Gael Monfils rolls past Marcos Giron 7-5 6-0 in the semifinal in Sofia on Saturday after playing a fantastic match to come up against Jannik Sinner in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Monfils added to his prize money € 8,500 after winning this match. He has won already € 29,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 11,645 to his earnings to get in total € 41,145 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Marcos Giron Sofia Open – Sofia
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:03
At the end of the match, Monfils scored 63 points vs. Marcos’s 39.
Monfils
The French player served very well to win 82% of the points (27/33) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (8/14) on his second serve. Gael was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).
Giron
On the other side, Giron was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Giron is 1-0 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Monfils will take on Sinner in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Gael Monfils and Jannik Sinner square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 7-61 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York back in September 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The French player broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
The French player converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Giron was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 74 points. Monfils was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Marcos (39-35). The French player lost 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Giron conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
The American didn’t manage to offer a meaningful resistance and the French player won the set 6-0.
The French player converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 28 points. Monfils was the winner of the set after clinching 20 points more than Giron (24-4). Monfils was astonishing on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (12-1). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marcos GironGiron (7-5 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-1) – H2H details and stats
