French tennis player Richard Gasquet has hired a new coach with hopes of revitalizing his 2009 career and return to the world’s top 10 rankings.

It was just last February that Gasquet was ranked number 7 and then because of a knee injury and several losses, he dropped to number 25. He has hired Guillaume Peyre as his coach, who helped Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis to the Australian Open final in 2006.

Today Gasquet said, “I was four years with my last coach and it was maybe too long. I needed a change. I’m trying to be aggressive on the court and I’ve worked on it in the (northern) winter and I’ll try to play well in this tournament.”

Gasquet is confident that he will do well at the Australian Open, which starts January 19th in Melbourne. At the moment, he is getting himself ready for the Australian Open by playing in the Brisbane International this weekend and also Sydney. Richard Gasquet says these two tournaments are the best way to get ready.

It’ll be interesting to see how he does!

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Richard Gasquet Finds New Coach for 2009 Season