Richard Gasquet has been defeated by his compatriot Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round of the Australian Open 2013. Tsonga won the match by 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. With this victory, Tsonga made his way into the final 8.
This was the 8th match between these two players. In the previous 7 matches, Tsonga had won three and had lost 4.
Tsonga took 2 hours and 20 minutes to win this clash.
Tsonga was off to a fine start in the match. He broke Gasquet’s service in the very first game of the opening set. In the next 8 games, both the players held their serve and at the end of the ninth game, Tsonga was leading by 5-4.
Gasquet desperately needed a breakthrough in the 10th game to prevent Tsonga from winning the set, but, he didn’t succeed in that. He tried hard and took the score to deuce in the 10th game. But, Tsonga made the score 40-A with an ace and then, by smashing a forehand winner, he sealed the first set.
In the second set, Gasquet played better. There were no breakthroughs in the first three games and Gasquet was ahead by 2-1 at the end of the third game. Gasquet broke Tsonga’s service for the first time in the match in the fourth game and then, he served out the next game to take a lead of 4-1. He held his remaining serves after that and won the second set by 6-3.
But, in the next couple of sets, Tsonga was on fire. He didn’t drop even a single serve in those two sets. The Big Frenchman broke Gasquet’s service once in the third set and twice in the fourth set to win both the sets and secure his victory.
In the next match, Tsonga will face the world no. 2 Roger Federer.
Richard Gasquet has won the Qatar Open by defeating Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in the final match. Gasquet won the match by 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. It was a close contest and at one point of time, the match seemed to be going out of the reach of Gasquet, but, the Frenchman held his nerves and made a fantastic comeback. This was the eighth title won by Gasquet in his career.
Gasquet didn’t have a good start in the match. His service was broken in the first and the third game of the opening set and at the end of the third game; he was down by 0-3. He didn’t manage to recover from that stage and lost the first set by 3-6.
In the second set, the first four games went with the serve and the scores were levelled at 2-2 at that stage. Davydenko managed to sneak a breakthrough in the fifth game and got ahead by 3-2. But, unlike the first set, he lost the advantage soon as his service was broken by Gasquet in the sixth game and the scores got levelled. The next six games went with the serve and the set went into the tie breaker in which Gasquet completely outplayed his opponent and won the second set.
In the third and final set, Gasquet was at his best. He broke Davydenko’s service twice and took a lead of 5-2. Although Davydenko got a breakthrough in the eighth game, but, that didn’t make much of a difference. Gasquet got yet another breakthrough in the ninth game and walked away with the victory.
In the post match interview, Gasquet said, “I couldn’t have thought of a better start of the season than this. It’s a perfect start of the season for me. Today, I wasn’t quite up there at the start, but, I recovered well and I am quite happy with my overall performance in the tournament.”
Richard Gasquet has been defeated by Kevin Anderson of South Africa in the second round match of the BNP Paribas Masters. Anderson won the match by 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-1. With this victory, Anderson has made his way into final 16. This was the fourth match between these two players and surprisingly, Gasquet has lost all those matches. However, Anderson didn’t manage to walk away with the victory easily. He had to face a tough competition from the Frenchman for 2 hours and 17 minutes.
In the first set, neither of the two players managed to get a breakthrough in the first 12 games and the scores were tied at 6-6 at the end of the 12th game. Both the players got quite a few break opportunities, but, they weren’t able to cash on any of them. Gasquet got a total of four break points, while, Anderson got a couple of break points. In the tie breaker, Gasquet got nervous and played some ordinary shots. He lost some early points which allowed Anderson to seal the set.
The start of the second set was pretty similar to the first one. The first eight games went with the serve. But, in the ninth game, Gasquet got a breakpoint and he didn’t miss out on that occasion. He capitalized on that break point and got ahead by 5-4. He easily served out the next game and won the second set.
But, in the final set, Anderson was all over Gasquet. The South African played with a brutal approach and won the first 5 games consecutively. Gasquet managed to hold his service in the 6th game, but, that was not going to make any difference. Anderson finished the match with a serve hold in the next game.
In the third round, Anderson will take on Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic.
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