Thread by @MimineHB, Jo not trying to get any new friends on the tour. He [...]

Jo not trying to get any new friends on the tour. He just said he thinks the Big 3/4 has somewhat "killed" the game as for over 15 years they were winning everything, leaving little to no suspense

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"The difference between Roger and me? We both had maybe one real opportunity to win Roland, he took it. I didn& #39;t"

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Gilles is basically saying Forget was shit as DC captain lmao. We noticed

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Wait wait wait, Gaël just dropped a bomb. He said he fought in the locker room with a teammate during his first DC selection

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"Who& #39;s the funniest?"
All: Richie
Lmao yes, jokes at his expense

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Gilles is apparently even likely to forget his badges

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Gaël is always late, to the point of sometimes not even showing up in the end

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Who& #39;s always complaining on the court?
Jo *immediately raising his hand*
Richie: you& #39;re a legend, even sometimes complaining about the sun, the light, your opponent& #39;s racket

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Sugar is here

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Gilles called him "chouchou", I& #39;m melting

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Who eats the healthiest food?
*Gilles just suggested to Sugar that he should switch the green beans he will have for dinner to fries*
Gaël: yeah definitely not Gilles, he& #39;s a "Club sandwich, pepito" man.

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Who& #39;s a sore loser?
Unanimously: "JO"
Gaël: altho I remember Richie throwing a PS controller into the wall after losing a FIFA match

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Who had the best career?
Richie: Jo was a very promising player from the start and had the best results.
Gilles: Jo at the beginning but Gaël is more impressive as he gets older
I swear they are all talking as if they& #39;re retired already

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Jo said he& #39;s back to physical training now and will be back on the courts soon. He wants to play AO hopefully but he& #39;s aiming at coming back in January anyway.
He& #39;s dedicating all his free time to his "All in Academy", Elsa Jacquemot who won RG20 junior was part of it.

They& #39;re discussing about Gaston now and the French New Gen as a whole. Richie says it& #39;s important for them as the "older" gen to support them because they didn& #39;t have that kind of support from the previous gen.

Gaël says it& #39;s important to not "overestimate" Gaston& #39;s perf as it is just the beginning for him. It& #39;s hard to go back to the Challenger level after a performance like this in a GS.

Jo insists on how important "sharing their experience as former top players" to these youngsters is, maybe as a coach even.
Gilles said he never really received any kind of advice from the previous gen.

Also I LIVE for Gaël hyping up Jo& #39;s career any opportunity he gets, "we saw the frenzy around Hugo, it was as big as Jo reaching a GS final after beating Rafa, just for a 4th round"

Gilles says PTPA is a good initiative as players are badly represented within the ATP and don& #39;t really profit from all the money tournaments make. But he concludes by saying that, as of now, it& #39;s nothing at all, completely empty.

Ouch, Richie explains that it& #39;s harder and harder for him to play tennis and he might even retire next year. Says it& #39;s possible #Gasquet

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Richie says he& #39;s even more impressed by Roger& #39;s longevity. "We keep saying he has a less physical game but he plays the same sport, with the same effort, he just doesn& #39;t show it." Only one Roger per generation
Gilles concludes, "there won& #39;t be another Roger even"

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Gilles and Richie: we& #39;re at a stage of our career where we& #39;re just trying to stay healthy. Winning is just a bonus

Beni joined as Jo had to leave, says he& #39;s very grateful he had Gaël, Jo, Richie and Gilles to give him advice and support him. They& #39;re great role models

According to Ben, Richie is a great player in more ways than one

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Gilles says he had a lot of fun as the team captain at the ATP Cup. He loved managing the "brats"

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Gaël is thinking of organizing a press conference on Twitch with few French players, Ben (who apparently has some beef with few journos) isn& #39;t really excited.
Says he received tons of hateful messages after his loss in Kazakhstan and that journos are usually hard on him too

Richie can& #39;t wait to read Gilles& #39; book, he even forgot he was writing one because he told him about it like three years ago

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They& #39;re now comparing the number of wins they had this year
Richie: I had two maybe, UTS excluded. Best year ever
Beni: I only won my match at Roland because my opponent never played on clay

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Gaël: yeah next question

Richie is getting railed to give the name of his gfS (plural???)
So he& #39;s like" wait you don& #39;t remember what a player Gaël was before & #39;getting married& #39; huh? And Beni you want to talk? Are you sure???"

@FFLose Richard est un fan, "au moins c& #39;est fait avec humour" (at least it& #39;s fun)
Benoit aussi "c& #39;est franco, c& #39;est drôle, sans animosité"
Richie: "on est quand même des bons clients aussi"

Richard says having a great career in juniors didn& #39;t help him AT ALL.
Benoit says it& #39;s still the same today

Yes hun, they& #39;re talking about you

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Beni says there probably won& #39;t be any more "Stanpairo" , at least it& #39;s not planned yet #Confinement2

"WTA crush?"
Beni: one that we DIDN& #39;T date?
Lmao
Richie: Kirilenko
Gaël: Richie I think you& #39;re forgetting some *insert random private joke*
Beni: Bouchard is pretty
Richie: Ivanovic is a beautiful woman still

"Do you sometimes use a MTO to regain some momentum?"
Richie: look, when I do that, usually I& #39;m shaking your hand at the net in the next 10 minutes
Gaël: you& #39;re the bathroom break expert anyway

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Richie is impressed by the ability of the Big3 to keep improving themselves and their games even at 30+. He says they play even better now than they did at the beginning of their careers
Beni: and they manage to keep their motivation every tournament and every week

Time for some anecdotes
Gaël: last year, DC, 1 am. I owed him a TON of money because I kept on losing at FIFA. I ended up giving him all the gifts I got from the Masters

Apparently Benoit and Gaël lost astronomical sums of money at Fifa.
Gaël: Beni gave Sock his AO prize money

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And the live is done. It was a really fun moment between fellow players and most importantly friends

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(Sorry for the extremely long thread

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