In the 1/16 finals at the tournament in Antwerp, Frenchman Richard Gasquet will play Dusan Lajovic from Serbia.
Richard Gasquet
The 35-year-old representative of France received a wild card for the tournament in Antwerp. In early October, Gasquet played at the Challenger in Orleans, where he managed to pass a couple of stages. In the 1/16 finals Richard was stronger than Matteo Viola from Italy – 6:7 (4:7); 6:1; 6:0. In the 1/8 finals , a victory over his compatriot Lucas Pouille followed – 3:6; 7:6 (7:5); 6:3. But already in the quarterfinals Gasquet could not cope with the Czech Jiri Vesely, who eventually won the tournament in Orleans. The match ended in three sets – 7:6 (8:6); 4:6; 2:6.
Dusan Lajovic
The 31-year-old Serb is not in the best shape right now. At the end of September, Lajovic in his first match lost to the representative of Korea Kwon Sung-woo - 5:7; 4:6. After that, Dusan took a break for a couple of weeks, but upon arrival at the tournament in Indian Wells, already at the 1/32 finals stage, a defeat from American Tommy Paul followed - 2:6; 3:6.
Richard Gasquet and Dusan Lajovic played together in May 2018. At the clay tournament in Madrid, the representative of Serbia was stronger in two sets – 7:6 (7:1); 7:6 (7:1).
Forecast
Richard Gasquet and Dusan Lajovic have not won serious victories for a long time. It is difficult to look for a favorite in this match, perhaps he is not even here. We believe that it is possible to take a risk and bet on the victory of the representative of Serbia.
Jiri Vesely
Richard Gasquet
Matteo Viola
Mats Moraing
Roman Safiullin
Emil Ruusuvuori
Daniel Evans
Egor Gerasimov
Jaume Munar
Damir Dzumhur
Roger Federer
Paul Tommy
Dusan Lajovic
Horia Tecau
Soon Woo Kwon
Matthew Ebden
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Marcelo Arevalo
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Lukasz Kubot
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Marcelo Melo
Ruud Casper
Felix Auger Aliassime
Michael Venus
Alex Molcan
Richard Gasquet
