We have a super semifinal in Marseille as the seed no.1 and the seed no.3 will clash for a place in the final.
Richard Gasquet is having a smooth tournament in Marseille to reach the semifinal without dropping a set. The match with Dodig was complicated only in the first set as the Frenchman got the decisive break only in the 12th game (7-5).
In the second set Richard got an early break in the second game to race to a 3-0 lead. From that moment on he had just to control the match till the end. Match Stats
Gulbis keeps on playing the best tennis of his career. In the match against Mahut he broke the Frenchman only once (in the 2nd game of the opener). That was enough to win the first set 6-3. In the second set the duo went straight to the tiebreak that Ernests won comfortably at 1. Even if the score looks close Gulbis was far superior than Mahut especially in the baseline rallies. Ernests won 74 points vs. Mahut’s 52. Match Stats
Gasquet – Gulbis Head to head is 2-0 for Gasquet.
In the other semifinal Tsonga will take on a surprising Jan-Lennard Struff (world no.117).
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