Richard Gasquet shocks Roberto Bautista Agut 7-62 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Friday. Gasquet will try to go further in the tournament when he will face David Goffin in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Gasquet won the breaker at 2.
2nd set.
Roberto won the set after he broke Richard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That was decisive for Roberto to win the set because he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.
3rd set.
The French Player in this set played at a much higher level than Roberto and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Bautista-Agut in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Richard won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Gasquet scored 95 points vs. Roberto’s 88 points.
The French Player was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4). On the other side, Roberto was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Gasquet and Bautista-Agut is 2-4 for Roberto.
Highlights Richard Gasquet vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
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Next Match: Richard Gasquet vs. David Goffin – stats
Gasquet will compete against Goffin in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Richard Gasquet and David Goffin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Gasquet and Goffin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gasquet won 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Montpellier back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Novak DjokovicNovak – Lucas PouilleLucas (7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- David GoffinDavid – Yoshihito NishiokaYoshihito (w/o) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevDaniil – Andrey RublevAndrey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetRichard – Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto (7-62 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicNovak – Daniil MedvedevDaniil (3-1) – See H2H details
- Richard GasquetRichard – David GoffinDavid (1-1) – See H2H details