Richard Gasquet will face Dominic Thiem in the first round of the Moselle Open. The game will start on September 21 at 09:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+2.5) for Thiem – 1.55.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 23 – 1.93.
Thiem had a good showing on the courts in Rennes last week. The Austrian reached the final on that Challenger. It was the first final for Dominic since November 2020. The Austrian is indeed in good form now, but he is still far from his former playing conditions.
The last time they faced off, Gasquet and Thiem went three sets on the indoor hard court. There is a good chance that this match will follow a similar pattern. Dominic is in good form, and Richard is not bad in the second half of the season either.
Gasquet played two matches in the Davis Cup last week. He defeated Jason Kubler and Michael Geerts.
However, Richard’s main success in the second half of the season so far has been reaching the third round of the US Open. He defeated Taro Daniel (6-4, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2) and Miomir Kecmanovic (6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4) before losing to Rafael Nadal (0-6, 1-6, 5-7).
Gasquet also reached the quarter-finals in Winston-Salem in late August. Here, he defeated Kamil Majchrzak, Lorenzo Musetti and Steve Johnson.
All in all, Gasquet is, oddly enough, in good form.
Gasquet has won eight of his ten starts at the Metz courts.
Thiem, meanwhile, played the Challenger in Rennes last week. On the one hand, you could say it was a good performance. After all, the Austrian reached the final.
However, the thing is that in the decisive match Dominic lost to UgoHumbert with a score of 3-6, 0-6.
The 2020 US Open champion was incredibly weak, winning just 57% of points on his first serve and 28%on his second.
Something similar happened to Thiem in his match against Grigor Dimitrov at Winston-Salem. True, he was lucky then. The Bulgarian took the first set 6-0 but withdrew during the second set because of poor health.
Thiem has won six of his last ten matches against the top 100.
In 3 of Thiem’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 2.1.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Gasquet’s Rating – 79
Richard Gasquet Wins/Losses in 2022 – 28/19
Thiem’s Rating – 216
Dominic Thiem Wins/Losses in 2022 – 14/13
Gasquet leads with a score of 3-1 in the head-to-head encounters. In the last match at the China Open in 2019, Thiem defeated Gasquet (6-1, 6-4) in two sets.
The match will be played at Court Patrice Dominguez, Arènes de Metz, Metz, France.
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