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Gasquet wins on last Metz look: ‘It is the place it began’

Norrie, Herbert, Struff advance at indoor hard-court ATP 250

November 04, 2024

It felt as if it was a full-circle second for Richard Gasquet on Monday on the Moselle Open.

The 38-year-old, who made the primary of his 33 ATP Tour finals in Metz, secured an exhilarating opening-round comeback towards Thiago Monteiro to remain alive in his last marketing campaign on the match. Gasquet saved a match level to prevail 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) and document his first tour-level win since Might.

“It’s essential for me to play right here, it’s the final time I’m enjoying in Metz, so I wish to do effectively,” stated Gasquet, who’s retiring on the conclusion of Roland Garros 2025. “It’s a giant honour for me [to receive a wild card].

“I’m actually proud of the best way I performed, the best way I felt, so it’s a giant win for me. All the pieces began right here [in Metz]. It’s the place I reached my first ATP Tour last. I’ve nice reminiscences enjoying right here, so I’m actually proud of the best way I performed in the present day.”

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Gasquet, the previous No. 7 within the PIF ATP Rankings, produced a medical efficiency on serve all through the match. The wild card, nonetheless, was significantly dialled in through the last set, throughout which he received 19 out of 20 factors behind his first supply, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats.

After bettering to 16-10 in Metz, Gasquet will face #NextGenATP star Alex Michelsen within the second spherical.

Elsewhere, Cameron Norrie battled from the brink of defeat to document his first tour-level win since July. The 29-year-old trailed a break within the deciding set, however dug deep for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Roberto Carballes Baena.

“I used to be proud of the best way I turned it round, it’s good to get a win after my damage,” stated Norrie who picked up a forearm damage that saved him out of the Olympics and the North American hard-court swing.

“He fought actually arduous in the present day, he’s a fantastic competitor. I managed to get a bit bit fortunate within the third set, and I had some good help. It was good to recover from the road in the long run.”

Norrie, who’s simply the second British singles participant in Metz match historical past (Andy Murray, 2007 & 2021), will subsequent face third seed Grigor Dimitrov.

On a day of French success, fortunate loser Pierre-Hugues Herbert stood agency to defeat sixth seed Pedro Martinez 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4). The 33-year-old’s triumph within the pair’s maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence was his first tour-level win since reaching the semi-finals in Metz as a wild card in 2023.

Aiming to emulate that success, Herbert will subsequent battle countryman Quentin Halys within the second spherical.

Seventh seed Jan-Lennard Struff bought his marketing campaign underway with an impressed comeback triumph towards Alexander Shevchenko. The German trailed by a set and 3-0, however dug deep for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win, establishing a second-round conflict with Corentin Moutet.