Andrey Rublev topples Monfils in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Rublev dispatches Monfils to take on Benoit Paire in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Gael Monfils

Andrey Rublev victorious over Gael Monfils 7-6(2) 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Rublev is going to play against Benoit Paire in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

Rublev
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Rublev's Record

The Russian added to his prize money $ 48,330 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 116,655 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 81,055 to his earnings to get in total $ 197,710 in total.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Gael Monfils Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Rublev’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rublev
Monfils
Andrey Rublev
7-62 7-65
1h:48
Gael Monfils
83
83
Total points
75
75
40
40
Winners
31
31
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
9
9
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
56%
56%
1st in
64%
64%
87%
87%
1st won
63%
63%
40/46
40/46
1st won
31/49
31/49
28%
28%
2nd won
44%
44%
10/36
10/36
2nd won
12/27
12/27
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
3/4
3/4
75%
75%
Won
75%
75%
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At the end of the match, Andrey scored 83 points vs. Monfils’s 75.

Rublev

Andrey served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (40/46) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 28% points (10/36) on his second serve. The Russian was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).

Monfils

On the other side, the French player didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Rublev and Monfils is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Benoit Paire – stats

Rublev will take on Paire in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Benoit Paire face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Andrey Rublev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (7-6).

On the other side, Monfils won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.

2nd Set -
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Paire had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Andrey was not done to come back to break the French player 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

The Russian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Monfils won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1) and 10th (5-5) point.

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

Rublev converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Monfils converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A).

They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 more points than Gael (43-40). Rublev dropped 22 points on serve (23-22). on the other side of the court, Monfils conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).

 

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