Gael Monfils downs Kevin Anderson 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. Monfils will engage against Alexander Zverev in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Monfils's Record

Monfils added to his prize money $ 40,105 after winning this match. He has won already $ 92,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gael will add $ 83,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 175,000 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Kevin Anderson BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Anderson
7-5 6-2
1h:39
85
85
Total points
67
67
37
37
Winners
24
24
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
1
1
11
11
Double Faults
3
3
58%
58%
1st in
58%
58%
70%
70%
1st won
69%
69%
37/53
37/53
1st won
24/35
24/35
51%
51%
2nd won
32%
32%
20/39
20/39
2nd won
8/25
8/25
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/10
1/10
50%
50%
Won
10%
10%
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At the end of the match, the French player scored 85 points vs. the South African’s 67.

Monfils

The French player was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).

Anderson

On the other side, Kevin was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Monfils and Anderson is 6-1 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Monfils will compete against Zverev in the 4th round.

This will be the 4th time that Gael Monfils and Alexander Zverev fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Monfils won 7-64 6-3 in the quarter in Rotterdam back in 2016.

Live score progression and stats

The French player won the set after he broke the South African in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Kevin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Gael didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.

Monfils failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Gael converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kevin converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 92 points. Monfils was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the South African (50-42). The French player dropped 20 points on serve (33-20). In addition, on the other side, the South african conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).

Monfils had a racing start in this set after breaking Kevin Anderson in the 1st

game (1-0). Gael managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the South African in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

The French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Anderson was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 54 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Anderson (33-21). Gael surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, Anderson conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

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