Gasquet sets Tsitsipas round 2 clash at Miami

Richard Gasquet won against Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 on Thursday night and will play second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round

Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet in Paris, November 2022 (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
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Frenchman Richard Gasquet beat Australian lucky loser Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Miami Masters at the Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.

The legendary Frenchman, a former Miami semifinalist, earned his 596th ATP win against 371 losses.

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Gasquet, ranked No 40, will face second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas next. The pair split their two previous meetings, in 2018.

36-year-old Gasquet hit 28 winners against just 8 unforced errors in the match, as he improved 8-6 overall in 2023.

Miami Masters, other first-round results (Hard Rock Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

  • Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
  • Pavel Kotov vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
  • Lorenzo Sonego vs. Dominic Thiem: thursday
  • Gregoire Barrere vs. Roman Safiullin: thursday
  • Thiago Monteiro vs. Jason Kubler: thursday
  • Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Benoit Paire (Q): 6-4, 7-5
  • Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
  • Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Denis Kudla: 7-6 (2), 6-2
  • Roberto Carballes Baena beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-0, 3-0 ret.
  • Alex Molcan beat Jordan Thompson (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
  • Adrian Mannarino beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
  • Cristian Garin (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
  • Jiri Lehecka beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-4
  • Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-1
  • Quentin Halys beat Pedro Martinez: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
  • Emilio Nava (WC) beat John Isner: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
  • Ugo Humbert beat Gael Monfils: 3-3 ret.
  • Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
  • Yibing Wu beat Kyle Edmund: 7-5, 7-5
  • Emil Ruusuvuori beat Nuno Borges (Q): 6-1, 6-4
  • Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 7-5
  • Ilya Ivashka beat Daniel Altmaier (Q): 6-2, 6-1
  • J.J. Wolf beat Alexander Bublik: 7-5, 6-3
  • Alexei Popyrin beat Mikael Ymer: 7-6 (5), 4-4 ret.
  • Laslo Djere beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
  • Guido Pella beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
  • Marton Fucsovics beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
  • Facundo Bagnis beat Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (Q): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
  • Taro Daniel (WC) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-1 ret.
  • Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3
  • Brandon Nakashima beat Oscar Otte: 7-6 (3), 6-3

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