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.
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
2h:01
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.
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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