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Richard Gasquet holds on to top David Ferrer in U.S. Open quarterfinals

Richard Gasquet almost fumbled away a two-set lead, but won the fifth set over David Ferrer.

Richard Gasquet almost fumbled away a two-set lead, but won the fifth set over David Ferrer.

In 2009, after testing positive for cocaine, he missed the French Open and Wimbledon while serving a suspension that was reduced to 2 1/2 months on appeal. An appeals panel accepted Gasquet's explanation that the drug inadvertently entered his system when he kissed a woman in a Miami nightclub hours after withdrawing from that city's tournament because of an injury.

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