Ruthless Sousa grounds Gasquet in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – GENEVA RESULTS

    GONET GENEVA OPEN - GENEVA DRAW AND RESULTS. Sousa soars past Gasquet to compete against Casper Ruud in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Richard Gasquet

    Joao Sousa outpaces Richard Gasquet 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Geneva on Friday after playing a great match to clash against Casper Ruud in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Sousa
    Geneva
    Sousa's Record

    The Portuguese added to his prize money € 19,545 after winning this match. He has won already € 47,430 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sousa will add € 33,880 to his earnings to get in total € 81,310 in total.

    Highlights Joao Sousa vs. Richard Gasquet Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Sousa
    Gasquet
    Joao Sousa
    6-2 6-2
    1h:15
    Richard Gasquet
    68
    68
    Total points
    42
    42
    28
    28
    Winners
    16
    16
    41%
    41%
    Ratio Winners
    38%
    38%
    -- Serve --
    4
    4
    Aces
    2
    2
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    1
    1
    65%
    65%
    1st in
    57%
    57%
    82%
    82%
    1st won
    48%
    48%
    28/34
    28/34
    1st won
    16/33
    16/33
    56%
    56%
    2nd won
    48%
    48%
    10/18
    10/18
    2nd won
    12/25
    12/25
    -- Break Points --
    4/10
    4/10
    Total
    0/4
    0/4
    40%
    40%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Joao scored 68 points vs. the French player’s 42.

    Sousa

    The Portuguese served extremely well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. Sousa won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

    Gasquet

    On the other side, Gasquet wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

    After this match, the head to head between Sousa and Gasquet is 1-0 for Joao.

    Draw and next match H2H: Joao Sousa vs. Casper Ruud – stats

    Sousa will compete against Ruud in the final.

    This will be the 3rd time that Joao Sousa and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

    Joao Sousa Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Sousa in this set played much better tennis than the French player and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Richard in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

    The French player was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

    The Portuguese converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Richard was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

    They contested 64 points. Joao was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Gasquet (38-26). The Portuguese dropped 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the net, Richard conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

    Sousa was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Richard Gasquet in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Sousa improved his lead after breaking Richard in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

    Joao converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Sousa didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 48 points. Joao won 14 more points than Richard (31-17). Sousa was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Gasquet conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

     

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