Khachanov, who lifted the Kremlin Cup earlier this month, recovered from a 3-5 down and saved a set point to battle past his Serbian opponent in 75 minutes.
Gasquet, ranked 28th in the world, held his serve to force a tiebreak and kept his composure to prevail on the first match point.Įarlier in the day, Russian power-hitter Karen Khachanov began his campaign with a 7-5 6-2 win over last year’s runner-up Filip Krajinovic. Having tightened up his game, Shapovalov roared back in the second set with a string of powerful groundstrokes but Gasquet recovered from 4-1 down to level at 4-4. Grigor Dimitrov and Karen Khachanov will lock horns in an exciting second-round encounter between former top 10 players at the 2021 Paris Masters on Wednesday.
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The 19-year-old Canadian struggled to settle into a serving rhythm as he made 18 unforced errors, including five double faults, allowing Gasquet to clinch the opening set in 44 minutes. Tennis TV subscribers can also stream the match live THE PREDICTION This is a surprising first ever meeting between 34-year-old Richard Gasquet and 24-year-old Karen Khachanov but a wonderful setting for the two to finally face each other in the quarter-finals of the Lyon Open.
Shapovalov made a brisk start and raced to a 3-0 lead before Gasquet responded with a mix of aggressive backhands and clever drop shots to reel off five consecutive games. Richard Gasquet returns the ball to Denis Shapovalov during their men's singles first round match in the Paris Masters.(AFP)
Home favourite Richard Gasquet punished an erratic display from Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov to progress to the second round of the Paris Masters on Monday with a 6-4 7-6(3) victory. you with personalized or no personalized and geolocated advertising, more relevant to your interests.
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