French veteran Richard Gasquet will square off against China’s Yibing Wu in the first round of the 2023 ATP Rome Open on Wednesday, May 10 Get the predictions and odds of this Richard Gasquet v Yibing Wu match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Richard Gasquet v Yibing Wu Head to Head
Richard Gasquet and Yibing Wu have not played before this.
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Gasquet Squanders Win Over Hurkacz
Richard Gasquet came within a game of knocking out Hubert Hurkacz in Madrid two weeks ago, in what would have earned him his third top-20 win of the season.
The Frenchman rolled back the years, in a vintage display of aggression and excellent shotmaking. He took a 5-2 lead in the final set of that match, but Hurkacz found some big serves to reel off five straight games.
At 36, Gasquet has probably surprised himself more than anybody, with his general level this season. He’s won an ATP title for the first time since 2018 in Auckland and has managed to nail down a top 50 spot in the rankings.
It will be tough to replicate his great clay swing from last year where he won 13 matches and made at least four quarterfinal showings, but he’ll be expected to win his opening match in Rome.
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Since his history-making achievement in Dallas where he became the first Chinese man to win an ATP title, Yibing Wu’s stock has plummeted in the past two months owing to a set of poor results.
Wu has won two matches in his last four tournaments. By contrast, he had won nine of his 10 matches in February, finishing runner-up at the Cleaveland Challenger and taking home the aforementioned trophy in Dallas, Texas.
Wu has won a couple of Futures titles on clay, but hardly any result of note on the surface at the top level. In fact, he was second-best in each of his two matches this year, losing to Diego Schwartzman in Barcelona and Alex Molcan in Madrid.
The 23-year-old can still earn some valuable points between now and Roland Garros if can play anything remotely to his best tennis, with a top 50 breakthrough on the cards.
Gasquet v Wu Prediction and Tip
Wu has been in appalling form since winning Dallas. Gasquet, by contrast, looked in stellar form in Madrid, nearly pulling off his third top-20 win of the season.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Gasquet to win: 2/5
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 20.5 games in the match: 4/5
The 2023 ATP Rome Open will be played from May 9 to 21. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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