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Richard Gasquet overcomes Gilles Muller to reach second round of Shanghai Masters

Richard Gasquet progresses into the second round of the Shanghai Masters with a straight-sets win over Gilles Muller.

Richard Gasquet has begun his Shanghai Masters campaign with a win after beating Gilles Muller 7-6[4] 6-2 in the first round in China.

The Frenchman was taken to a tie-break against his opponent in the first set with neither player able to create a break point in normal play.

Gasquet upped his game in the tie-break by immediately breaking serve and maintaining his lead to take the set 7-4.

The second set was more comfortable for the three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist as he battled to break point to go 2-1 up before breaking again to take a 4-1 lead.

Muller struggled to match his opponent as he relinquished the set with just two games on the board.

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