Monte Carlo: Fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro, sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and No. 7 Richard Gasquet all advanced to the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.
Tsonga beat Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (3), 6-2, while Gasquet had a little more trouble overcoming Benoit Paire 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and Del Potro was pushed even further as he struggled past Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Del Potro, who received a wild card invitation to play, was broken twice in the first set and came back from a break down to edge a scrappy second set which saw the players share five breaks of serve. The big-serving Argentine next faces either 12th-seeded Milos Raonic or Jarkko Nieminen.
"I wasn't ready in the beginning of the match, I was trying to play long rallies, but he play fast," Del Potro said. "I was trying all the time to feel better on court with my forehands and backhands. I found that in the end of the match."...
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01:00 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Buenos Aires: Richard Gasquet of France has been replaced by Gilles Simon for singles on Friday against Argentina in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. France captain Arnaud Clement withdrew Gasquet, citing an unspecified injury, at the draw on Thursday. In Friday's opening singles, Carlos Berlocq will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Juan Monaco will play Simon in the second singles match on the outdoor clay at Parque Roca on the outskirts...
09:10 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Murray will now play David Ferrer in the final and a victory over Ferrer would move him above Roger Federer into second place in the world rankings. ...
08:03 AM, Mar 30, 2013
The best-of-five series will be played April 5-7 in Buenos Aires. ...
07:38 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Bhupathi and Nestor defeated French pair of Gasquet and Roger-Vasselin 7-6 (3), 6-3. ...
03:22 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Tsonga had to overcome a sloppy third set to beat Weintraub 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 while Gasquet won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 against Sela. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 02, 2013
Seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stayed on track for a potential quarter-final with Roger Federer when he beat fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a fourth-round match Monday at the Australian Open. ...
12:27 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Top-seeded John Isner lost 6-4, 6-4 to fellow American Ryan Harrison in the second round of the Sydney International. ...
12:56 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Richard Gasquet has joined fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as a late withdrawal from the Sydney International. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Second-seeded Richard Gasquet overcame German qualifier Daniel Brands, while Nikolay Davydenko ousted top-seed David Ferrer. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Basel: Juan Martin del Potro eased into Swiss Indoors final by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Argentinian will face either Roger Federer or another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu, on Sunday. Del Potro's eighth ace sealed his 61st victory of the season, a career best. He improved to 16-1 on indoor hard courts in 2012, with his only loss coming against Federer in the Rotterdam final...
08:18 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Beijing: Fifth seed Richard Gasquet of France suffered a shock defeat to wildcard Zhang Ze in the second round of the China Open. World No.165 Zhang Ze converted all three of his break points to beat Gasquet, ranked 151 places higher, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Thursday. The Chinese player faces Germany's Florian Mayer of Germany in the next round. In the women's draw, seventh seed Li Na of China progressed to...
04:09 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New York: Fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain beat France's Richard Gasquet 7-5 7-6 6-4 in a rain-delayed match that spanned nearly eight hours on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open. Ferrer withstood two rain delays before completing a straight-set win that took nearly three hours in court time but spanned nearly eight hours to improve his career mark against the 13th-seeded Gasquet to 8-1. "We almost had...
08:46 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Toronto: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his second straight Rogers Cup title and third overall, beating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. The Serbian, also the tournament winner in 2007, won for the first time since Miami four months ago. Djokovic was coming off a third-place finish in the Olympics. "The losses I had in the Olympic Games gave me even more desire to come here and perform my best and...
09:45 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Gasquet was suspended in May after testing positive for benzoylecgonine. ...
12:26 PM, Aug 07, 2009
International Tennis Federation clears player to resume career. ...
03:20 AM, Jul 17, 2009
Nadal showed his trademark tenacity to win 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in two hours 22 minutes. ...
08:49 AM, Oct 16, 2008
Bolelli entered the draw after Marat Safin withdrew with a shoulder injury. ...
05:08 PM, Oct 14, 2008
Dubai: Ireland will appear in their third consecutive ICC World T20 after qualifying for the tournament with a comprehensive, nine-wicket victory over Namibia on Saturday. The win sent Ireland into the final of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers later on Saturday, where they meet Afghanistan to determine the group in which each team will play when the competition starts in September in Sri Lanka. Afghanistan beat Namibia on Thursday, sending...
04:04 PM, May 06, 2008
