John Isner overcomes Gael Monfils 7-6(5) 6-4 in the quarter in Toronto on Friday. Isner will face off with Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
John added to his prize money $ 47,500 after winning this match. He has won already $ 121,500 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, John will add $ 89,500 to his earnings to get in total $ 211,000.
Highlights John Isner vs. Gael Monfils Rogers Cup – Toronto
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, John scored 75 points vs. Gael’s 65.
Isner
John served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (14/21) on his second serve. The American blasted 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Isner won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 14% (1/7) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Isner and Monfils is 6-7 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Isner will fight against Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that John Isner and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Isner won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Isner won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (2-5) and 11th (5-6) point.
John won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They contested 84 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Gael (46-38). John surrendered 9 points on serve (29-9). On the other side, Monfils conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that John grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
John was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, John didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. John was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Gael (29-22). The American conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).
Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Casper RuudRuud (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-6 7-66 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – John IsnerIsner (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-0) – H2H details and stats