Monfils beats Gulbis in the AO 3rd round while his girlfriend Svitolina loses to Muguruza

Gael Monfils downs Ernests Gulbis 7-6² 6-4 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Monfils will face Dominic Thiem in the 4^th round. On the women’s side, a little later his girlfriend Elina Svitolina lost 6-1 6-2 to an astonishing Garbine Muguruza.

Monfils vs. Gulbis

1^st set.

Gael conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Monfils broke back in the 4^th (2-2) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.

2^nd set.

Monfils had a great start in this set after breaking Gulbis in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Gael to win the set since the Latvian managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Gael maintained his focus to break Ernests in the 3^rd (2-1) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

The French Player won the set after he broke Gulbis in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Monfils to conquer the set because he didn’t drop his serve during the rest of the set.

Gulbis couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Monfils and Gulbis is 3-0 for Gael.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Ernests Gulbis Australian Open – Melbourne

Monfils’s Interview

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Next Match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Dominic Thiem – stats

Monfils will play Thiem in the 4^th round.

This will be the 6^th time that Gael Monfils and Dominic Thiem square off. The head to head is 5-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Thiem won 6-4 6-4 6-2 in the 4^th round in Paris back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-6² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – David GoffinGoffin (2-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-6² 6-4 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7³ 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – 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