It was both brilliant and painful, spectacular at times and sometimes laborious, especially at the end, but in the end, what a great victory! Richard Gasquet, at the height of his 36 years, again put on the ground all the necessary ingredients for a real good tennis match to win against Miomir Kecmanovic, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6- 4 in 2:47, this Thursday evening, thus joining the 3rd round as he had done a few weeks ago at Wimbledon.
Faced with the young 23-year-old Serb, and given the damp conditions prevailing in New York, the Biterrois knew that he had to avoid the long physical fight. This is what he tried to do successfully by winning the first two sets by means of an offensive tennis at will (he went up to the net 33 times) and rich in permanent changes of rhythm. Kecmanovic has often lost his Latin, and his rhythm.
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From flamboyance to survival
But practicing such tennis also requires constant demands. After two sets, Richard logically started to draw a little. Led 4-2, he managed to come back to 4-4 after a good effort but when he finally lost this 3rd set 6-4, before being broken at 2-2 in the 4th set, we started to seriously worry about him. It was without counting on the grinta which still lives in the veteran Biterrois, author of the break in stride before returning to the score by saving a new break point.
This time it was less about flamboyance and more about survival, but it was just as beautiful to see. Yes, at 36, it was nice to see “Papy Richard” fight with as much verve on a tennis court, and it’s nice to see him win his first Grand Slam victory against a player in the end. also well ranked (36th) since a success over Albert Ramos-Vinolas at Wimbledon in 2016. It is also his first qualification for the 3rd round of the US Open since 2018. Leads, all that…
At this stage, Richard Gasquet could find a player of his age, and not just anyone. His childhood friend Rafael Nadal, against whom he has never won in 17 confrontations on the main circuit. That’s for the bad news. The good news is that Nadal still has to win his match tonight against Fabio Fognini. Meanwhile, Richard Gasquet will be resting well in the cool.
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