Richard Gasquet practice point tennis BNP Paribas 2011
Gasquet Online video Rating: / five
Gasquet Online video Rating: / five
Richard Gasquet has defeated Michal Przysiezny of Poland in the second round of the French Open. Gasquet won the match in the straight sets by 6-3, 6-3, 6-0.
It was a contest completely dominated by Gasquet. He overpowered Przysiezny with his muscular shots.
The Frenchman smashed a total of 39 winners in the match including 9 aces.
Gasquet was in an aggressive mood right from the start of the first set. He got breakthroughs in the 1st and the 3rd game and won the first four games consecutively to take a lead of 4-0.
Przysiezny reduced Gasquet’s lead to 4-2 by sneaking a breakthrough in the 6th game.
The next two games went with the serve and the score was 5-3 in Gasquet’s favour at the end of the 8th game.
The Frenchman broke Przysiezny’s serve again in the 9th game and clinched the opening set by 6-3.
Przysiezny couldn’t start well in the following set either. He dropped his serve in the second game to get trailed by 0-2. The next four games went with the serve and at the end of the 6th game; Gasquet had a lead of 4-2.
In the 7th game, Gasquet’s serve was broken which brought down his lead to 4-3.
Przysiezny had the opportunity to level the scores by holding his serve in the 8th game, but, he wasn’t able to do that. He lost his serve for the second time in the set and got down by 3-5.
Gasquet easily served out the 9th game and won the second set by the same margin of 6-3.
In the third set, Gasquet went absolutely ballistic. With a flurry of winners, he won the first 6 games in a row to register a bagel.
In the next round, Gasquet will face Nikolay Davydenko of Russia.
Gasquet Video Ranking: five / 5
Gasquet Video clip Ranking: 5 / five
Richard Gasquet has defeated his countryman Benoit Paire in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Gasquet won the match by 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Gasquet has come into this tournament with a bit of form. In the Sony Open played a few weeks ago, he had a good outing. The Frenchman had managed to reach the semi finals there. He was expected to dominate in the match against Paire and he began exactly in the same fashion.
In the first set, Gasquet just bamboozled his opponent. Paire managed to hold his serve in the second game of the set, but, after that, he was like a mere spectator. Gasquet was all over him with his powerful shots. He got two consecutive breakthroughs (in the 4th and the 6th game) and won the set by 6-1.
The way Gasquet had played in the first set, his fans would have been thinking that he would win the match in straight sets. But, that wasn’t the case to be.
Paire bounced back brilliantly in the second set. Although, he didn’t get a good start as he dropped his serve in the 3rd game, but, he broke back in the 6th game and made the score 3-3.
In the 8th game, Paire broke Gasquet’s serve again and then, by holding his serve in the next game, he sealed the second set by 6-3.
In the third set, Gasquet gathered his focus back and again, demolished his opponent just like the first set. With a breakthrough in the second game, he was off to a lead of 3-0. Paire held his serve in the 4th game, but, after that, he couldn’t win a game.
Gasquet got another breakthrough in the 6th game and won the last three games consecutively to wrap up the match.
In the third round, Gasquet will face Marin Cilic of Croatia.
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