Richard Gasquet has been defeated by Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in the first round of Marseille Open. Muller won the match by 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(7/5).
This was a thriller of a match. Both the players kept fighting till the end, but, it was Muller who pulled it off eventually.
Gasquet was in a great position at one point of time. After coming back into the match by winning the second set, he was leading by 5-2 in the final set. But, suddenly, he lost the plot and let the game drift away from him.
Gasquet was going through a dream run before this tournament. Out of the last 17 matches that he had played, he had won 15. So, he was high on confidence coming into this match. But, he looked completely out of sorts in the opening set. He was thrashed by his opponent in the first set. But, the way he came back in the second set, it seemed that he has got back into rhythm now and he would dominate in the third set.
Gasquet started the third set in a dominating fashion, but, by playing some lose shots towards the end, he gave his opponent the opportunity to tie the scores. The set went into the tie breaker in which Gasquet again played some erratic shots and lost the match.
In the post match interview, Gasquet said, “I hadn’t expected to lose after getting ahead by 5-2 in the final set. But, it’s my fault. I really committed a lot of mistakes towards the end and that’s why, I am out of the tournament. It really hurts when you lose a match after getting into such a good position.”
In the second round, Muller will take on Marcel Granollers of Spain.
Richard Gasquet has made his way into the second round of the Australian Open with an easy victory over Albert Montanes of Spain in the opening round. Gasquet defeated Montanes in the straight sets by 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.
Montanes fought hard in the opening set, but, the next couple of sets were completely dominated by the Frenchman who took just 96 minutes to wrap up the match.
This was the fifth match between these two players. The previous four matches were won by Gasquet.
This was Montanes’ 7th consecutive defeat in the first round of the Grand Slams. He hasn’t managed to reach the second round of a Grand Slam after the French Open 2011.
Montanes made a decent start to the match. In the first four games of the opening set, both the players held their service and the scores were levelled at 2-2 at the end of the fourth game.
Montanes got a breakthrough in the fifth game to take a lead of 3-2. The next four games went with the serve and Montanes was ahead by 5-4 at the end of the ninth game.
The Spaniard needed to hold his service in the 10th game to win the first set, but, he didn’t manage to do that. Gasquet broke his service in the ninth game and then, held his service in the next game to take the lead of 6-5. The Frenchman sealed the opening set with another serve break in the 12th game.
After struggling a bit in the first set, Gasquet raised the standard of his game in the next two sets. His performance was brilliant in the second and the third set. He let his opponent win just three games in the last two sets.
In the second round, Gasquet will take on Alejandro Falla of Colombia.
Richard Gasquet has defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in the semi final of the Thailand Open. At one point of time, Gasquet was on the verge of losing the match. He lost the first set and was trailed in the second set by 0-4. But, the Frenchman bounced back remarkably well from that stage and won the match by 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Gasquet took 1 hour and 56 minutes to defeat Nieminen and make his way into the final.
The first five games of the first set went with the serve and the scorecard was saying 3-2 in the favour of Nieminen at the end of the fifth game. The Finnish player got a breakthrough in the sixth game and then, held his service in the seventh and the ninth game to win the first set by 6-3.
Gasquet was off to a very poor start in the second set. His service was broken in the first and the third game and he lost the first four games in a row. It seemed that the Finnish player would pull off a great upset. But, Gasquet managed to sneak a breakthrough in the sixth game and won the next three games to reduce the lead to 4-3.
Nieminen held his service in the eighth game and the score became 5-3. Nieminen was just one game away from winning the match. But, Gasquet didn’t let him win any game after that in the second set. He won the last four games and won the second set by 7-5.
In the final set, Gasquet played high quality tennis. He got breakthroughs in the fourth and the eighth game and won the final set by 6-2. In the post match press conference, Gasquet said, “I didn’t play well at all in the first set and in the earlier part of the second set. But, I backed myself and that breakthrough in the sixth game of the second set really helped me to regain my confidence.”
In the final match, Gasquet will take on his compatriot Gilles Simon.
Richard Gasquet has defeated Bardley Klahn of USA in the second round of the US Open. Gasquet won the match in the straight sets by 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.The Frenchman looked in sublime form and he flattened the local boy with his fabulous shots. Klahn, who was given the entry through wildcard, allowed Gasquet to dominate him by making a number of unforced errors. Gasquet took just 2 hours to knock Klahn out of the tournament.
Gasquet, who has been given the 13th seed in the competition, made a very good start to the match. He broke the service of Klahn in the second game of the first set and won the first three games in a row to make the score 3-0. Klahn needed to get a breakthrough to make a comeback in the set, but, he didn’t get that. Gasquet held his serves in the remaining games to win the first set by 6-3. In the second set, both the players held their service in the first six games and the scores were levelled at 3-3 at the end of the sixth game. The Frenchman managed to sneak a breakthrough in the seventh game to take a lead of 4-3. Thereafter, he served out the 8th and the 10th game to grab the second set by the same margin of 6-3. Kalhn got three breakpoints in the second set, but, he didn’t manage to capitalize on any of those breakpoints.
In the third set, Gasquet was in a furious mood. He broke Kalhn’s service twice and sealed the third set by 6-1 to win the match. Gasquet smashed a total of 28 winners including 6 aces in the match. In the third round, Gasquet will play against Steve Johnson of USA.
Richard Gasquet has defeated Robin Haase of Netherlands in the first round of the men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics. Gasquet won the match in straight sets by 6-3, 6-3. Haase is the highest ranked Netherlands player in the competition, but, he was not even close to his best in the match. He played some loose shots in the match and let Gasquet dominate him. This was the first match between Gasquet and Haase. Gasquet kept Haase under pressure right from the start of the match.
Gasquet got a break through in the fourth game of the first set to take a lead of 3-1. He held his service in the following game to make the score 4-1. He kept that lead till the end of the first set and won the first set by 6-3. Haase started a bit better in the second set. In the first five games of the second set, both the players held their service and the score was 3-2. But, after that, Gasquet didn’t give the Dutch player any chance. He broke the service of Haase in the seventh and the ninth game and won the next four games consecutively to win the second set by 6-3. Gasquet played amazing tennis in the match and looked in fine form.
Gasquet was delighted to go into the second round. In the post match press conference, he said that it’s nice to start the competition on a good note. As per Gasquet, he has always enjoyed playing at Wimbledon. It is a wonderful place to play tennis. On the other hand, Haase was pretty disappointed after being knocked out from the very first round. However, he congratulated Gasquet and said that Gasquet played better than him. So, he deserved to win. In the second round, Gasquet will play against Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus.
The French tennis player, Richard Gasquet, has defeated Nicolas Almagro in the third round of the Wimbledon Championship 2012. Richard won the match comfortably in the straight sets 6-3 6-4 6-4. Richard was given the 18th seed in the tournament while Almagro was given 12th seed. So, a win against a better seeded player would definitely boost the confidence of Richard Gasquet. On being asked about the match, Richard said that he got some umpiring decisions in his favour which helped him to win the first set. He said that those umpiring decisions disturbed Almagro a lot.
As per Richard, Almagro seemed to be going well in the first set, but his rhythm got broken after those umpiring decisions. Richard said that sometimes, when you work hard but you don’t get a point due to a bad umpiring decision, you get frustrated and it affects your further performance in the match. Richard said that it was his day and he got the decisions in his favour. According to Richard, the court had a bit of moisture in it and had got a bit of pace. The wind was also disturbing a lot. The conditions were not easy to play tennis. But, he tried to give his best and fortunately, ended up winning the match.
In the Wimbledon Championship last year, Richard Gasquet had to defeat Andy Murray to go to the quarter finals. But, the young British sensation was too much for Richard. He was defeated by Murray in the straight sets i.e. 7-6 6-3 6-2. But, Richard is pretty hopeful about his chances this year. Richard has to play against Florian Mayer of Germany in the fourth round. He said that he would try his best against Mayer and hopefully he would be able to register a place in the quarterfinals this time around.
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