Gael Monfils beats Denis Shapovalov 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Rotterdam on Wednesday. Monfils will seek to keep on going in this event against Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. The French player won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Monfils added to his prize money € 14,570 after winning this match. He has already won € 31,225 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add € 27,270 to his earnings to get in total € 58,495 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Denis Shapovalov ABN AMRO Open – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:37
At the end of the match, Gael scored 84 points vs. Shapovalov’s 75.
Monfils
The French player served extremely well to win 77% of the points (41/53) behind his first serve, and he won 74% points (20/27) on his second serve. The French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Shapovalov
On the other side, Denis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Shapovalov is 2-1 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Monfils will take on Sinner in the 2nd round.
This will be the 6th time that Gael Monfils and Jannik Sinner clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The French player won the set after he broke the Canadian .
Gael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Denis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 88 points. Gael was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Denis (47-41). The French player dropped 15 points on serve (35-15). on the other side of the court, the Canadian conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the French player won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Gael won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Shapovalov won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 71 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 1 point more than Denis (36-35). Gael dropped 8 points on serve (26-8). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
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- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-64 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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- David GoffinGoffin – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-4 6-712 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches
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- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Andrey RublevRublev (3-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H details and stats
