Richard Gasquet - Zapata Miralles Bernabe

Game preview : We reached a R16 round at Szczecin challenger, at no suprise Richard Gasquet is still here, he won without bigger struggles in first match. His opponent will be young spaniard Zapata Miralles Bernabe who is new in mens tennis and match again this frenchman will be special for him.

Let's talk about players :

Richard Gasquet (30) - Frenchman did start his first challenger in 7 years with a win. He played maybe not the best tennis, but it was enough for sure. Maybe match by match he will reach his best tennis.
Richard is not so tall, but he have a good serve, good backhand and good strategy. Main qualities of Richard is his head, he thinks very well, his shots are near perfection, especially from the onehanded backhand. Frenchman played on clay only 7 times this year and managed to win 4.

Zapata Miralles Bernabe - Youngster from Spain with 39/21 balance this year on clay surface, he is good player on futures level, maybe even in challenger he can compete with many players. Zapata is very fast and progresive player, few years more and he can be in top100 easy.

What to expect? We expect nothing more, but Richard Gasquet win with under. Zapata maybe a little bit better comparing to first round polish player, but Richard will be ready, he will continue his good tennis and he is going to win ussing his experience and concentration.

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