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Rain dampens World No 9 Richard Gasquet's World Tour Finals hopes

Updated on: 09 October,2013 02:36 AM IST  | 
AFP |

Frenchman Richard Gasquet became the first high-profile casualty at the Shanghai Masters yesterday as organisers scrambled to keep the storm-hit event on track.

Rain dampens World No 9 Richard Gasquet's World Tour Finals hopes

Drenching rains, which flooded streets near the venue — the lingering effects of Typhoon Fitow — forced a switch to indoor courts at the Qizhong Tennis Center.

Ninth-seed Gasquet’s tame 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Vasek Pospisil deals a heavy blow to his hopes of reaching next month’s World Tour Finals in London, which feature the season’s top eight players. Gasquet is currently ninth.u00a0


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