Gilles Simon surprises Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Moscow on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Aslan Karatsev in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes.
The French player added to his prize money $ 8,300 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 23,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Simon will add $ 11,640 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,900 in total.
Highlights Gilles Simon vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, Simon scored 62 points vs. the American’s 46.
Simon
Simon served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (18/21) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. Gilles was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).
Mcdonald
On the other side, Mcdonald was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Simon and Mcdonald is 2-1 for Gilles.
Draw and next match H2H: Gilles Simon vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Simon will face Karatsev in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Gilles Simon and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Gilles won the set after he broke the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
They played 49 points. Gilles was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Mcdonald (29-20). Gilles conceded 7 points on serve (16-7). On the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Simon was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the French player to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The French player maintained his cool to break the American in the 8th (6-2) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when Gilles won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
They played 57 points. Gilles was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the American (36-21). Gilles surrendered 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, Mcdonald conceded 22 points on serve (15-22).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrey RublevRublev (5-7 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Federico CoriaCoria (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – James DuckworthDuckworth (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-1 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gilles SimonSimon – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Richard BerankisBerankis (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- John MillmanMillman – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
