Richard Gasquet beats Forejtek in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – SOFIA RESULTS

SOFIA OPEN - SOFIA DRAW AND RESULTS. Gasquet wins against Forejtek to take on Salvatore Caruso in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Jonas Forejtek

Richard Gasquet topples Jonas Forejtek 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Sofia on Wednesday. Gasquet will face off with Salvatore Caruso in the quarter.

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1st Set -
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Gasquet grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).

Gasquet missed the opportunity to break the Czech in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Gasquet converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Forejtek was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 64 points. the French player won 6 more points than Jonas (35-29). the French player dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Jonas conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

2nd Set -
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Gasquet in this set was more solid than Jonas and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Gasquet converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Gasquet was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Forejtek (28-16). the French player was just too good on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).

the French player will add to his prize money € 1,815 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gasquet will add € 3,955 to his earnings to get in total € 13,195 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gasquet
Forejtek
Richard Gasquet
6-4 6-2
1h:09
Jonas Forejtek
63
63
Total points
45
45
27
27
Winners
27
27
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
62%
62%
1st in
63%
63%
96%
96%
1st won
68%
68%
27/28
27/28
1st won
27/40
27/40
59%
59%
2nd won
43%
43%
10/17
10/17
2nd won
10/23
10/23
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
0/2
0/2
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Richard scored 63 points vs. Forejtek’s 45.

Richard served pretty well to win 96% of the points (27/28) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. Gasquet won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Czech wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Gasquet and Forejtek is 1-0 for Richard.

Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Jonas Forejtek Sofia Open – Sofia

Draw and next match H2H: Richard Gasquet vs. Salvatore Caruso – stats

Gasquet will come up against Caruso in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Richard Gasquet and Salvatore Caruso since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Richard Gasquet Draw info

 

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