino as Marcos' coach. As Marcos Baghdatis had stated, his decision was based on the fact that he knows him very well (they were working together when Marcos reached the AO 2006 final). The decision to separate ways was neither Marcos' nor the French coach's but Mouratoglou academy's, Marcos added. "Guillaume knows me very well since I was 16, and I think he's suitable for the appointment as he can help me develop my confidence and accomplish my goals", the Cypriot champion said. Guillaume Peyre, who was at the work-bench of the Chinese National Tennis Team until now [/li][li][/color][/sup], is expected to arrive in Cyprus on Wednesday to sign the contract. Marcos gave an interesting interview - that will be published in a few days - where he speaks about his future goals, the frequent changes of coaches, his relationship between him and his former coach. Source: newspaper Politis=======================================================================
[/li][li][/sup] Guillaume Peyre was until now the coach of the female Chinese tennis players Jie Zheng and Na Li. i don't want to pretend that a "right decision" had been made by Marcos. [/color]
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Post by getta on Jul 8, 2010 8:58:57 GMT -5
Guillaume Peyre was Richard Gasquet's coach from May 2008 to August 2009. it was in August 2009 when Richie fired Guillaume Peyre. Richie is being coached now by the Argentinian Gabriel Marcus. his present collaboration with Marcus satisfies Richie's needs. you see, i follow Richie's career very closely as i'm an avid fan of him. actually, i have split loyalties in every match between Richie and Marcos... here's a very interesting thread about Guillaume Peyre: www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=131669i opened this thread in Richie's MTF forum at the time Richie and Peyre were working together... anyway, much information there on Peyre, perhaps too much information . please read all the links to articles there and you'll also find a clip i posted showing Marcos speaking about Peyre and Richie (in French). what i don't like at all is that Marcos collects rubbish left out by Richie. not to mention Guillaume Peyre's lack of professionalism and discipline, especially when compared with Eduardo Infantino's stern and authoritarian figure.
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Post by getta on Jul 8, 2010 16:55:07 GMT -5
here's an article published last November (November 10th, 2009)on the French daily newspaper Le Parisien that clearly shows Peyre's lack of class and finesse and his tendency to self-impose himself. ========================================================================= www.leparisien.fr/abo-sports/son-ex-entraineur-n-est-pas-rancunier-10-11-2009-705829.phpHis (Richard Gasquet's) former coach is not vindictive10.11.2009 ... =========================================================================== bwahaha.
i'm not going to translate the whole article from French into English. the gist is that Richie's father talked with Peyre on the phone last August and told him that his son started to work again with Eric Deblicker... Peyre pretends that he took him by surprise. he also adds that Richie is made of a champion's stuff but he's not really mentally strong as he's overprotected by his parents. he, at his 23, is too close to his parents, a mama's boy...
well, this was already known. thing is that Peyre should have protected Richie and should have told him what was necessary privately. Richie is a player of a great interest to the French public, he's "in the public eye"... Peyre, far from being discrete with regard to any personal information discussed with Richie, sounds more like a bitter, abandoned ex. well, Peyre's utterings were kind expected after he was sacked from his job for being morbidly inappropriate.
funny thing is that Peyre also said «S'il me le demandait, je repartirais avec lui demain. » or, in English «had he (Richie) asked me, i'd have restarted working with him again.» Guillaume Richie is not such a moron after all. what i find perplexing and worrisome is that Gillaume Peyre started his job in China last year as a head of the Chinese male tennis elite (dirige désormais l'élite masculine chinoise) i’d say the fact that Peyre ended up coaching two Chinese women today (Jie Zheng and Na Li) is despicable, yes, but not inexplicable.
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Post by getta on Jul 8, 2010 18:49:31 GMT -5
here's another article, a relatively recent one published on March 23rd 2010 on the French daily newspaper Vingt Minutes, which referred to the "Pamelagate". =================================================================== www.20minutes.fr/article/392932/Sport-Un-an-apres-que-sont-devenus-les-acteurs-de-l-Affaire-Gasquet.phpA year later, what happened to the "actors" that were involved in the Gasquet casePublished on March 23, 2010.Richard Gasquet, objective accomplished ... Pamela, page turned ... Guillaume Peyre, Thierry Champion, Rémi Barbarin, a sacred hangover? ... ========================================================================= won't translate the whole article from French into English. however, the point is that Guillaume Peyre, along with Thierry Champion and Rémi Barbarin, accompanied Richie that night (March 2009) in Miami. it was then when Richie got involved with Pamela (a waitress in Miami) and the cocaine scandal... how on earth Guillaume Peyre, Richie's coach and member of Team Lagardère at the time, was not capable of playing the role of the "rottweiler" and protect his protégé from getting hurt is beyond my ken.
on the other hand, Guillaume Peyre is the same "coach" that let Marcos take part in the "barbecue" hosted by Hellas Fan Club (HFC) in Melbourne in January 2007 where Marcos chanted anti-Turkish slogans... well, a year later this "incident" was officially veiled as an innocent support of the interest of Marcos' homeland, Cyprus that is. anyway, the whole case was of utterly stinking depravity as the strong connections between Hellas Fan Club (HFC) and Chrysi Avyi ("Golden Dawn", in English) [1] and the Greek hooligan firm Galazia Stratia ("Blue Army", in English) [2] are well known. these both two groups (Chrysi Avyi and Galazia Stratia) are neo-fascist, neo-nazist and uber-nationalist groups, notorious in Greece for their "radicalism"... yes, Guillaume Peyre failed once again to protect his protégé from getting hurt. [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysi_Avyi (there's also info about Galazia Stratia...) [2] hellenicnationalist.blogspot.com/2007/06/desperately-seeking-hellas-fan-club-or.html
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Post by getta on Jul 8, 2010 20:56:50 GMT -5
all this talk about Guillaume Peyre has reminded me of Marcos' feelings of betrayal (and disillusionment) by Mouratoglou Academy. so, i felt obliged to bring again to the surface the article i translated from French into English four months ago. [/li][li][/sup] [/li][li][/sup] actually, there are many interesting translations made by me in the second page of this thread ( News and articles, interviews): mbaghdatispage.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=infos&action=display&thread=155&page=2just a reminder as i'm not sure if all the not-so-recent posts in this site are thoroughly appreciated. [/size] ========================================================================== www.sports.fr/cmc/tennis/200951/baghdatis-je-peux-revenir-tres-vite-la-haut_258608.html14/12/2009 at 16:02 By Régis AUMONT Baghdatis: “I can make a comeback very soon up there”(read the whole article as i translated it in page 2, here's only a hot topic discussed by Marcos in this article/interview). The string of injuries coincided with his departure from Patrick Mouratoglou academy, in the Yvelines countryside, where Baghdatis in his early teens at the time attended his classes. The break-up left shadows behind. “I don’t feel connected to Mouratoglou anymore”, said straightforwardly. “This academy was part of my life. For me it was a family, not business. When I realised that they didn’t have the same feelings for me, I was blown away. It hurt me but now I take my look ahead.” Then an abortive attempt to approach the Team Lagardère, “I wanted to keep my staff but it was not possible”, the Cypriot was determined not to play anymore a part in the network system, which nevertheless allowed him to “make friends on the circuit, which is not always obvious.” oi, Marcos. also, an identical article was published on Orange (L'actu de l'athletisme en direct sur Orange ) written by the same sports columnist, Régis Aumont. there we go! dossierhightechmelitta.actu.orange.fr/infos/tennis/200951/baghdatis-veut-retrouver-les-sommets_256360.html
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Post by getta on Jul 9, 2010 0:24:44 GMT -5
another not-so-recent article from my rich archive. i kept it because it’s well written... and, well, it was only a matter of time to translate it from French into English.
so, now it’s been translated from French into English and adapted by myself. ======================================================================= www.republicain-lorrain.fr/fr/permalien/article/240457/Baghdatis-se-relance-chez-Lagardere.htmlMarcos will restart his career at Lagardèreby Michaël PERRET published on 20/11/2008Marcos Baghdatis joins the Team Lagardère. The last Open de Moselle has provided the framework for negotiations... All people at the arena will remember that day... Marcos Baghdatis' cry of pain, in the middle of his match against Ivo Karlovic, had seriously dampened their mood. After winning the first set 6-4, the Cypriot lost his serve at 2-1 in the second set, nad his back "froze". Julien Boutter, the tournament director, lost then the biggest crowd-pleaser and, according to the level of tennis Marcos played for one and a half set, a serious title contender. Conformed to his nice image that people are accustomed to seeing, Baghdatis granted a few extra days to Metz resting, while he was not under any moral obligation to do so. In the corridors of the Open de Moselle, it was not even surprising to see him chatting or laughing with other tennis players... and Corinne Vanier. The events director at Lagardère, who came as the representative of the tournament owner, could not hide her "friendliness" towards Baghdatis, finding in him a «truly charismatic player who plays the game to the end». We ourselves were bordering the indelicate, in an interview dated Monday, October 6, while we were trying to verify the arrival of the former top-tenner at the Team Lagardère infrastructure in Paris. It was then when Corinne Vanier replied evasively: «I was only detecting the severity of his injury...». Yet her move has already allowed time for negotiations. Indeed, yesterday Arnaud Lagardère announced on the website of the Team, the signed contract with the Australian Open 2006 runner-up, foreseeing in this «a marvellous opportunity to boost competition between players of different nationalities». Being a true showcase of Mouratoglou Academy for ten years, the tennis prodigy from Limassol changes his physical environment, also thanking his coach Peter Lundgren, with whom he has been working only for a few months. Close to his new coach, Olivier Soulès (Julien Benneteau's former coach) has clear definable objectives: avoid physical problems and regain the level that allowed him to reach the eighth place in world rankings in August 2006. ================================================================= well, well, well, the "funny" thing is that exactly three (3) weeks before Metz 2008, during the Orleans challenger Peter Lundgren gave a long interview to Argyris Argyrou of the Cypriot news portal Sigmalive where he described in detail his future plans for Marcos and his main objective to win a grand slam... apparently something very sad happened at Mouratoglou Academy during that 3-week period... something that shattered Marcos so much that he had to make the tough decision to split with Patrick Mouratoglou...
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Post by Ljubica on Jul 9, 2010 7:24:09 GMT -5
Thanks for all the interesting articles and translations Getta. It is very hard for me to make any unbiased comments about all the recent news, which is why I have preferred to read and stay silent. So let's just say that I personally feel Marcos has made a VERY bad decision here. However, he is an adult and has the right to make his own decisions and have these respected, - so I just wish him well.
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Post by christos on Jul 12, 2010 6:41:51 GMT -5
Just read at his facebook page, that Marcos withdrew from Atlanta...for personal reasons.
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Post by getta on Jul 12, 2010 6:57:43 GMT -5
Christos, i just read his announcement on Marcos' official website.
it's kinda expected as Guillaume Peyre is arriving tomorrow at Cyprus.
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Post by getta on Jul 12, 2010 14:09:24 GMT -5
ricklimpert.squarespace.com/journal/2010/7/10/baghdatis-pulls-out-of-atlanta-tennis-championships.htmlBaghdatis Pulls Out of Atlanta Tennis ChampionshipsSaturday, July 10, 2010 at 08:26AMDisappointed to hear that Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis had to pull his name out of the draw at the Atlanta Tennis Championships. This is a loss for the event as Baghdatis is a popular player when he plays in the States. This could turn into a positive as it may open the door for another top 30 or top 20 player to make his way to Atlanta. One wildcard is left and it should be able to attract another name player to this event leading up to the U.S. Open. ============================================================= Marcos, as a crowd favourite, will surely be missed by fans and organisers alike in Atlanta. Marcos' offer which was announced at his facebook at least goes some way to easing the disappointment at his withdrawal: Marcos has withdrawn from Atlanta, unfortunately, citing personal reasons. We know many of you had bought tickets to see Marcos in Atlanta and will be disappointed by this news. As a way of making it up to you, we’d like to offer fans who had bought tickets for Atlanta a signed postcard from Marcos. Please send an email to contact@baghdatis.com with your mailing address. Put in the subject line “Atlanta Autograph”.7 hours agoMarcos
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Post by getta on Jul 14, 2010 3:37:18 GMT -5
a week ago (Wednesday July 7, 2010), Marcos gave an interview to GIPEDO (or, PITCH in English). GIPEDO (PITCH) is the Sunday sport magazine of the Cypriot newspaper POLITIS. Marcos’ interview was published on July 11th, four days after it was conducted.
i have access to the PDF edition of the newspaper POLITIS:
pdf.politis-news.com
anyway, they maintain an online daily archive (PDF edition) of all newspaper content from the past 3 months only. fortunately enough, the interview was reproduced by the kind internet-based tennis news portal Cyprus Tennis Society. people of Cyprus Tennis Society just changed the original title. i kept the original title though.
it’s been translated from Greek into English by myself. not an easy task in itself, not at all. ================================================================================ www.cyprustennissociety.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=40211 JULY 2010 | YEAR 12, ISSUE 4069 Newspaper POLITIS, Page 92 Sport magazine GIPEDO, Page 8 by Andri Christou MARCOS’ SLUMP WAS DUE TO FATIGUE, DIFFERENT METHODS AND APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL AND HIS NOT-SO-GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FORMER COACH.
It was expected to happen…In sport, and life for that matter, everything that happens - whether it is a rise or a downfall - can be explained. And to avoid being vague, Marcos’ current slump can be explained. In addition, he has hired a new coach and a fitness trainer. We asked him for “explanations” of the issues raised, and Marcos, being ever-polite, answered our questions. Last Wednesday, the Cypriot tennis player gave this interview to GIPEDO and talked about everything sincerely, warmheartedly and straightforwardly… Please first tell us, how are you doing? Well, I’m fine. I’m in Cyprus right now and, last Monday, I started training for the upcoming tournaments in the States. In all recent tournaments you played, Wimbledon included, you were terrible since you were beaten in the first round… How do you explain these failures?I blame it on fatigue. Last year I had to work very hard to overcome injuries on my way back. Last month has been a bad month for me, but that’s not particularly tragic. OK, I could have played better on grass, to get the chance to earn points and climb the rankings, but it didn’t happen. I have played 18 out of the half-season’s 22 tournaments! That’s way too much tennis! I got tired of playing the game. As I already said, it has been a bad month for me, but I am not going to let it hurt me. I am looking ahead. Always! It’s just that after your win over Federer which was simply stunning, we all expected that you would have been able to act accordingly, but your downfall came instead. We thought that something must have happened to you…Nothing has happened to me. Last year I “consumed” much energy to be able to make a comeback and get my today’s high ranking. It as increasingly likely to suffer a setback. And it happened in the grass season. Was your former coach somehow responsible for your downfall? Yes, it now seems clear that my downfall was not entirely due to fatigue because our relationship has suffered lately. But that’s fine. We had both adopted the decision on whether or not to play all these tournaments. Tell us a bit more about your relationship between you and your former coach as of late… OK, he got tired too. We were not able to communicate well together and the quality of our relationship was affected. But I can’t say my former coach is responsible for my downfall because I hold the tennis racket. However perhaps if my relationship with my former coach had been better, I can see how he would have “meant” more to me. Perhaps the fact that I was not feeling well also played a key role… Did you have a sense… of lack of support? OK, he wanted me to play well. I am not saying he didn’t want this, still… if you can’t agree with your main collaborator on some big issues, then doubts cast over the relationship. These problems had a variety of negative impacts on me, but as I already said I don’t consider it a failure in the slightest. So, you have made the decision to put an end to this collaboration. It felt like being in an “abusive” relationship. Eduardo has helped me a lot. He taught me how to work hard, he showed me how to build a team around me, how to choose the appropriate collaborators and he taught me how to co-operate with them. I owe him a bit great “thank you”, but it seems that time for change has arrived. What was the main reason for this? Our incentives have changed. At the beginning of the season, you remember that don’t you, my desire was to improve my fitness level which should have led to having some climb up to very high positions next year. When I beat Federer, my former coach and my former fitness trainer told me “top 10 this year”! They put undue pressure on me. I was affected by them. I started playing many tournaments to earn as many ranking points as I can. That’s how it was, the improvement of my physical condition was neglected. I think we made a really big mistake. The urge toward my original goal remains. I am looking ahead and focusing on improving my fitness level to be able to play my best tennis. I need to stop thinking about ranking points. Normally, should it be the other way around? You have to think about ranking points and the coach’s job is to be accountable for your overall performance! I totally agree with you. After Wimbledon all these issues were discussed with my coach, but… You can’t tell me “OK, you’re right” and the following day try to stimulate me “you know, you have to play this tournament, you can rack up many points there.” These past four years you have changed five coaches. Apparently this is an issue… I always wish to a have long-term collaboration because I know how important it is. But I was a bit unlucky because in all the cases, except the last one, the coaches have parted ways with me, don’t blame me. For various reasons. For instance, it was not our intention at all to part ways with Guillaume Peyre. We had problems with Patrick Mouratoglou. We were not alone. Many people interfered in our business and this made our job harder. The decision-making process was slowed down by a “committee”. Guillaume had a contract with the academy and it was hard to make certain types of decisions. I then worked with Yiannos Hadjigeorghiou who had to leave me because of family reasons. I was then coached by Peter Lundgren for six months but he couldn’t follow me – I tried to convince him, albeit unsuccessfully - to the Team Lagardère. This was only because he had a very good contract with Mouratoglou Academy. I then joined the Team Lagardère where I was coached by Olivier Soulès. It was a very good collaboration, but there were moments of tension with the team. It was then when I made the decision to leave and being alone is the best way to be. I footed the bill, all the expenses – valued at 500,000-600,000 Euros per year - are all paid by me. I asked Soulès to follow me but he chose to stay at the team. Eduardo was the only coach I wanted to part ways with. A parenthetical matter: Is being alone so at a high cost? Take into account that I pay a coach, a fitness trainer, a physiotherapist and a sparring partner. Apart from the agreed salaries, they also receive all travel benefits and commissions. My monthly expenses are around 45,000-50,000 Euros. Let’s get back to the topic at hand. I assume that being stuck on someone must be a daunting task. It’s like any marriage, or a firm of only two employees... It can indeed be difficult. I know that a sort of stability is important, but… Never mind. Whatever happened, happened. Now I am looking ahead to the future. Whoever stands beside me and helps me, they will stay. Whenever I feel like they are useless, they are unfortunate. I don’t have room for wasted time. It’s my career, I make my own decisions, I’m responsible for my actions… And you hired Guillaume. You both know each other very well… Indeed. He knows me since I was 16. His name got out soon after I have made my decision to change my coach. For two reasons. Firstly, because it was not our intention to part ways, third parties were involved. And, secondly, because we have been through a lot together. I know he is able to help me right now. I expect him to seal contract this Tuesday. He isn’t affiliated to the academy now, is he? No. He was at the work-bench of the Chinese National Tennis Team until now. The basis for an effective long-term collaboration is established. We have the freedom to make our own choices. I hope to work with him until the end. You have also changed your fitness trainer. Is that right? Yes, but it was Horacio’s own decision because of his close friendship with Eduardo. I wish we didn’t need to part ways with Horacio, but this is impossible for now at least. Roberto Yunis, the new fitness trainer who has the same philosophy as Horacio, will come this Saturday. I will keep the physiotherapist. On to North America I’m not going to play Atlanta. Before the US Open I will play Los Angeles (July 26), Washington (August 1), Toronto (August 9) and Cincinnati (August 15). Whether to play New Haven (August 22) is not yet determined. Most likely “yes” due to last year’s wild card. I will practise as much as I can for three weeks, I’m going to play relaxed tennis in Los Angeles and afterwards I will give my best on the court. ============================================================================== Marcos Baghdatis, a typical atypical.
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Post by getta on Jul 14, 2010 4:51:40 GMT -5
Thanks for all the interesting articles and translations Getta. well, this very Marcos' fansite is so incredibly interesting that you feel the need to spend most of the wakening hours of any given day reading and searching content, and you'll never ever get bored. on a more serious note, i won't leave a clue of my thoughts on what will come... i just wanna take my time this week...
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Post by christos on Jul 14, 2010 16:16:56 GMT -5
Great job Getta as always
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Post by choupi on Jul 16, 2010 7:36:53 GMT -5
Getta, this site wouldn't be the same without your work and collaboration. So thanks a lot for your hard work
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