Frances Tiafoe aces Gael Monfils 5-7 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Vienna on Thursday. Tiafoe will square off with Jannik Sinner in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tiafoe added to his prize money € 30,780 after winning this match. He has already won € 66,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 63,200 to his earnings to get in total € 129,225 in total.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs. Gael Monfils Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:11
At the end of the match, the American scored 102 points vs. Gael’s 80.
Tiafoe
Tiafoe served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (46/61) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (19/31) on his second serve. Tiafoe won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, Monfils was far from perfect 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 Tiafoe and Monfils is 2-1 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Tiafoe will face Sinner in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Frances Tiafoe and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Monfils conquered in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).
The French player wasted a good opportunity to break the American in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Frances was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The French player was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A).
They contested 98 points. It’s worth to point out that, Gael won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Frances (48-50). The French player dropped 19 points on serve (31-19). on the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 17 points on serve (31-17).
Tiafoe enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Tiafoe reinforced his lead after breaking the French player in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
An important stage of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Frances was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 33 points. Tiafoe was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the French player (23-10). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, Gael conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Gael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 51 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the French player (29-22). Tiafoe surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
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