Richard Gasquet – Victor Estrella Burgos

Victor Estrella Burgos (90 ATP)

The player in the Dominican Republic came to this tournament after a series of 5 consecutive defeats, suffered on his favorite surface, the clay. The last of them came in the first round in Geneva, where they yielded in a minimum of sets in front of young Jared Donaldson (72 ATP), score 6-2, 6-4.

This season, Victor has a balance of 16 wins and 12 defeats (11-9 per clay). The most important result was achieved in the ATP tournament in Quito, where Estrella became the champion for the third consecutive season.

In the first round of Roland Garros, he was very close to leaving the tournament, 2-0 to sets in favor of his opponent, Teymuraz Gabashvili (146 ATP). Since then, the game of the Dominican Republic has significantly increased the level of the game and won the following 3 sets, at 6, 3 and 2.

Richard Gasquet (25 ATP)

The host’s representative does not cross a brilliant season, but even so, Richard introduced it to the final in Montpellier, the last act lost to the young Alexander Zverev (10 ATP) with the score of 7-6, 6-3. This season, the French player has a 15 wins and seven defeats (2-2 on clay).

In the first round of Roland Garros, Gasquet passed without difficulty the Belgian Arthur De Greef (127 ATP) with the score of 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Richard’s best result at Roland Garros was precisely that of 2016, when the French managed to qualify to the quarter-finals, where he succumbed to Andy Murray with a score of 3-1 in sets.