Ignacio Londero defeats Gasquet in the quarter of the SkiStar Swedish Open

Juan Ignacio Londero victorious over Richard Gasquet 7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Bastad on Friday. Ignacio Londero will square off with Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Juan won the tiebreak at 5.

2^nd set.

Gasquet started the set in the best possible way after breaking Ignacio Londero in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for the French Player to win the set as Juan found the way to break back in the 7^th (2-5) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. The French Player kept his focus to break Juan in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

The French Player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.

3^rd set.

Ignacio Londero won the set after he broke Richard in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break resulted decisive for the Argentine to conquer the set because he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

At the end of the match, Ignacio Londero scored 121 points vs. Gasquet’s 115 points.

The Argentine served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (47/63) behind his first serve. However he won only 46% points (23/50) on his second serve. Ignacio Londero won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 18% (3/17). On the other side, the French Player was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 22% of his break points (2/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Ignacio Londero and Gasquet is 2-0 for Juan.

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Next Match: Juan Ignacio Londero vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas – H2H and stats

Ignacio Londero will come up against Ramos-Vinolas in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Juan Ignacio Londero and Albert Ramos-Vinolas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.