Daniil Medvedev prevails over Richard Gasquet 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. Medvedev will try to keep the momentum against Reilly Opelka in the 2nd round.
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Richard clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Richard was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Gasquet didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Gasquet conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Russian (28-18). Richard surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Medvedev conceded 8 points on serve (11-8).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
They contested 61 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Gasquet (36-25). The Russian dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
the French player was completely overpowered and the Russian won the set 6-0.
The Russian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 36 points. Medvedev conquered the set after winning 18 more points than the French player (27-9). Medvedev was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (7-15).
The Russian will add to his prize money $ 12,935 after winning this match. He has won already $ 28,905 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 7,715 to his earnings to get in total $ 36,620 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Daniil scored 84 points vs. the French player’s 61.
Medvedev served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (13/21) on his second serve. Medvedev struck 22 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Daniil was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, the French player was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Gasquet is 1-1.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Richard Gasquet St. Petersburg Open – St. Petersburg
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
Medvedev will play Opelka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Reilly Opelka square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Medvedev won 6-78 6-3 7-66 in the 1st round in Washington back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-6 7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Emilio GomezGomez (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Viktor TroickiTroicki (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Richard GasquetGasquet (3-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Jeff WolfWolf (7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Daniel EvansEvans (3-6 7-63 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-6 7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-5 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander BublikBublik – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H details and stats