
Richard Gasquet shocks Ugo Humbert 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Montpellier on Wednesday in what was an all-French player match. Gasquet will clash against Soon-Woo Kwon in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. Richard won this tournament 4 times in 2006, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Richard added to his prize money € 4,165 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Richard will add € 5,010 to his earnings to get in total € 14,180 in total.
Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Ugo Humbert Open Sud de France – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Richard scored 125 points vs. Ugo’s 119.
Gasquet
Richard won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Humbert
On the other side, Humbert had some problems converting his break points (only 9% – 1/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gasquet and Humbert is 2-0 for Richard.
Draw and next match H2H: Richard Gasquet vs. Soon-Woo Kwon – stats
Gasquet will play Kwon in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Richard Gasquet and Soon-Woo Kwon play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kwon (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Gasquet started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Ugo Humbert in the 1st game (1-0). However, Humbert managed to stage a good comeback to break Richard in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
Humbert won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Gasquet won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Ugo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Richard was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 113 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Ugo won barely 1 point more than Gasquet (57-56). Humbert lost 27 points on serve (40-27). Regarding the other side of the net, Gasquet conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Richard conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Gasquet converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Humbert was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Richard won just 3 more points than Ugo (35-32). Gasquet dropped 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the net, Ugo conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Gasquet clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Richard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, Ugo was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 64 points. Richard conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Humbert (34-30). Richard surrendered 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, Ugo conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Montpellier
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-73 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Lucas PouillePouille (7-64 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Alex MolcanMolcan (7-65 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Kacper ZukZuk (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Mikael YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – David GoffinGoffin (1-5) – H2H details and stats
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander BublikBublik – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-0) – H2H details and stats