Richard Gasquet dispatches Novak in the 2nd round in Bastad

Richard Gasquet beats Dennis Novak 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Bastad on Thursday. Gasquet is going to play against Juan Ignacio Londero in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Novak won the set after he broke Richard in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. The French Player tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Dennis didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Gasquet conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Gasquet conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Novak in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the French Player to win the set as Dennis succeeded in breaking back in the 6^th (3-3) game. The French Player maintained his focus to break Novak in the 9^th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

After this encounter, the head to head between Gasquet and Novak is 2-0 for Richard.

Next Match: Richard Gasquet vs. Juan Ignacio Londero – H2H and stats

Gasquet will fight against Ignacio in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Richard Gasquet and Juan Ignacio Londero fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ignacio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Ignacio won 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Paris back in May 2019.