Gasquet was reunited with success at the Djokovic tournament

The French Richard Gasquet won this Tuesday the ATP 250 tournament in Banja Luka (Bosnia-Herzegovina) in his first match of the season on clayby defeating young Croatian guest Dino Prizmic, 342 in the world, 6-3, 6-1.

Gasquet, 36 and world number 42, easily defeated the 17-year-old Croatian in one hour and 36 minutes after converting all five of the seven break points at his disposal.

The Frenchman will face the winner of the match between Bosnian Damir Dzumhur and Britain’s Liam Broady, which was postponed for Wednesday, in the second round.

On a day interrupted by rain, Serbs Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic eliminated Russian Roman Safiullin (6-4 and 6-2) and Serbian Filip Krajinovic (6-2, 4-6 and 6-4).while 19-year-old Jordanian Abdullah Shelbayh signed his first victory in an ATP tournament by defeating Swedish Elias Ymer 6-1 and 7-5 in a duel between players from the former.

One game had to be delayed and rescheduled this Wednesday: the one facing the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas with the French Hugo Gaston who has 3-4 for him and where the first rival of the second seed, the Russian Andrey Rublev. .

Argentine Federico Coria bid farewell to Banja Luka on Tuesday as he retired due to physical discomfort when he lost the first set 6-4 against Moldovan Radu Albot, who entered the main draw from earlier.

This Wednesday, Novak Djokovic, number one in the world and first seed, should make his debutwho will do so directly in the round of 16 against 18-year-old Frenchman Luca van Assche, 87 in the world and on Monday defeated veteran Swiss tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round and has a comeback, which he defeated. 1-6, 7 -6 (4) and 6-4.