Sohu Sports News In the early morning of June 4th, Beijing time, the 2021 season tennis Grand Slam French Open continued. In a focus match in the second round of men’s singles, defending champion Nadal remained strong, 6-0/7-5 /6-2 defeated the French star Gasquet in straight sets and scored a 17-game winning streak against the latter, which was also the 32nd straight game of the personal French Open.
The Spanish king Nadal gradually shifted his focus to the clay court. Last season, the French Open won the cup for the 13th time, and the number of career Grand Slam titles reached 20, tying Federer for the first time and ranking first in history. This season, Nadal played in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was reversed by Sisipas. Since then, his state has fluctuated. After entering the clay court season, he has lost to Lublev and small Zvi, but still won two championships in Barcelona and Rome. In the first round of the French Open, Nadal defeated Poperin in straight sets. In the second round, he ushered in the local player Gasquet, who has broken into the semi-finals of the Grand Slam three times. Although Gasquet is strong, there is nothing to do when facing Nadal. The two have met 17 times in their careers. In addition to losing the first game, Nadal has scored 16 games against Gasquet. Winning streak.
In the first game, Nadal, who took the lead to serve, quickly entered the state, and lovegame easily completed the guarantee. In the second game, Gasquet’s first serve was in a flat state. After the backhand hanging the net and sending the break point, Nadal finished the winning point. Break serve to lead 2-0. Since then, Nadal continued to remain strong. Gasquet had no choice but to face the impact of his opponents. In the fourth game, he went straight out of bounds on the second break point and lost the game. After that, Nadal played a continuous break, 6-0. Give the egg to win the first set.
In the second set, Nadal secured the first two serving rounds, and Gasquet also completed the first secured serve of the game. In the fourth round, Nadal once again suppressed the opponent in the serve and got 40-0. After his consecutive break points, Gasquet saved two break points and lost the game, Nadal continued to maintain a 4-1 lead. Gasquet, who was behind in the score, began to improve. In the seventh game, he forced Nadal to cut the ball out of bounds to get a break point, and then the Spanish king put a short score to complete the reserve.
In the eighth game, Gasquet’s break point was saved as well. In the ninth game, Gasquet scored consecutive backhand winning points, holding a 40-0 chance of continuous break points, and Nadal saved two break points in a row. , Gasquet is hitting the winning points to break back. At the end of the set, Nadal secured a 6-5 lead. Gasquet failed to bring the set to the tiebreak. The next must-have serve was a 40-40 tie and then back shot the ball and bounced the net out of bounds and sent a break. At this point, Gasquet was under pressure to shoot and hang the net and lost the game. Nadal broke serve and won the second set 7-5.
In the third set, Nadal finished the first two servings and took a 2-1 lead. In the fourth game, Gasquet’s serve state declined. Nadal failed to grasp the chance of 40-15 consecutive break points. The stalemate in the sixth game was broken. Nadal scored a fore-shot victory on the second break point to win the game. The score led the Spanish king, the older he played, the easier he played, while Gasquet’s fighting spirit gradually declined. , Nadal won the third set 6-2.
In the end, the Spanish king Nadal remained strong, defeating Gasquet in straight sets and breaking into the top 32 of the French Open for 17 consecutive years. The whole game took 2 hours and 14 minutes. During the game, Nadal completed 3 ACES balls and 3 double faults. Gasquet had 2 ACES balls and 5 double faults. The first serve success rate was 58%. Nadal was slightly ahead. The first serve scoring rate reached 84%, with Nadal leading 36-20 in winning points, and Nadal with 23 unforced turnovers and 37 with Gasquet. In the break link, Gasquet had 4 break points and 1 break, while Nadal cashed out 16 break points 7 times.
In other men’s singles matches on this day, the local star No. 14 Monfils failed to move on, 0-6/6-2/4-6/3-6 lost to Imel and the No. 9 seed Bailey Tiny stayed strong, defeating Korya 6-3/6-2/6-2, No. 10 seed Schwartzman defeated Bedner 6-4/6-2/6-4, Russian player Karatsev did not Can continue to be strong, 3-6/6-7/6-4/1-6 lost to Korschreiber, the 18th seed Italian star Cinna keeps going, 6-1/5-7/3-6/6 -3 defeated Ma Jie to advance to the third round of men’s singles.Return to Sohu to see more
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