Gael Monfils topples Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Auckland on Wednesday. Monfils will fight against Facundo Diaz Acosta in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
Monfils added to his prize money $ 8,620 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Monfils will add $ 14,925 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,480 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Jan-Lennard Struff ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the French player scored 67 points vs. Jan-Lennard’s 51.
Monfils
Gael served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (37/41) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (10/21) on his second serve. Gael struck 14 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Monfils was absolutely great in converting all the break points (2/2).
Struff
On the other side, the German wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Monfils and Struff is 3-0 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta – stats
Monfils will compete against Diaz Acosta in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Facundo Diaz Acosta since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Gael was too strong to drop barely 1 game before breaking the German 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
The German was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The French player was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Struff wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They contested 47 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Struff (29-18). Gael lost 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Jan-Lennard conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Monfils won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Gael won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Struff won a minibreak in the 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Monfils saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the German (38-33). Monfils lost 9 points on serve (31-9). In addition, on the other side, the German conceded 7 points on serve (24-7).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mariano NavoneNavone (4-6 7-5 6-4)
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 7-5)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Ben SheltonShelton (7-62 4-6 7-5)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-63 6-2)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Luca NardiNardi (6-1 6-4)
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 7-65)
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 5-7 6-4)
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 7-61)
Upcoming matches
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- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats
