Richard Gasquet shocks Moura Monteiro in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Michelsen at the Moselle Open. HIGHLIGHTS – METZ RESULTS

Richard Gasquet stuns Thiago Moura Monteiro 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) in the 1^st round in Metz on Monday. Gasquet will clash against Alex Michelsen in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2004. Here you can see his history at this event.

Gasquet added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.

Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro Moselle Open – Metz

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Richard scored 96 points vs. the Brazilian’s 91.

Gasquet

Richard served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (49/55) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (20/35) on his second serve. Richard struck 14 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The French player won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.

Moura Monteiro

On the other side, Moura Monteiro was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Richard Gasquet vs. Alex Michelsen – stats

Gasquet will compete against Michelsen in the 2^nd round.

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

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Brazilian clinched in the 9^th game (5-4) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

The French player was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Brazilian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 9^th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Thiago didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. Thiago won 5 points more than the French player (32-27). Thiago was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the French player conquered in the 10^th

game (6-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Gasquet failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.

Gasquet converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Gasquet didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Richard was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Thiago (32-22). Gasquet was untouchable on serve to concede just 1 point during his serving games (20-1). On the losing side, Thiago conceded 12 points on serve (21-12

).

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the French player won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Gasquet won 3 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 6^th (4-2) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Moura Monteiro won 2 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0) and 9^th (4-5) point.

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

Richard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). Richard saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 74 points. This set was so close that, Richard won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Richard conceded 8 points on serve (27-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brazilian conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).

Tennis Scores in Metz

• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 3-6 7-6⁴)
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (4-6 6-4 7-6⁶)
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-4 6-4)
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-5)
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (3-6 6-4 6-3)
• Quentin HalysHalys – Theo PapamalamisPapamalamis (6-3 6-1)
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Sumit NagalNagal (7-5 4-0 ret.)
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 6-1)

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