Gael Monfils stuns Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Washington on Wednesday. Monfils will fight against Tallon Griekspoor in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. The French player won this tournament once in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Gael added to his prize money $ 12,180 after winning this match. He has already won $ 26,905 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 24,150 to his earnings to get in total $ 51,055 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Alexander Bublik Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Monfils scored 77 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 63.
Monfils
The French player served very well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 48% points (16/33) on his second serve. Gael won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Bublik
On the other side, Bublik was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Monfils and Bublik is 2-1 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Monfils will take on Griekspoor in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will square off 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 Gael clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The French player missed the opportunity to break Alexander in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The French player converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bublik was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).They contested 72 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Bublik (40-32). The French player surrendered 10 points on serve (24-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Bublik conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Gael won the set after he broke the Kazakhstani in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Alexander tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, the French player didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.
Monfils converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Alexander converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th
(1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A).They contested 68 points. Monfils was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Bublik (37-31). Gael conceded 17 points on serve (24-17). In addition, on the other side, Alexander conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-66 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-610 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-6 6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Sebastian KordaKorda (5-7 7-64 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 6-74 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-75 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-65 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Michael MmohMmoh – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H details and stats