
Richard Gasquet stuns Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday. Gasquet will clash against Felix Auger-Aliassime or Daniel Altmaier in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2005. Here you can see his history at this event.
Gasquet added to his prize money € 19,720 after winning this match. He has already won € 44,220 after this win. If he wins the next match, Richard will add € 38,245 to his earnings to get in total € 82,465 in total.
Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Matteo Arnaldi Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Richard scored 103 points vs. Matteo’s 91.
Gasquet
The French player was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
Arnaldi
On the other side, the Italian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Gasquet and Arnaldi is 1-0 for Richard.
Draw and next match H2H: Richard Gasquet vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime or Daniel Altmaier – stats
Gasquet will take on either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Daniel Altmaier in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime and 2-1 vs. Daniel Altmaier.
Live score progression and stats
Gasquet conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Matteo Arnaldi in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Richard to win the set because Matteo succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Richard maintained his cool to break Arnaldi in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Richard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
The French player converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Arnaldi converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 66 points. Richard was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Arnaldi (38-28). The French player conceded 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the net, Arnaldi conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Matteo grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Arnaldi was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 77 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Italian won barely 1 point more than the French player (39-38). The Italian dropped 12 points on serve (22-12). In addition, on the other side, Gasquet conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).
Richard won the set after he broke Arnaldi in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Richard kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Gasquet converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Arnaldi was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Richard won just 3 more points than Matteo (27-24). Richard dropped 5 points on serve (14-5). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
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