Unrelenting Monfils thumps Gimeno Valero in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Monfils annihilates Gimeno Valero to play Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero

Gael Monfils too good for Carlos Gimeno Valero 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in Madrid on Monday after playing a great match to clash against Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 55 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2008 and 2010. Here you can see his history at this event.

Monfils
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Monfils's Record

Monfils added to his prize money € 21,695 after conquering this match. He has won already € 48,655 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 42,090 to his earnings to get in total € 90,745 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Monfils
Valero
Gael Monfils
6-3 6-0
0h:55
Carlos Gimeno Valero
53
53
Total points
26
26
24
24
Winners
17
17
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
65%
65%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
68%
68%
1st in
80%
80%
92%
92%
1st won
52%
52%
24/26
24/26
1st won
17/33
17/33
67%
67%
2nd won
38%
38%
8/12
8/12
2nd won
3/8
3/8
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
0/0
0/0
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Monfils scored 53 points vs. the Spaniard’s 26.

Monfils

Monfils served very well to win 92% of the points (24/26) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (8/12) on his second serve. The French player was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).

Gimeno Valero

On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Gimeno Valero is 1-0 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Monfils will play Djokovic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 19th time that Gael Monfils and Novak Djokovic play each other. The head to head is 17-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Eastbourne back in 2017.

Gael Monfils Draw info

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1st Set -
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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 grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Gael converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Monfils didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Spaniard (27-16). Gael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Gimeno Valero conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).

2nd Set -
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Carlos wasn’t able to offer any resistance in this set and the French player won the set 6-0.

Monfils converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Gael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 36 points. The French player conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Carlos (26-10). Monfils was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Gimeno Valero conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

 

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