TENNIS SCORES. Goffin aces Gasquet in the semifinal in Cincinnati

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI. Goffin tops Gasquet to square off with Daniil Medvedev in the final

By
Luke Meyer
-
Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Richard Gasquet

David Goffin bests Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Goffin is going to play against Daniil Medvedev in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that David conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Gasquet came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Goffin in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, David managed to stage a good comeback to break the French Player in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Goffin scored 67 points vs. the French Player’s 44 points.

Goffin served extremely well to win 77% of the points (23/30) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (17/22) on his second serve. David won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the French Player was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Goffin and Gasquet is 2-1 for David.

Highlights David Goffin vs. Richard Gasquet Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Next Match: David Goffin vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Goffin will play Medvedev in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that David Goffin and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Goffin and Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Goffin won 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in Wimbledon back in July 2019.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

Upcoming matches