Gael Monfils prevails over Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Metz on Thursday. Monfils will square off with Nikoloz Basilashvili in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. Gael won this tournament once in 2009. Here you can see his history at this event.
Gael added to his prize money € 5,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 14,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 7,000 to his earnings to get in total € 21,000 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:32
At the end of the match, Monfils scored 76 points vs. Kohlschreiber’s 66.
Monfils
Gael served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (38/43) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 39% points (11/28) on his second serve. The French player was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Kohlschreiber
On the other side, the German had a tough time 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 Monfils and Kohlschreiber is 15-2 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats
Monfils will compete against Basilashvili in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Gael Monfils and Nikoloz Basilashvili play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Gael snatched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually conquering the set (7-6).
Monfils failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.
Tiebreak
The French player won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
Gael won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Monfils conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Philipp Kohlschreiber in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Gael to win the set since Philipp managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The French player maintained his cool to break the German in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
They played 69 points. Monfils conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the German (39-30). Monfils dropped 13 points on serve (21-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).
Tennis Scores in Metz
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Lucas PouillePouille (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-6 6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Mikael YmerYmer (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-76 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H details and stats
