Richard not only got his revenge in the first round of Casablanca against Olivier Rochus who had beaten him in Miami. He destroyed his Belgian opponent 6-1 6-1 in less than 50 minurtes.
Richard played a great match from start to finish, he lost a single point on his serve throught the match. He scored 54 points against Rochus' 20 and was in command all the time.His next opponent is Andrej Golubev from Kazakhstan.