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Istomin upsets Gasquet


 

Originally published on 19/09/17 00:00

The 31-year-old had lost six of his seven previous encounters with his French opponent but he was clinical in the second and third sets as he took out the No.6 seed.

Gasquet, who bagged his first Challenger Tour title in seven years on Sunday, won 52% of the total points played however he paid the price for only converting three of thirteen break-point chances.

There was a better result for another home favourite in Metz. The unpredictable Benoit Paire was a 6-2 6-4 winner over Stefanos Tsitsipas in just 57 minutes.

Also through to the second round is Nikoloz Basilashvili, Peter Gojowczyk, Yannick Maden, Marcel Granollers and Nicolas Almagro.

At the ATP 250 event in St. Petersburg, qualifier, Liam Broady, won his first main tour level match this year after a resounding 6-3 6-0 triumph over Ernests Gublis.

Viktor Troicki defeated Andrey Kuznetsov 7-6(6) 7-6(2), Mikhail Youzhny overcame John-Patrick Smith 7-6(6) 6-4 and Ricardas Berankis battled back to take out Daniel Masur 3-6 6-3 6-2.

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Tim Farthing, Tennishead Editorial Director & Owner, has been a huge tennis fan his whole life. He's a tennis journalist and entrepreneur as well as playing tennis to a national standard. He also helps manage his local club and volunteers for his local tennis organisation. He's a specialist in content about the administration of professional tennis and tennis coaching for all levels.