Fantastic Monfils claims the title. HIGHLIGHTS

Gael Monfils gets by Felix Auger Aliassime 6-2 6-4 in the final in Rotterdam on Sunday.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Monfils in this set didn’t concede much to Auger-Aliassime and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Auger-Aliassime in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Gael lost a big opportunity to break Felix in the 3^rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Felix was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2^nd set.

Monfils started the set strong after breaking Auger-Aliassime in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for the French Player to win the set because Auger-Aliassime found the way to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Monfils scored 66 points vs. Felix’s 50 points.

The French Player won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Felix was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Auger-Aliassime is 1-0 for Gael.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Felix Auger Aliassime ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam

Interview

After the match, Gael said to Felix: “You’re young, you improve fast and you will win this tournament and others for sure if you keep going like this,”

Tennis Scores in Rotterdam

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-2 6-4) – See score progression