• Richard Gasquet beats Bernard Tomic 6-4,6-3 6-1
• Australian has no acknowledge to Gasquet’s classic backhandTo the aesthete, the one-handed backhand of Richard Gasquet is a triumph of artistry all the more enthralling for its scarcity in the modern game. To the young Australian Bernard Tomic, or it was the blunt-force instrument of his demise on Saturday in the US Open third round.
Gasquet pounded 43 winners against 18 unforced errors and faced no wreck points in a comfortable 6-4,6-3, 6-1 win over Tomic, or who was clearly spent from Thursday’s physical and emotional five-set win over Lleyton Hewitt. The 22-year-primitive lasted a scant 89 minutes on a sun-splashed afternoon on the Grandstand,the intimate bandbox of a court adjacent to Louis Armstrong Stadium that has been condemned to demolition after this year.
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Source: theguardian.com