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BANGKOK, Thailand—Second-seeded Richard Gasquet won his first tournament of
the year when he beat former champion Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-1 in an all French
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champion in just 68 minutes, for his seventh career victory. He became the third
Frenchman to win in Bangkok since Jo-Wilfried Tsongas victory in 2008. “Hes
French player and a friend of mine. Its a bit strange. I have won tough matches
this week. Its good for me because I had to come back to win twice in a week,”
Gasquet said. “Its my seventh title. Im really happy.” Playing with a right-knee
injury Simon, who has never beaten Gasquet, started brightly by securing an
early break but failed to capitalize on his advantage. Gasquet proved more
accurate with his groundstrokes, breaking the error-prone Simon in the sixth
game to lead 4-2. Gasquet then held his serve and broke again to take the
opening set when Simon hit a forehand wide. Simon stretched his knee before the
second set and again started by breaking Gasquet. But he appeared sluggish and
tended to falter first in longer rallies. Trailing 5-1, Simon saved two match
points but Gasquet hit a backhand crosscourt winner to wrap up the match. Simon
said the injury affected him during throughout the game. “It happened right
before the match. It was OK this morning. But when I started warming up before
the match, I started to feel something there,” Simon said. “It was harder to
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organization after three middling and often turbulent seasons. EDMONTON —It
was an emotional return for Jerome Messam. There were plenty of handshakes and
welcome-back hugs all around as the six-foot-four, 248-pound tailback returned
to the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday after being released Saturday by the NFLs
Miami Dolphins. Messam had 10 days following his release from Miami to sign with
another team south of the border but opted to return early to the CFL club. The
leagues top Canadian last season signed a new deal on Saturday that will see him
play through to 2014. “Were very pleased to reach a contract extension with
Jerome through the 2014 season,” Eskimo General Manager Eric Tillman said. “Hes
happy to be back in green and gold, and Im sure our fans will welcome Jerome
with great enthusiasm.” Messam took to the practice field Thursday and declared
hes ready to resume his pro career in Canada. “I want to play Monday,” said
Messam Thursday, referring to the Eskimos next game in Calgary. “I feel like Im
ready, physically ready. “My body feels great, my knee feels good. It was a
gruelling off-season (in Miami), I went through training like I never did before
so I feel Im in the best shape of my life. “But as far as getting back into the
swing of things, being comfortable with the offence, my protection
responsibilities and all that stuff, if not this week definitely be next week.”
Messam enjoyed a breakout 2011 campaign with Edmonton, rushing for 1,057 yards
to be named the CFLs outstanding Canadian. Messams arrival creates a logjam at
tailback for Edmonton, which already has Hugh Charles and newcomer Cory Boyd to
go with versatile Canadian Calvin McCarty. However, head coach Kavis Reed didnt
sound like he was ready give Messam a roster spot for Edmontons Labour Day
showdown against arch-rival Calgary. “Jerome is going to have to reintegrate
himself into our system, work his way back in,” Reed said. “We have every
intention of giving him the opportunity to work his way back into the fold, but
right now were going to focus on Hugh Charles and Cory Boyd as our guys. “Weve
already built our gameplan and Jerome wasnt a part of that gameplan so were
going to see if hes able to work in. If he wows us at practice, if hes that guy
who picks up where he left off prior to the knee injury last year, thats a
consideration. But right now Hugh Charles and Cory Boyd are the guys.” Reed
wants to make sure Messam is game ready. He said although Messam was in the
Miami camp he didnt get significant reps or enoughh work to get his cardio into
game condition. Dwight Clark Jersey. “The secondary part is
he hasnt played football for almost a calendar year so theres a lot of things we
need to look at,” Reed said. The 27-year-old Toronto native, who grew up in
Brampton, Ont., suffered a torn meniscus cartilage in his knee in the West
Division semifinal. He had surgery in Edmonton and an additional operation in
Miami, where he got only limited playing time. “When I got there I was coming
off the injury,” Messam said after assuming his spot in Edmontons dressing room.
“I was practising so quick and going to hard I had to have another surgery while
I was down there and didnt really get to do too much where they could evaluate
me.” Reed did say the team has the flexibility to add Messam to its roster if it
saw fit. Its more likely hell dress for the return game against Calgary next
Friday in Edmonton. However Messam fits into the equation, he would improve an
Eskimos backfield that just three weeks ago featured Charles and McCarty.
Edmonton added Boyd hours after his shocking release from Toronto on Aug. 12
despite being the CFL rushing leader at the time. Charles and Boyd currently
rank third and fourth in CFL rushing. “This is a very good dilemma,” said Reed.
“We went from not having anyone behind Hugh Charles to moving Calvin McCarty to
fullback . . . to now having three very viable options.” Messam, Charles, Boyd
and Reed all agreed Messams return creates a highly competitive situation, but a
healthy one. “And thats good,” said Reed. “As long as its healthy competition,
competitiveness is very good. “Based on the character of these individuals and
the fact Im going to be very up front and forthright with them, let them all
know this organization is relying on them to provide quality depth at that
position and our offence is morphing more into a run offence so we want to make
certain were fair to everyone and they have to be pros about the way things are
being handled.” Charles, who leads the team with 504 rushing yards, said Messams
return doesnt change his own status or put added pressure on the players. “It is
going to put a lot of pressure on Kavis and (offensive co-ordinator) Marcus
(Crandell) to see where everyones going to fit,” he said. “What we have going
now, its a great combination but I feel like theres more pressure on the coaches
then there is on the players. “It”ll be interesting to see how that plays out.”
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