Gael Monfils shocks Fritz in the 3rd round – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Gael Monfils shocks Taylor Fritz 3-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Monfils will have to play Ben Shelton in the 4^th round. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Melbourne

Monfils's Record

Gael added to his prize money $ 130,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Monfils will add $ 245,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Taylor Fritz Australian Open – Melbourne

Monfils’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils

Fritz

3-6 7-5 7-6¹
6-4
3h:08

133

133

Total points

118

118

61

61

Winners

65

65

46%

46%

Ratio Winners

55%

55%

34

34

Unforced

36

36

49%

49%

Ratio Unforced

51%

51%

11/15

11/15

Net Approaches

16/30

16/30

73%

73%

Perc

53%

53%

-- Serve --

24

24

Aces

12

12

4

4

Double Faults

0

0

61%

61%

1st in

67%

67%

82%

82%

1st won

75%

75%

61/74

61/74

1st won

65/87

65/87

68%

68%

2nd won

58%

58%

32/47

32/47

2nd won

25/43

25/43

215

215

Fastest serve

211

211

190

190

AVG 1^st Serve

191

191

167

167

AVG 2^nd Serve

151

151

-- Break Points --

2/6

2/6

Total

1/4

1/4

33%

33%

Won

25%

25%

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After this contest, the head to head between Monfils and Fritz is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Ben Shelton – stats

Monfils will fight against Shelton in the 4^th round.

There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

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

The French player couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Taylor was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Monfils wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5^th game (2-2 40-A).

They contested 61 points. Fritz conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the French player (34-27). Fritz surrendered 9 points on serve (24-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Monfils grabbed in the 12^th game (7-5) prior to finally conquering the set (7-5).

Monfils failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.

Gael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Monfils didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. Gael was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Taylor (37-23). The French player was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (24-2). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

The French player won the set after he broke Fritz .

The French player was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5^th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, Monfils won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Fritz (33-36). Monfils surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 13 points on serve (31-13).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the French player snatched in the 9^th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Monfils converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9^th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-1 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 60 points. Gael conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the American (35-25). Gael surrendered 11 points on serve (26-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Learner TienTien – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-6¹⁰ 6-3 6-3)
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Taylor FritzFritz (3-6 7-5 7-6¹ 6-4)
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-7³ 7-6⁶ 6-1 6-2)
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-6⁵ 6-2)
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-4 6-2)
• Ben SheltonShelton – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6⁵)
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (5-7 7-6³ 6-3 6-3)
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-3 6-4 6-4)
• Jack DraperDraper – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6⁵ 7-6⁸)
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (4-6 7-5 6-4 1-0 ret.)
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jakub MensikMensik (3-6 4-6 7-6⁷ 6-4 6-2)
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4 6-4)
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3 6-3)
• Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-0)
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4 6-7³ 6-2)

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