Richard Gasquet shocks Shevchenko in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Rublev. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Gasquet stuns Shevchenko to face Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Alexander Shevchenko

Richard Gasquet stuns Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha on Tuesday. Gasquet will engage against Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. Gasquet won this tournament once in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.

Gasquet
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Gasquet's Record

The French player added to his prize money $ 9,630 after winning this match. He has already won $ 24,600 after this win. If he wins the next match, Richard will add $ 17,590 to his earnings to get in total $ 42,190 in total.

Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Alexander Shevchenko Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gasquet
Shevchenko
Richard Gasquet
6-4 6-4
1h:29
Alexander Shevchenko
72
72
Total points
61
61
30
30
Winners
29
29
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
61%
61%
1st in
62%
62%
77%
77%
1st won
67%
67%
30/39
30/39
1st won
29/43
29/43
64%
64%
2nd won
54%
54%
16/25
16/25
2nd won
14/26
14/26
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
0/2
0/2
29%
29%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the French player scored 72 points vs. Shevchenko’s 61.

Gasquet

Gasquet served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (16/25) on his second serve. Gasquet won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Shevchenko

On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Gasquet and Shevchenko is 1-0 for Richard.

Draw and next match H2H: Richard Gasquet vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Gasquet will face Rublev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Richard Gasquet and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Richard Gasquet Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Gasquet HTML
GasquetShevchenko
HTML
G
0
0
S
0
0

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Richard conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Richard converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).

They contested 66 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Kazakhstani (38-28). The French player surrendered 6 points on serve (22-6). In addition, on the other side, Alexander conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

2nd Set -
Gasquet Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Gasquet got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexander Shevchenko in the 2nd game (2-0). The French player managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Kazakhstani before winning the set (6-4).

Gasquet was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (0-2 40-A).

They played 67 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Gasquet won just 1 point more than Shevchenko (34-33). Richard lost 12 points on serve (24-12). on the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).

1st
Gasquet
Shevchenko
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Gasquet
Shevchenko
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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