Richard Gasquet leaves Antwerp with regret. For nearly an hour and a half, the Frenchman, particularly aggressive and precise in his strikes, produced a very high level of tennis, leading quite easily 6-3, 5-4 and serving for the victory against the Eye-catching Australian Alex De Minaur. But the 54th in the world totally missed his commitment and the meeting gradually turned.
At the same time as he declined physically, made more faults after being clinical for almost two innings and tightened, his opponent relaxed and entered the field. More enterprising, the “Demon”, 29th in the world, logically won the tie-break and then dominated the entire third set.
In the round of 16, De Minaur, 21, will face the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez who swept the American Tommy Paul (6-3, 6-2).
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