Gasquet topples Musetti at Winston-Salem
Richard Gasquet defeated Lorenzo Musetti 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Spaniard Pedro Martinez, the No 12 seed, and American Steve Johnson in the next round
Richard Gasquet at the 2021 US Open © AI / REUTERS / PANORAMIC
Frenchman Richard Gasquet won against Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday evening.
In a first-time battle between two of the more stylish one-handed backhands on tour, the 36-year-old Frenchman hit 30 winners against 21 unforced errors and saved seven of nine break points.
Gasquet improves to 16-13 on the season while Musetti falls to 19-19.
Gasquet, ranked No 91, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Pedro Martinez, the No 12 seed, and American Steve Johnson next.
In the previous round of the Winston-Salem, the 36-year-old Frenchman benefited from the abandonment of Pole Kamil Majchrzak (6-7 (5), 6-2, 1-0).
Winston-Salem ATP 250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 823.420, most recent results first):
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dominic Thiem
- Fabio Fognini vs. Jack Draper
- Jaume Munar vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Mikael Ymer vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Pedro Martinez vs. Steve Johnson
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Kyle Edmund vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- James Duckworth vs. Maxime Cressy
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. John Millman
- Jason Kubler vs. SoonWoo Kwon: tuesday
- Laslo Djere vs. João Sousa: tuesday
- Ilya Ivashka (11) beat Peter Gojowczyk: 6-4, 6-2
- Thiago Monteiro beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (6): 6-4, 6-1
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