Richard wins a Tough Battle in Bercy
Date: 30 octobre 2013 à 13:21:50 CET
Sujet: Tournaments (English)


Richard defeated Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-7 6-3 to reach the round of 16 in Bercy. His next opponent is Kei Nishikori who destroyed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's hopes for Master's Final participation. Richard himself is not guaranteed a London spot yet, but got one step closer with yesterday's win.

Richard could break Verdasco at the end of the first set to take it 7-5. Broken at the start of the second, he managed to come back to 4 all and had match points at 6-5*, but Verdasco saved them with typical lefthander's out wide serves on the add court.

In the follwing tie break, Richard managed to fend off three set points from Verdasco, but conceded the set on the fourth.

In the third set, Richard had many breakpoints and finally vconverted one to go 4*-3 up. He held his own serve and broke Verdasco again for a hard-fought 7-5 6-7 6-3 victory.





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