GENEVA: French Tennis player Richard Gasquet stunned the second-ranked Daniil Medvedev by the scores of 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the second round of the ongoing Geneva Open, here on Wednesday.
Medvedev, who came back from an injury faced a shocking defeat at the hands of Gasquet as the former looked rusty.
The Russian, who underwent hernia surgery last month, double-faulted for the seventh time on Gasquet’s first match point allowing the Frenchman to end a 36-match losing streak against opponents ranked No. 1 or 2 after beating Roger Federer 17 years ago at Monte Carlo.
Medvedev, however, recovered twice in the tie-breaker from being a mini-break down before faltering to serve again which assisted the French to clinch an important victory.
Following this victory, Gasquet has become just the 10th active player to record 35 or more victories over the opponents ranked in the top 10.
The 35-years-old will now face Kamil Majchrzak in the quarter-finals of the event on Thursday.
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