Richard Gasquet shocks Cameron Norrie 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the final in Auckland on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Gasquet added $ 40,735 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 97,760 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Cameron Norrie ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
At the end of the match, the French player scored 90 points vs. Norrie’s 84.
Gasquet
Gasquet served extremely well to win 82% of the points (36/44) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 48% points (21/44) on his second serve. The French player was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Norrie
On the other side, the Brit was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gasquet and Norrie is 1-0 for Richard.
This was the 16th career title for Gasquet. (see list of titles and finals). Cameron remains with 4th titles after he conquered the tournament in Indian Wells 2021, in Los Cabos 2021, in Delray Beach 2022 and in Lyon 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Cameron won the set after he broke the French player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Richard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Norrie managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
Cameron was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Richard was spot on in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 3 points more than Gasquet (29-26). Norrie lost 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Richard conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Gasquet snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Gasquet converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Gasquet didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. Richard won 7 points more than Norrie (29-22). Richard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, Norrie conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Gasquet enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Cameron Norrie in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Richard succeeded in coming back to break Norrie in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Brit was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
The French player was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Brit converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They played 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Richard won just 2 more points than Cameron (35-33). Richard dropped 17 points on serve (22-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Norrie conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
