Gael Monfils shocks Pavel Kotov 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3 in the final in Stockholm on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. This is the twice won this tournament that Monfils wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Gael added € 42,700 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 102,460 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Pavel Kotov Stockholm Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:37
At the end of the match, the French player scored 103 points vs. the Russian’s 96.
Monfils
The French player served extremely well to win 76% of the points (45/59) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 49% points (17/35) on his second serve. Monfils won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Kotov
On the other side, the Russian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Kotov is 1-0 for Gael.
This was the 12th career title for the French player. (see list of titles and finals). Kotov lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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Pavel won the set after he broke the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Gael tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, the Russian kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
The Russian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). In addition on the other side, Monfils was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Pavel won just 1 point more than Monfils (38-37). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (22-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Monfils won the set after he broke Kotov .
Monfils wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 14th game (7-5 40-A). On the other side, Pavel was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Pavel (38-41). Monfils conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Pavel conceded 17 points on serve (34-17).
Monfils started the set strong after breaking Pavel Kotov in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for Gael to win the set because Pavel found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. The French player kept his focus to break Kotov in the 9th (6-3) game.
The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
Monfils converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Kotov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They played 45 points. Monfils won 9 more points than Kotov (27-18). Gael conceded 6 points on serve (15-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
