David Goffin beats Roberto Bautista Agut 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the final in Montpellier on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This is the first time that David conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
David added € 5,655 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 21,655 in total after winning this tournament.
Goffin was pleased about how things unfolded. He commented:
“It’s never easy to win tournaments. This is my fifth and every tournament that I’ve won was very special,” said Goffin “I had some opportunities, I’ve had matches I had zero chance to win in the final. Sometimes you take it, sometimes not. I’ve played some finals, but you need to continue, you need to improve your game, you need to fight and I’m happy that it paid off at the end.”
Highlights David Goffin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Open Sud de France – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:05
At the end of the match, David scored 91 points vs. Roberto’s 82.
Goffin
Goffin blasted 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. David didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Bautista-Agut
On the other side, Roberto was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Goffin and Bautista-Agut is 4-3 for David.
This was the 5th career title for Goffin. He won the previous titles in Tokyo. Bautista-Agut remains with 9th titles. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
Roberto won the set after he broke the Belgian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Roberto managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-5.
Bautista-Agut converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, David converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 15-40).
They played 69 points. Roberto won 7 points more than David (38-31). Roberto lost 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the court, Goffin conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
Goffin was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Struff in the 1st game (1-0). Goffin reinforced his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 6th (4-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).
David was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). On the other side, David didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The Belgian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Bautista-Agut (29-22). The Belgian conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Goffin was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Struff in the 1st game (1-0). Goffin improved his lead after breaking Roberto in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
David converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 53 points. The Belgian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Spaniard (31-22). Goffin dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, Bautista-Agut conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
