Diego Schwartzman vs. Richard Gasquet – Prediction – ATP Paris (France) 4.11.2020

H2H: Diego Schwartzman v Richard Gasquet – comparison.

Richard Gasquet has thoroughly dominated this matchup in the past by winning all six sets between them across three different surfaces. Though the Frenchman is by far the better player on indoor hard courts, Diego Schwartzman has delivered better results on tour over the last 20 months and heads into this clash as the firm favorite.

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Richard Gasquet served a bagel for the 42nd time in his career as he knocked out Taylor Fritz in three sets in the first round of Paris Masters on Tuesday. Despite dominating the first set, the Frenchman lost the second and had to save three breakpoints early in the third set, 6-0 3-6 6-3. Former world #7 Richard Gasquet must be relieved after ending up on the winning side of a three-set contest as he lost his previous two matches on the main tour in three sets against Daniil Medvedev in St.Petersburg (6-3 3-6 0-6) and Alex de Minaur in Antwerp (6-3 6-7 3-6).

Richard Gasquet has posted three quarterfinals (or better) results in Paris Masters, but his recent two campaigns here in 2017 and 2018 ended in the second round against Grigor Dimitrov and Jack Sock, respectively. While Richard Gasquet is yet to win consecutive matches on the main tour since the restart, his opponent Diego Schwartzman has won 13 matches in these three months, which earned him a couple of runner-up finishes in Rome Masters and Cologne (IH) and a semifinal appearance in the French Open.

These results eventually helped the Argentinian make his top-10 debut and put him in pole position to snatch the final qualifying spot for the year-end ATP World Tour Finals (he’s now qualified after Matteo Berrettini’s loss to Marcos Giron on Monday). Diego Schwartzman, who has gone 20/14 on indoor hard courts so far in his career, has got a mediocre 2-3 record in Paris Masters, including losing the recent two matches against Alexander Zverev in 2018 (R16) and Kyle Edmund in 2019 (R2).

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