Richard Gasquet and Luca Nardi will play each other in the 2^nd round of the San Benedetto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.66
Luca Nardi -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Luca Nardi

There is no head to head record between Richard Gasquet and Luca Nardi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Richard Gasquet

Ranked no. 51, the French player got to the 2^nd round after beating Marcello Serafini 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Gasquet had a good straight sets win against Serafini (7-5 6-2). During the match, Gasquet scored 69 points vs Serafini’s 55. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gasquet recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Richard Gasquet lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gasquet put 57% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Richard broke Serafini 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Gasquet has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (281-186). 5-8 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gasquet has a compiled 77-51 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Auckland where he overcame Cameron Norrie in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4.

The French player has an aggregate 16-19 win-loss record in 2023, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Benedetto Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Luca Nardi

Ranked no. 154, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after beating Marc Polmans 4-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Polmans, Nardi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Nardi scored 97 points vs Polmans’s 82. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Nardi fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (42/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Polmans 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Luca’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pune Challenger.

Nardi has an aggregate 18-20 win-loss record in 2023, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gasquet	Nardi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	26
Pts	69-55	97-82
Total Points	124	179
Winners	26	42
%Winners	38%	43%

Both Gasquet and Nardi played 1 match. At the moment, Luca Nardi dropped 1 set while Richard Gasquet hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gasquet has played 1 set(s) less than Nardi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gasquet played 6 games less than Nardi. The French player scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Luca struck 42 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gasquet	Nardi
Aces	7	5
Avg per match	7	5
1st in	35/61	58/86
%1st in	57%	67%
1st pts	26/35	42/58
%1st pts	74%	72%
2nd pts	13/26	12/28
%2nd pts	50%	43%

Gasquet managed to score 7 aces . Nardi managed to score 5 aces . Gasquet won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Nardi won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gasquet	Nardi
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/14
% Converted	71%	36%
Conceded	4	5
Saved	2	3
% Saved	50%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Gasquet broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nardi conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Gasquet
	R1 Serafini	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	69-55	69-55
Total points	124	124
Winners	26	26
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	35/61	35/61
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	26/35	26/35
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	13/26	13/26
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Nardi
	R1 Polmans	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	97-82	97-82
Total points	179	179
Winners	42	42
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	58/86	58/86
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	42/58	42/58
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	12/28	12/28
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in San Benedetto Challenger

• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Matteo GiganteGigante (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Facundo JuarezJuarez (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Marcello SerafiniSerafini (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco FortiForti – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-4 4-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-6⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Marc PolmansPolmans (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Peter BuldoriniBuldorini (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 5-7 7-5) – See score progression

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