Gael Monfils sweeps aside Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-5 6-0 in the semifinal in Adelaide on Saturday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Karen Khachanov in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Gael added to his prize money $ 21,145 after winning this match. He has won already $ 48,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 39,005 to his earnings to get in total $ 87,370 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, the French player scored 67 points vs. Kokkinakis’s 48.
Monfils
Monfils served extremely well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (12/24) on his second serve. The French player won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kokkinakis
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Kokkinakis is 1-0 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Monfils will face Khachanov in the final.
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the French player conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They played 70 points. Monfils conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Kokkinakis (38-32). Monfils conceded 10 points on serve (28-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Thanasi conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
Kokkinakis was completely overpowered and the French player won the set 6-0.
The French player converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kokkinakis was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 45 points. Monfils was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than the Australian (30-15). The French player conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). On the other side, Thanasi conceded 17 points on serve (9-17).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Marin CilicCilic (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-5 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
