Richard Gasquet vs Benoit Paire ATP Dubai

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A 100% French duel will take place in the second round of the Dubai tournament, between Richard Gasquet and Benoit Paire, who saved 4 match balls against Croatian Marin Cilic in the first round.

Richard Gasquet

◾️At 33, he is currently ranked 56th in the ATP rankings, making substantial efforts to return to the top 50 ATP.
◾️His style of play recommends him on the fast surfaces, having as main weapons the solid service and a right performance.
◾️He had an accident that kept him away from the field for about 3 months, returning this season to Montpellier, where he reached the quarter-finals.
◾️In the first round of this tournament he defeated South African Lloyd Harris, in a minimum of sets.

Benoit Paire

◾️The 30-year-old French player is currently ranked 21st in the ATP standings, crossing one of the best seasons of his career.
◾️In last season he managed to win two tournaments on clay, in Marrakech and Lyon, and in Winston Salem he played the final of the competition, his final game being a high level one.
◾️The best result of this season was obtained at the beginning of the year, when he reached the final of the tournament in Auckland, while the Australian Open was defeated in the second round.
◾️In the first round of this tournament he managed to save 4 match balls against Croatian Marin Cilic and prevail in the tiebreak of the decisive set, in a dramatic match.

🎾Direct meetings

🔺The two players have met so far 9 times in the circuit, the score being 7-2 in favor of Richard Gasquet, but the last direct match was won by Benoit Paire, last year at Metz, with 2-1 at the sets.

🎾What is the shape of the players in the last 5 matches?

Richard Gasquet

◽️Frenchman Richard Gasquet, 33, 56th in the ATP standings, returns to the main table of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, for the seventh time in his career.
◽️In 2018, the year of his previous participation, the experienced tennis player from Beziers was eliminated by Borna Coric, with 4-6, 3-6, still from the first round of the competition.
◽️It is only the third competition in which Richard Gasquet will participate in 2020, after those held in Montpellier, respectively Marseille, in his native country.
◽️In the first round of the current edition of the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai, he prevailed in the minimum of sets, score 7-6, 6-4 against world number 93, South African George Lloyd Harris.

Benoit Paire

◽️After a favorable debut in the new season, materialized by a presence in the last act of the ASB Classic Auckland, where he gave up 6-7, 6-3, 6-7 in front of his compatriot Ugo Humbert, Benoit Paire reduced from “speed” ”, As evidenced by the modest performances recorded at the Australian Open, Pune, or Rotterdam, being eliminated every time since the early stages of competitions.
◽️Paire, ranked 21st in the world rankings, is in Dubai for the third consecutive year, on the main board of the ATP 500 tournament of the same name.
◽️A year ago he met the Japanese Kei Nishikori in the opening round of the competition, losing to him in just two sets, score 4-6, 3-6.

🎾News, analysis, statistics and progress about the 2 players.

Richard Gasquet

◾️Between 2006 and 2007, he held the 7th place in the world hierarchy on several occasions.
◾️He twice reached the semi-finals of the competition in 2009 and 2011.
◾️Throughout his prodigious career he has won 16 ATP titles, the last one he won two years ago, on the grass of Hertogenbosch.
◾️He also disputed another 16 finals in the professional men’s circuit.
◾️61% is the percentage of break balls saved by Richard Gasquet.

Benoit Paire

◾️It ended 2019 in the 24th place of the ATP hierarchy.
◾️Only twice against compatriot Richard Gasquet, out of a total of 9 direct meetings.
◾️So far, it has not passed the phase of the finals of the competition.
◾️He played 9 ATP finals, winning three of them (all on the slag).
◾️He has won 9 of the 15 matches played in 2020.

Tennis Prediction of the Day Richard Gasquet vs Benoit Paire

Given the performance of Benoit Paire in the first round against Marin Cilic, when he provided more than 10 double errors and won the match only because of the Croatian player’s childhood mistakes, I expect Richard Gasquet to get a new direct victory, considering that he also has a moral advantage of the previous seven victories over Benoit Paire.