Gael Monfils tops Garin in the 3rd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Monfils gets by Garin to compete against Miomir Kecmanovic in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Cristian Garin

Gael Monfils prevails over Cristian Garin 7-6(4) 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Monfils will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Miomir Kecmanovic in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

Monfils
Melbourne
Monfils's Record

The French player added to his prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Cristian Garin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Garin
Gael Monfils
7-64 6-1 6-3
2h:01
Cristian Garin
103
103
Total points
80
80
38
38
Winners
35
35
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
27
27
Unforced
45
45
38%
38%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
8/11
8/11
Net Approaches
14/21
14/21
73%
73%
Perc
67%
67%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
4
4
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
59%
59%
1st in
63%
63%
72%
72%
1st won
59%
59%
38/53
38/53
1st won
35/59
35/59
54%
54%
2nd won
38%
38%
20/37
20/37
2nd won
13/34
13/34
211
211
Fastest serve
206
206
184
184
AVG 1st Serve
191
191
152
152
AVG 2nd Serve
159
159
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
Total
3/4
3/4
64%
64%
Won
75%
75%
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At the end of the match, the French player scored 103 points vs. Garin’s 80.

Monfils

Gael fired 14 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Gael didn’t lose the concentration in converting 64% of the break points that he conquered (7/11).

Garin

On the other side, Garin was effective at converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Garin is 2-0 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Miomir Kecmanovic – stats

Monfils will face Kecmanovic in the 4th round.

This will be the 2nd time that Gael Monfils and Miomir Kecmanovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Gael Monfils Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The French player won the set after he broke Christian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 12th (6-6) game. The Chilean tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, Monfils refused to give way to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

Tiebreak

Gael won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Christian won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Monfils converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Gael won just 3 more points than the Chilean (40-37). The French player lost 10 points on serve (27-10). On the other side, Christian conceded 13 points on serve (27-13).

Monfils overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Cristian Garin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Gael to win the set since Christian found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Gael kept his focus to break Garin in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

One of the most important stints of the set was when Gael won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Monfils converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Garin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (0-4 0-40).

They contested 40 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Garin (26-14). The French player dropped 9 points on serve (13-9). In addition, on the other side, the Chilean conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).

The French player won the set after he broke the Chilean 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Chilean tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, the French player didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.

The French player was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the Chilean converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A).

They played 64 points. Gael was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Chilean (36-28). Monfils dropped 12 points on serve (17-12). In addition, on the other side, the Chilean conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).

 

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