Gael Monfils ousts Baez in the 2nd round – SHANGHAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Monfils defeats Baez

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Gael Monfils hustles Sebastian Baez 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Friday. Monfils will face off with Ugo Humbert in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Monfils's Record

Monfils added to his prize money $ 24,600 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 59,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gael will add $ 41,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,000 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Baez
98
98
Total points
90
90
45
45
Winners
50
50
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
66%
66%
1st in
81%
81%
71%
71%
1st won
67%
67%
45/63
45/63
1st won
50/75
50/75
47%
47%
2nd won
28%
28%
15/32
15/32
2nd won
5/18
5/18
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
Total
3/13
3/13
27%
27%
Won
23%
23%
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At the end of the match, Gael scored 98 points vs. Sebastian’s 90.

Monfils

The French player struck 15 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Gael won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.

Baez

On the other side, Sebastian had a tough time converting his break points (only 23%3/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Baez is 2-0 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert – stats

Monfils will square off with Humbert in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Gael Monfils and Ugo Humbert fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Humbert won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in February 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the French player clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).

Sebastian had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Gael converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Baez was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 66 points. Gael won 4 more points than the Argentine (35-31). Gael conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).

2nd Set -
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Baez won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Argentine broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.

The Argentine failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

The French player was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Argentine was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Gael was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40).

They contested 67 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Sebastian won only 1 point more than Monfils (34-33). Sebastian surrendered 15 points on serve (19-15). On the other side, Gael conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

3rd Set -
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Monfils conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the French player managed to stage a great comeback to break the Argentine in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

They contested 55 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Baez (31-24). Gael surrendered 10 points on serve (21-10). on the other side of the net, Baez conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).

1st
Monfils
Baez
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Monfils
Baez
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Monfils
Baez
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldiZachary SvajdaSvajda (6-72 6-2 6-4)
  • Gael MonfilsMonfilsSebastian BaezBaez (6-3 4-6 6-4)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabiloArthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-2)
  • Alexandre MullerMullerFelix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2)
  • Ben SheltonSheltonDenis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5)
  • Ugo HumbertHumbertArthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-2)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipasKei NishikoriNishikori (7-66 6-4)
  • Tommy PaulPaulFabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-3)

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