18:24
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 4:5
No, Gasquet stays strong and wins his service game to zero against Struff and shortens to 4: 5 in the first set. Now Struff can make the sentence with his service.
18:22
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:5
Gasquet now has to serve against Struff’s set win. Does he lose his nerves or does the Frenchman shorten again?
18:21
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:5
Struff gets into his service game well and takes a 15-0 lead with an ace. Even after that, the German seems more alert and gets two balls when the score is 40:15. With an ace, the Warsteiner gets the 5:3 in the first set.
18:19
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:4
Strong! The German takes his first chance right away. He brings a strong return across the field and Gasquet’s forehand longline is a bit short. Struff gets the break with a backhand cross and is now leading 4:3 in the first set
18:19
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:3
But the number 55 in the world equalizes with the second serve at 30:30. After that, Struff has a breakball due to a backhand from the French that went too far.
18:16
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:3
For the first time, the Frenchman has problems in his service game and the Warsteiner uses this and quickly leads 30:15 against Gasquet.
18:15
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:3
The first game ball is in place and Struff equalizes with an ace to make it 3:3 in the first set.
18:14
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:2
But then the German hits an ace and shortens the lead to 15:30. Even after that, the 33-year-old has the upper hand and has a ball when the score is 40:30.
18:14
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:2
The Warsteiner has to go a lot over his second serve again in his third service in the first set. These aren’t placed that well, so Gasquet can return the balls well and quickly leads 30:0.
18:12
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 3:2
As before, Gasquet is ice cold in his service game and brings his service back to zero against Struff and again leads 3-2 against the German in the first set.
18:10
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 2:2
With a serve-and-volley, Struff finally got the important point at 40:30 and equalized to 2:2 in the first set.
18:08
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 2:1
Again the Warsteiner misses a few balls in his service and brings the French into play. Again his service game is contested and with a passing shot past Struff to the left, Gasquet takes the lead 30:15. After that, the 33-year-old remains focused and quickly goes online, surprising the 36-year-old again and again.
18:06
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 2:1
That was quick now. In the second service game, the French didn’t give the German a chance and, when the score was 40:0, used his first ball and led 2:1 in the first set.
18:05
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 1:1
But the Warsteiner doesn’t give up and surprises Gasquet with a volley cross, so that the Frenchman can only return his forehand cross into the net. Even with the renewed advantage for the 33-year-old German, the Warsteiner keeps his nerve and gets his service through a backhand error by his opponent. Struff equalizes in the first set to 1: 1.
18:03
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 1:0
But again his backhand cross is too deep and ends up in the net on the return. Another debut between Gasquet and Struff.
18:01
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 1:0
No Struff remains courageous despite the second serve and gets the 40:40 with another ace. The Warsteiner then also risks a lot and has to go over the second serve again. This time he sits and he quickly hits the net on his return, forcing the French to cross a forehand error. Game ball for Struff.
18:00
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 1:0
Another unforced error from Struff on the return with his forehand and Gasquet has a break ball. Will the Frenchman use his first chance right away?
18:00
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 1:0
Struff comes into the match badly with a double fault and is 0:15 behind. After that he also has to go over the second serve, but this time brings the ball into the field and Gasquet’s return ends up out of bounds and the German equalizes to 15:15. Even after that, Warsteiner’s service remained competitive and the two players didn’t take anything. With an ace he equalizes at 30:30.
17:58
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 1:0
But after that, the 36-year-old Frenchman stayed focused and benefited twice from slight forehand mistakes by the German. Gasquet leads 1-0 in the first set.
17:56
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 0:0
The Frenchman starts his service well and takes the first two points straight away and leads 30-0 so quickly. After that, Struff is the more active player and brings Gasquet to a forehand error at 15:30.
17:56
R. Gasquet – J.-L. Struff 0:0
Jan.Lennard Struff wins the coin toss and decides to let the French serve. So Gasquet starts the match with his service game in sunny weather and around 24 degrees.
17:48
It will start soon!
The players step onto the turf and warm up. It starts in a few minutes!
17:43
Record speaks for the French
The two tennis players have met twice in their careers. Gasquet won the matches both times. In 2016 Struff lost after two sets with 2: 6 and 4: 6. Most recently in 2018, the Warsteiner fought his way into the third set, but in the end he still lost 4: 6, 7: 6 and 6: 7 against the now 36-year-old Frenchman. However, Struff is experiencing the more successful season so far than number 55 in the world.
17:40
Finally a victory against the feared opponent Paul
Jan-Lennard Struff showed an impressive season on clay at the Masters. In Monte Carlo, the Warsteiner made it to the quarter-finals. In Madrid, the 33-year-old only lost in the final against Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 4: 6, 6: 3 and 3: 6. He moved up to 24th place in the world rankings and was now the best German in the world rankings. At the French Open, however, things didn’t go well for Struff. In the first round the Warsteiner lost against the Czech Lehečka after 5:7, 6:1, 3:6, 6:3 and 1:6. In Stuttgart the German prevailed 6:1 and 6:4 against the Chinese Zhinzen Zhang. His feared opponent Tommy Paul was waiting in the round of 16. He had previously suffered four defeats against the American, but this time the Warsteiner remained strong and prevailed 7: 6 (7: 4) and 7: 6 (7: 5) against the number 16 in the world. Now the Frenchman Richard Gasquet is waiting. In 2019 he reached the semi-finals in Stuttgart.
17:37
Beat Tsitsipas in the round of 16
In the round of 16, Richard Gasquet took advantage of the fact that Stefanos Tsitsipas was only able to prepare very insufficiently on grass and thus secured a win against a player from the top 5 in the world rankings. Despite the Greek’s 19 aces, he used two of his ten break chances and easily advanced to the quarter-finals with 7:6 (8:10), 2:6 and 7:5. The Frenchman had previously struggled with some injuries and, like Struff, was knocked out in the first round of the French Open against his compatriot Rinderknech 4: 6, 6: 2, 2: 6 and 6: 7 (4: 7).
17:35
It will start soon!
Hurkacz won the quarterfinal game against O’Connell. The match between Jan-Lennard Struff and Richard Gasquet starts at around 5:50 p.m.
16:58
Start around 6 p.m
Since the match between Hurkacz and O’Connell is still in the second set, the game between Struff and Gasquet should now start around 6 p.m.
16:26
Good day
Welcome to the quarter final games at the Boss Open in Stuttgart. Jan-Lennard Struff was supposed to play his match against Frenchman Richard Gasquet at around 5 p.m., but since Pole Hubert Hurkacz was playing against Australian Christopher O’Connell on the pitch for the semi-final ticket, the start time is currently planned at around 5:45 p.m .