MARSEILLE RESULTS. Stout Ymer outlasts Gasquet in the 1st round of the Open 13 Provence

Mikael Ymer outlasts Richard Gasquet 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the 1^st round in Marseille on Monday after winning a huge battle. Ymer is going to play against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ymer got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Gasquet in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the Swede to win the set since the French Player succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (2-5) game.

Gasquet had to surrender the 2^nd game (2-0) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

An important stage of this contest was when Ymer won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Ymer conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Gasquet in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for the Swede to win the set as Richard managed to break back in the 9^th (4-5) game. Ymer maintained his focus to break Richard in the 12^th (7-5) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Ymer scored 100 points vs. Gasquet’s 96 points.

The Swede was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7). On the other side, Richard was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 30%

– 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Ymer and Gasquet is 1-0 for Mikael.

Next Match H2H: Mikael Ymer vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Ymer will square off with Tsitsipas in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record

between Mikael Ymer and Stefanos Tsitsipas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Marseille

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Antoine HoangHoang (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (1-0) – See H2H details
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-3) – See H2H details
• Benoit PairePaire – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Dennis NovakNovak (0-1) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details