Not optimal conditions for Ritchie..

Heat humidity, everything Gasquet hates, what to worry about?

Match scheduled late so it's slightly better for Gasquet but it will still be almost 30 degrees and high humidity. We know the problems of Richard to support this kind of conditions. The French will have to start strong and not lose too much energy from the start, against a player of Huesler's profile he should normally be able to be quiet on a lot of service games. It's quite fast here and Huesler takes advantage of it with his aggressive style of play, he already made the semi-finals last year and negotiated a difficult first round. I wouldn't be surprised to see both players perform well on their service games and struggle more on the return.