MELBOURNE RESULTS. Gael Monfils beats Karlovic in the 2nd round

Gael Monfils overcomes Ivo Karlovic 4-6 7-6⁸ 6-4 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Monfils will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Ernests Gulbis in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Croatian conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the French Player won the tiebreak at 8.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Gael conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

4^th set.

Similarly to the 3^rd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Monfils conquered in the 11^th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Monfils scored 136 points vs. Karlovic’s 129 points.

Monfils served pretty well to win 86% of the points (79/92) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (15/35) on his second serve. The French Player won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, the Croatian was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Karlovic is 5-2 for Gael.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Ivo Karlovic Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Ernests Gulbis – stats

Monfils will face Gulbis in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Gael Monfils and Ernests Gulbis face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Monfils won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Rotterdam back in 2016.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-1 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-2 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikael YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kevin AndersonAnderson (4-6 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-6² 4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-7⁶ 3-6 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁴ 6-1 3-6 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-7³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-1 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁷ 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Michael MmohMmoh (5-7 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-0) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details