Richard Gasquet downs Dominic Stephan Stricker 7-6(6) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Antwerp on Wednesday. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Gasquet won this tournament once in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Richard added to his prize money € 8,220 after winning this match. He has won already € 19,595 after this win. If he wins the next match, Richard will add € 14,210 to his earnings to get in total € 33,805 in total.
Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Richard scored 94 points vs. Dominic’s 83.
Gasquet
The French player won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Stephan Stricker
On the other side, Stephan Stricker wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Gasquet and Stephan Stricker is 1-0 for Richard.
Live score progression and stats
Richard won the set after he broke the Swiss in the 4th (3-1) game. Dominic tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Gasquet refused to give way to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Richard won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Stephan Stricker won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). The French player saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Dominic converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Gasquet won just 2 points more than the Swiss (45-43). Gasquet surrendered 15 points on serve (31-15). In addition, on the other side, the Swiss conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).
Gasquet had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Dominic Stephan Stricker in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Gasquet to win the set as Stephan Stricker managed to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. The French player maintained his focus to break the Swiss in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Gasquet converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Dominic converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 89 points. Gasquet conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Swiss (49-40). Gasquet conceded 17 points on serve (28-17). On the other side, Dominic conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).
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