Gael Monfils surprises Cameron Norrie 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Monfils will seek to keep on going in this event against Alex De Minaur in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2011. Here you can see his history at this event.
Monfils added to his prize money $ 21,240 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 47,620 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gael will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,805 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Cameron Norrie Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Monfils scored 89 points vs. Cameron’s 80.
Monfils
The French player won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, Norrie was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (4/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Norrie is 3-0 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Alex De Minaur – stats
Monfils will compete against De Minaur in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Gael Monfils and Alex De Minaur play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Monfils didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Cameron Norrie in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Norrie refused to bow to come back to break Monfils in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Gael was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Brit was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the French player was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Gael (33-26). The Brit dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, Monfils conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
The French player won the set after he broke Cameron in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Monfils didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.
Gael failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The French player converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Cameron converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 64 points. Gael was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Brit (35-29). Monfils surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, Cameron conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Monfils snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Monfils converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Monfils won 10 points more than Norrie (29-19). Gael lost 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Norrie conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
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Upcoming matches
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- Max PurcellPurcell – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
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