Richard Gasquet advances to the second round of the Estoril tournament

by time news

Richard Gasquet qualified for the second round of the ATP 250 tournament on clay in Estoril, beating American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (80th in the world) qualified for the second round of the ATP 250 tournament on clay in Estoril in the suburbs of Lisbon by beating American Tommy Paul (34th) 7-5, 6-2 in 1:35 min., Tuesday. Gasquet, 35, will face the Czech Jiri Vesely (74th) or the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (85th in the world, from qualifying) in the next round.

A difficult start

Gasquet started the game badly against Paul, losing his service in the first game of the match, to be trailing 2-0. But the Biterrois unbroken to equalize at 3-3, then pocketed the first set 7-5 on a forehand attack too long from the American, whom he met for the first time.

The second round was much more largely dominated by the Frenchman, author of a solid match.

You may also like

Leave a Comment