TENNIS SCORES. Strong-willed Gasquet survives Delbonis in the 2nd round in Cincinnati

Richard Gasquet survives Federico Delbonis 7-5 7-6¹ in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Gasquet will clash against Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Richard conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Gasquet broke back in the 9^th (4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Gasquet lost a big opportunity to break Federico in the 1^st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40) in the 1^st (40-0) and in the 1^st (40-0) game.

Delbonis lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 2-5 to 7-5).

2^nd set.

Gasquet had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Delbonis in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the French Player to win the set because the Argentine managed to break back in the 10^th (5-5) game. Richard kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the French Player scored 80 points vs. Delbonis’s 70 points.

Gasquet served very well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (12/25) on his second serve. Gasquet won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (3/10). On the other side, Federico was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Next Match: Richard Gasquet vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman – H2H and stats

Gasquet will fight against Sebastian Schwartzman in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Richard Gasquet and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gasquet (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Gasquet won 6-2 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Monte Carlo back in 2018.