MOSCOW. Astonishing Gerasimov demolishes Benchetrit in the qualifications of the Kremlin Cup

Egor Gerasimov makes light work of Elliot Benchetrit 6-0 6-3 in the qualifications in Moscow on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to face off with Rudolf Molleker in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much story in this set after Gerasimov conceded no games to Benchetrit before winning the set 6-0.

The French Player lost the 4^th game (4-0) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

2^nd set.

Benchetrit started the set strong after breaking Gerasimov in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Belarussian refused to bow to come back to break Elliot 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

A crucial moment of the match was when Egor won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Egor scored 57 points vs. Elliot’s 28 points.

The Belarussian served very well to win 85% of the points (22/26) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 41% points (7/17) on his second serve. The Belarussian struck 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Belarussian was pretty focused in converting 86% of the break points that he conquered (6/7). On the other side, Elliot was great in converting all the break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Gerasimov and Benchetrit is 1-0 for Egor.

Next Match: Egor Gerasimov vs. Rudolf Molleker – stats

Gerasimov will face Molleker in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Egor Gerasimov and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Moscow

• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Mirza BasicBasic (7-6³ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Maxime JanvierJanvier (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Lukas RosolRosol – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-0 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-4) – See H2H details
• Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (5-1) – See H2H details
• Lukas RosolRosol – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-1) – See H2H details
• Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (2-5) – See H2H details
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (0-0) – See H2H details
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Andreas SeppiSeppi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Filip HoranskyHoransky (0-0) – See H2H details