67th-ranked and veteran Richard Gasquet will be up against the 82nd-ranked Joao Sousa in the second round of the 2023 ATP Auckland Open on Wednesday, January 11. Get the live streaming options of this Richard Gasquet v Joao Sousa match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Richard Gasquet v Joao Sousa Head to Head
There have been two previous meetings between these two players and both came in 2022. That’s a lot of years without having met in any form of tennis given that one of them is a 37-year-old and the other is 33.
Sousa won on the clay courts of Geneva while Gasquet had his revenge on the Wimbledon grass.
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Gasquet Wins First Match of the Season
After having been edged out of the Adelaide International last week by Marcos Giron, Gasquet came back strongly in the opening round of the Auckland Open here to register a straight-set win over Kiranpal Pannu.
A wildcard entrant, Pannu is ranked 575th in the world and proved to be no match for Gasquet, who came through 6-3, 6-1 to enter the second round.
Gasquet was on court for a mere hour and 17 minutes and did not face a single break-point in the entire match. In turn he broke his opponent’s serve four times from the eight opportunities he got to march on to round two.
Last year, Gasquet hadn’t had the chance to play in any of these Australian Open tune-up tournaments; this year he has a golden chance to make the quarterfinal here.
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Lucky Loser Sousa with Opening Bye
Such has been Sousa’s luck that despite getting knocked out of the competition in the qualifiers, he is here playing round two.
In his first tournament of the season, Sousa did not have too many problems getting past local lad Finn Reynolds but then fell in three fighting sets to Christopher Eubanks in the second round.
It was Francisco Cerúndolo’s withdrawal from the competition that gave Sousa another chance but what makes this opportunity even more wonderful is that the Argentine had a first round bye.
His absence means Sousa became a direct replacement for him in the second round.
Sousa will have his work cut out though given he is more of a clay-courter and doesn’t have a great record in hardcourt competitions.
Gasquet v Sousa Prediction and Tip
Gasquet starts off a heavy favourite and we will have to back him here to make it through to the quarterfinals. Sousa might not mount too much of a challenge either.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Gasquet to win: 4/11 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 22.5 games in the match: 4/5 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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