Novak Djokovic destroys Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Tuesday after playing a solid match to clash against Andy Murray in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament 3 times in 2011, 2016 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Djokovic added to his prize money € 42,090 after winning this match. He has won already € 90,745 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add € 78,905 to his earnings to get in total € 169,650 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Novak scored 64 points vs. the French player’s 47.
Djokovic
The Serbian was great in converting all the break points (3/3).
Monfils
On the other side, Gael wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Monfils is 18-1 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray – stats
Djokovic will come up against Murray in the 3rd round.
This will be the 37th time that Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray play each other. The head to head is 25-11 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Djokovic won 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in Paris back in 2014.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Serbian clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Novak was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Gael was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They contested 62 points. The Serbian won 6 points more than Gael (34-28). Novak conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). On the other side, Gael conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
The Serbian in this set played at a much higher level than the French player and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Serbian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Gael was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Gael (30-19). Novak surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). On the other side, Monfils conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-1 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jack DraperDraper (2-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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