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The Latest: No Sign of Bad Back for Gasquet at French Open

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1:27 p.m.

With his bad back behind him, Richard Gasquet is looking ahead.

After a five-set, second-round French Open match that spanned two days, the 20th seed says he is ready to take on 15th-seeded Kevin Anderson despite having just one day to recover.

"My preparation will be shortened, but everything's fine for me, I'm physically well," Gasquet said after winning the fifth set against Carlos Berlocq that was held over from the night before.

The score when the evening gloom stopped play on Thursday was 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6. Gasquet whistled through the deciding set 6-1 on Friday to defeat the Argentine.