Gasquet beats Mathieu to retain Montpellier title


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 08 Feb 2016

France's Richard Gasquet reacts during his semi-final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain at the Swiss Indoors ATP men's tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, October 31, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

PARIS (Reuters) - Richard Gasquet won a 13th career singles title by beating fellow Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-4 in the Open Sud de France final in Montpellier on Sunday.

The top seeded world number 10 appeared to be suffering from abdominal pains and went 3-0 down in the opening set before prevailing.

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