Jannik Sinner overcomes Gael Monfils 7-6(1) 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Sinner will square off with Alexander Zverev in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Sinner added to his prize money $ 85,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 265,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add $ 160,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 425,000 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Gael Monfils U.S. Open – New York
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Sinner’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 175 points vs. Gael’s 161.
Sinner
Sinner was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (7/14).
Monfils
On the other side, the French player had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 6/18). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Monfils is 2-1 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Sinner will fight against Zverev in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sinner and Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Jannik conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, The Italian broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-1.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
They contested 76 points. Sinner won 10 more points than the French player (43-33). Jannik lost 10 points on serve (29-10). on the other side of the court, Monfils conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
Jannik in this set was in much better shape than Monfils and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the French player in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The French player was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
They contested 51 points. Sinner won 15 points more than Gael (33-18). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Gael conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Gael clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Monfils broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
The Italian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Sinner enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, the French player managed to stage a good comeback to break Jannik 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Jannik was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-4 to 6-4. Nevertheless also Jannik won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0
The French player was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Sinner converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 40-A).
They played 67 points. Gael was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Sinner (37-30). Monfils conceded 14 points on serve (18-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Sinner was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for the Italian to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
They contested 70 points. Jannik was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Gael (39-31). Sinner conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
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