SHANGHAI. Hurkacz dispatches Monfils in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

Hubert Hurkacz tops Gael Monfils 6-2 7-6¹ in the 2^nd round in Shanghai on Tuesday. Hurkacz will face off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Hubert in this set was in much better shape than the French Player and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking Monfils in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

2^nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the Pole won the breaker at 1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Hurkacz scored 70 points vs. Monfils’s 51 points.

The Pole served pretty well to win 86% of the points (32/37) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. The Pole won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, the French Player 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 Hurkacz and Monfils is 1-1.

Next Match: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Hurkacz will square off with Tsitsipas in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Hurkacz won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Montreal back in August 2019.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Andrey RublevRublev – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6¹³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (7-6⁴ 2-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – John IsnerIsner (9-2) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Roger FedererFederer (1-9) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-3) – See H2H details