MONTPELLIER RESULTS. Gasquet hustles Simon in the 1st round

Richard Gasquet conquers Gilles Simon 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Montpellier on Wednesday. Gasquet will clash against Feliciano Lopez in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Gasquet conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Simon in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Richard to win the set because Simon found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game.

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Richard conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Richard scored 66 points vs. Gilles’s 47 points.

Gasquet didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, Simon was not so effective in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Gasquet and Simon is 9-1 for Richard.

Next Match H2H: Richard Gasquet vs. Feliciano Lopez – stats

Gasquet will play Lopez in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 8^th time that Richard Gasquet and Feliciano Lopez play each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Gasquet (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gasquet won 6-2 6-3 in the 1^st round in Vienna back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Montpellier

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-0 6-7⁷ 6-0) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Dennis NovakNovak (7-6³ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-7² 6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-7⁵ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Joao SousaSousa (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Feliciano LopezLopez – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-6) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-2) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – See H2H details