ROTTERDAM RESULTS. Superb Monfils breezes past Simon in the 2nd round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

Gael Monfils trashes Gilles Simon 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Rotterdam on Thursday after playing a good match to deal with Daniel Evans in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Monfils won the set after he broke Gilles in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Simon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Gael didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Monfils started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Simon in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Monfils to win the set since Simon found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Monfils maintained his focus to break Gilles in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game.

Gilles was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Monfils scored 62 points vs. Gilles’s 46 points.

Monfils didn’t lose the concentration in converting 86% of the break points that he conquered (6/7). On the other side, Gilles was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Monfils and Simon is 3-7 for Gilles.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Gilles Simon ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam

Next Match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Daniel Evans – stats

Monfils will square off with Evans in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Gael Monfils and Daniel Evans clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Monfils won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Dubai back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Rotterdam

• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – David GoffinGoffin (7-6⁷ 7-5) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 2-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-0) – See H2H details