Monfils dispatches Lajovic in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open. HIGHLIGHTS – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Monfils beats Lajovic to compete against Alex De Minaur in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Dusan Lajovic

Gael Monfils topples Dusan Lajovic 7-6(0) 6-2 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Monfils is going to play against Alex De Minaur in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2011. Here you can see his history at this event.

Monfils
Cincinnati
Monfils's Record

The French player added to his prize money $ 17,850 after winning this match. He has won already $ 41,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Monfils will add $ 26,825 to his earnings to get in total $ 68,325 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Dusan Lajovic Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Lajovic
Gael Monfils
7-60 6-2
1h:31
Dusan Lajovic
80
80
Total points
60
60
24
24
Winners
21
21
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
9
9
Double Faults
2
2
45%
45%
1st in
71%
71%
71%
71%
1st won
46%
46%
24/34
24/34
1st won
21/46
21/46
44%
44%
2nd won
32%
32%
18/41
18/41
2nd won
6/19
6/19
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
4/14
4/14
55%
55%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Gael scored 80 points vs. Dusan’s 60.

Monfils

The French player was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11).

Lajovic

On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Lajovic is 2-0 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Monfils will take on De Minaur in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Alex De Minaur since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Gael Monfils Draw info

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De Minaur started the set strong after breaking Dusan Lajovic in the 1st game (1-0). However, the French player found the way to come back to break the Serbian 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 0.

The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

The French player won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0

They played 86 points. Monfils conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Lajovic (47-39). Gael conceded 21 points on serve (23-21). In addition, on the other side, Dusan conceded 24 points on serve (18-24).

Monfils enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Dusan Lajovic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Gael to win the set because Lajovic managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The French player maintained his focus to break Lajovic in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Monfils converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Lajovic converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They played 53 points. Monfils was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than the Serbian (32-21). Monfils conceded 12 points on serve (18-12). On the other side, Dusan conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

 

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