INDIAN WELLS MASTERS - 1st round:
Simon Greul (ALL) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA) 7-6(8/6), 7-6(9/7). Next opponent: Monfils
Marinko Matosevic (AUS / Q) def Michaël Llodra (FRA) 6-3, 6-0. Next opponent: Tsonga
Bad news for Richard Gasquet. The Biterrois bowed in the first round of the 1000 Masters at Indian Wells against Simon Greul, 58th worldwide, after two decisive games and almost two hours playing a bad news that confirms the decline of French in the ATP rankings, it which is now 69th world and who will lose another 45 points in his 3rd round played in California last year. This defeat was not really far to turn into a victory, especially when you see its 58% first serves and 87% success behind. Gasquet bowed in just under two hours after having obtained a set point in the tiebreak in the first inning.
It is only the third win in ten matches in 2010 Greul (excluding its recent success in Davis Cup drop against the French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a meeting without issue). "This game is not hard to analyze, I served "disgusting" in the important moments and I hurt back, " Gasquet said that one of his own confession left the court "very angry".
Faced with this German dominated by Gasquet in Gstaad in 2006 and only won two games in 2010 before it, this game was played on a few things poorly negotiated, including 3 breakpoints unconverted in the first set and end of decisive games lost 8 points respectively to 6 and 9 to 7. Infuriating for those who found the hard surface after two tournaments played on clay in Buenos Aires and Acapulco. This defeat is 5th in 6 games for the Biterrois, finalist in Sydney in early 2010 and winner of Carlo Moya 1st Round Tournament Mexico two weeks ago.
The defeat of the French private gasquet poster interesting face Gaël Monfils 2nd round. Like Tsonga who will not face Llodra in the next round, the Parisian was clearly dominated by Australian Marinko Matosevic, resulting qualifications (6-3, 6-0). The Biterrois of 23 years decided to go play the Sunrise Challenger tournament to keep pace before the 1000 Miami Masters in late March, the tournament in which he had tested positive for cocaine last year, the beginning a long saga that has ruined his season ended in December when the CAS was cleared of any doping charges. In January, former No.1 French fell to the 69th spot in the ATP, has been quarter-finalists and finalists in Brisbane to Sydney. But since, as in California, the desert ...
OTHER RESULTS:
James Blake (USA) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 6-3, 6-2
Dudi Sela (SRI) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 6-2, 6-2
Lu Yen - Hsun (TPE / Q) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-1, 6-2
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