Fabian Marozsan survives Gael Monfils 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Auckland on Monday after winning a huge battle. Marozsan will face Ben Shelton in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes.
Fabian added to his prize money $ 4,515 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fabian will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Fabian Marozsan vs. Gael Monfils ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Fabian scored 122 points vs. Gael’s 120.
Marozsan
Fabian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, the French player was not so effective in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Marozsan and Monfils is 1-0 for Fabian.
Draw and next match H2H: Fabian Marozsan vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Marozsan will come up against Shelton in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Fabian Marozsan and Ben Shelton fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Fabian clinched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Gael lost the 7th game (4-3) when he was 40-0 up.
Marozsan was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the French player 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 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They played 75 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Fabian won barely 1 point more than Monfils (38-37). Fabian lost 9 points on serve (23-9). In addition, on the other side, Monfils conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
The French player won the set after he broke Fabian .
The French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40). On the other side, the French player didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Fabian (36-40). Gael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, the Hungarian conceded 16 points on serve (36-16).
Fabian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Marozsan broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Hungarian won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 11th (7-4) point.
Fabian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Fabian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They played 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Hungarian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the French player (44-47). Fabian dropped 16 points on serve (29-16). On the losing side, Gael conceded 15 points on serve (31-15).
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