ROLAND GARROS Quarter-finals Preview: Can Richard Gasquet Reach his first ever French Open Semi-final?

Tuesday on Roland Garros will see the first two of the four quarter-final clashes, with rain presenting a constant threat of postponement of action. The first two quarter-final line-ups are as follows:

Andy Murray (GBR) [2] v/s Richard Gasquet (FRA) [9] This is a duel between two players who know each other very well, and it looks to be the match of the day what in the making. The only remaining male Frenchman against a title favourite. One of the most talked themes this year in tennis world has been Andy Murray’s improvement on clay, and certainly, there has been a reason behind it. Champion at Rome, runner-up in Madrid and semi-finalist in Monte Carlo. Strong results on dirt heading into the French Open. Murray’s struggle in the first two rounds against Radel Stepanek and Mathias Bourgue however left many surprised. Since then, the next two matches have been straight sets wins over Ivo Karlovic and John Isner. These wins were clear indication that Murray established his rhythm well in time. On the other side, Richard Gasquet wasn’t the biggest French hope, but Gael Monfils’ withdrawal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s retirement during his match against Ernests Gulbis led to him being where he is at his moment. Previously, he kicked-off the clay season with a second round loss in Monte Carlo, but regrouped in Madrid and Rome, where he made to the Round-16 stage back-to-back. His game in front of his home crowd has been a good one, so far. Beating Thomaz Bellucci, Bjorn Fratangelo and Nick Kyrgios in straight sets and then Kei Nishikori in …

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