Alexander Zverev - Richard Gasquet

Game preview : Montreal masters came to second round and already we have a lot of good fights today, thanks to draw. What players get in round two? 30,730 $ and 45 points, in perspective of points it is very good deal, a lot of players will improve rankings, especially those who came thru Q round. In today‘s match we have a two perfect players to watch youngster from germany Alexander Zverev and older wolf from France Richard Gasquet. Why this match is so interesting compared to all others? Well they both a good players and have a good ranking, maybe Richard is not a top15 player anymore, but he still play very well. Both players met this year 3 time‘s already, now it will be 4 time, so it is like clash between players.
Let‘s talk about players -

Alexander Zverev : Most impressive player at the time, recently he won a title in Washington, from the beginning of the season he started to win titles on by one and now he is 8 best player in the world. Player with Russian blood is from next generation, but we can say he is now already, he plays so good other players need to learn from him, at only 20 years age he is in top8 it is impressive. What is so special about him? Well he was training with his Father and brother, he learned a lot, now he have a new coach and plays even better. 198cm player, but very fit and weights only 86kg, so he is very athletic and fast, his serve is amazing, just like John’s Isner serve. He is still young and fresh and you can see it on the court, with all his talent and hard work he can be next top No.1.
Richard Gasquet : Much older player, difference between players is 11 years, so with that 11 years of experience Frenchman can do a lot in this match. Richard is totally different player, he is smaller, he doesn’t have such great serve or strong shots, but , there is always one but. Richard may be down in ranking, but he still knows how to play and he is getting back to good tennis after harsh time. Main qualities of Richard is his head, he thinks very well, his shots are near perfection, especially from the onehanded backhand. Even if he lost 2 matches to Zverev this year, he fought till end while everyone else lost to him without the fight. 6/2 score for this year on hard, but he will improve it for sure, player like R.Gasquet really likes fast hard court surface.
Comparing the players : In physical form and game play they are different, tall player with great serve versus smaller player with simple serve. They even play differently, all shot and strategy are not the same, Richard Gasquet uses his top spin shots from backhand and forehand, that really helps him versus players like Alexander. It‘s all about perspective and surface, while Sasha is very young and fresh he want to win everything, but remember D. Thiem he went same way and now he have a lot of injuries because of many matches he played, while Richard knows how to play and where to play.
What expect today ? : We think experience is the key for Richard, he lost two times in a row to Sasha, so he should made his conclusions about his opponent, he will not make same mistakes, but its not only about experience, it just who is better player at the moment , if Sasha will play like last week it will be very hard for Richard even with his new strategy, but we guess both players will be ready, maybe Sasha will be a little bit tired after winning the title, so he can start to play good from the second set.

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