VIENNA RESULTS. Monfils topples Sinner in the 2nd round of the Erste Bank Open

Gael Monfils bests Jannik Sinner 6-3 7-6⁸ in the 2^nd round in Vienna on Thursday. Monfils will square off with Aljaz Bedene in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Monfils conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Monfils won the tiebreak at 8.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Gael scored 79 points vs. the Italian’s 71 points.

The French Player served very well to win 83% of the points (40/48) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 48% points (15/31) on his second serve. Monfils struck 17 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The French Player won this match even if he was struggling in finding the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (1/5). On the other side, Sinner wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Sinner is 1-1.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Jannik Sinner Erste Bank Open – Vienna

Next Match: Gael Monfils vs. Aljaz Bedene – stats

Monfils will square off with Bedene in the quarter.

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

Tennis Scores in Vienna

• Andrey RublevRublev – Hyeon ChungChung (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-7³ 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 4-6 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-6⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-0) – See H2H details
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrey RublevRublev (2-1) – See H2H details