RICHARD GASQUET VS KAREN KHACHANOV FULL

Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame a spirited Dominic Thiem to book his spot in the third round, delivering a crazy serving display where he hit 39 first serves in a row from the start of the second set. But I am happy to come back and finish with a lot of confidence. Hitting the ball with no mistakes, serving well with a lot of rhythm and I could not follow his rhythm. Emil was better than me until 3-3 in the second set. There is so much altitude here, the ball bounces a lot. It was tough for me to get used to the conditions. Emil played unbelievably, but I am really, really happy to get through that. I was really happy I was able to save that game and come back a bit. One of the break points he had at 2-3 in the second set was like a match point for him. Ruusuvuori played lights out in the first half of the match, making very few errors even though he was redlining his game, but he started to look a bit leggy as the match wore on, and Alcaraz’s drop shot did the trick. He came from a set down and saved five break points in the second set to defeat Emil Ruusuvuori 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. My pre-tournament favourite, Carlos Alcaraz, suffered a big scare in his opener. Round of 64 Madrid Open 2023 ResultsĪlcaraz Stages Comeback to Defeat Ruusuvuori

RICHARD GASQUET VS KAREN KHACHANOV FULL

You can see the full results from the second round below. The Greek prevailed 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) in 2 hours and 19 minutes. In the last match of the day, Stefanos Tsitsipas delivered an exquisite serving display to overcome Dominic Thiem in a high-quality match that went the distance. At the same time, qualifiers, Safiulin and Hanfmann defeated Tommy Paul and Lorenzo Musetti. Other high seeds to fall included Felix Auger-Aliasime, who lost a third set breaker to the in-form Lajovic. Things were more straightforward for Medvedev and Rublev with straight-set victories, and the Americans Fritz and Tiafoe negated tricky opponents to come through unscathed to make the third round.Īgain it was a round for the qualifiers and lucky losers, with six of them making the third round, most notably Matteo Arnaldi, who defeated third seed Casper Ruud to record his biggest-ever win. The round of 64 in Madrid is complete, and both Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune had to dig deep to stave off defeat, the latter saving a match point in the third set tiebreak.

Richard gasquet vs karen khachanov