Mikael Ymer prevails over Gasquet in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTPELLIER RESULTS

Mikael Ymer ousts Richard Gasquet 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 in the quarter in Montpellier on Friday. Ymer will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Montpellier

Ymer's Record

Ymer added to his prize money € 7,085 after winning this match. He has won already € 21,265 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Ymer will add € 10,845 to his earnings to get in total € 32,110.

Highlights Mikael Ymer vs. Richard Gasquet Open Sud de France – Montpellier

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ymer

Gasquet

7-5 6-7⁶ 6-1
2h:32

112

112

Total points

98

98

43

43

Winners

41

41

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

42%

42%

-- Serve --

4

4

Aces

2

2

10

10

Double Faults

8

8

52%

52%

1st in

59%

59%

78%

78%

1st won

66%

66%

43/55

43/55

1st won

41/62

41/62

46%

46%

2nd won

42%

42%

23/50

23/50

2nd won

18/43

18/43

-- Break Points --

7/9

7/9

Total

3/7

3/7

78%

78%

Won

43%

43%

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At the end of the match, the Swede scored 112 points vs. the French player’s 98.

Ymer

Mikael served very well to win 78% of the points (43/55) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 46% points (23/50) on his second serve. Ymer was pretty good at converting 78% of the break points that he conquered (7/9).

Gasquet

On the other side, the French player was not so effective in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Ymer and Gasquet is 2-0 for Mikael.

Draw and next match H2H: Mikael Ymer vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Ymer will face Zverev in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Mikael Ymer and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 6-1 6-3 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Paris back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

Zverev overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Richard Gasquet in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Ymer was not done to come back to break Richard in the 10^th (5-5) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Richard was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Ymer was perfect in converting all his break points in the 10^th (4-5 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Richard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1^st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 65 points. Ymer was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Richard (35-30). Ymer surrendered 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the net, Richard conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

Zverev was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Richard Gasquet in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for the French player to win the set since Mikael succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. The French player kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Gasquet won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (3-1), 5^th (4-1), 13^th (7-6) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Swede won 3 minibreaks in the 7^th (2-5), 10^th (4-6) and 11^th (5-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

The French player was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3^rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Swede was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4^th (0-3 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40).

They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Richard won just 3 points more than Mikael (45-42). Richard lost 18 points on serve (27-18). On the losing side, Mikael conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

Ymer had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Richard Gasquet in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Ymer reinforced his lead after breaking Richard in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Swede won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Ymer converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 7^th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Richard was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (0-3 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 58 points. The Swede conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Gasquet (35-23). The Swede surrendered 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

Tennis Scores in Montpellier

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• Alexander BublikBublik – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 2-6 7-6⁴) – Stats and score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-5 6-7⁶ 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Mikael YmerYmer (2-0) – H2H details and stats