BEIJING. Astonishing Thiem outpaces Gasquet in the 1st round of the China Open

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Thiem breezes past Gasquet to come up against Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Richard Gasquet

Dominic Thiem crushes Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Beijing on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Zhizhen Zhang in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Dominic conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

2nd set.

Thiem started the set in the best possible way after breaking Gasquet in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Dominic improved his lead after breaking the French Player in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when Thiem won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Austrian scored 66 points vs. the French Player’s 46 points.

Dominic served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 47% points (7/15) on his second serve. Dominic won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, the French Player wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Thiem and Gasquet is 1-2 for Richard.

Highlights Dominic Thiem vs. Richard Gasquet China Open – Beijing

Next Match: Dominic Thiem vs. Zhizhen Zhang – stats

Thiem will come up against Zhang in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Dominic Thiem and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

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