Emil Ruusuvuori tops Richard Gasquet 7-6(5) 6-1 in the quarter in Salem Open on Thursday. Ruusuvuori will have to play Ilya Ivashka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes.

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Ruusuvuori's Record

Ruusuvuori added to his prize money $ 13,610 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 32,350 until now in this event. If he wins the next match, Ruusuvuori will add $ 23,650 to his earnings to get in total $ 56,000.

Highlights Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Richard Gasquet Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ruusuvuori
Gasquet
7-65 6-1
1h:33
70
70
Total points
53
53
31
31
Winners
22
22
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
69%
69%
1st in
63%
63%
78%
78%
1st won
54%
54%
31/40
31/40
1st won
22/41
22/41
56%
56%
2nd won
58%
58%
10/18
10/18
2nd won
14/24
14/24
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/5
1/5
67%
67%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Finn scored 70 points vs. Richard’s 53.

Ruusuvuori

Emil served pretty well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. Emil was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).

Gasquet

On the other side, Gasquet was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Ilya Ivashka – stats

Ruusuvuori will square off with Ivashka in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Ilya Ivashka square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruusuvuori and Ivashka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Ivashka won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Munich back in April 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Ruusuvuori won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Finn broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.

Tiebreak

Ruusuvuori won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Richard won a minibreak in the 8th (4-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Finn converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Richard converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).

They played 88 points. This set was so close that, Ruusuvuori won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Ruusuvuori conceded 17 points on serve (28-17). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).

Ruusuvuori started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Richard Gasquet in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Finn managed to boost his lead after breaking Gasquet in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

A defining moment of this set was when the Finn won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

They played 34 points. The Finn was the winner of the set after clinching 18 more points than Richard (26-8). Emil was just too strong on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (12-0). In addition, on the other side, Richard conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).

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