Gael Monfils upsets Ugo Humbert 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday in what was an all-French player match. Monfils is going to play against Jakub Mensik in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Gael won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Monfils added to his prize money $ 30,620 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 72,810 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Monfils will add $ 51,030 to his earnings to get in total $ 123,840.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:11
At the end of the match, Gael scored 57 points vs. Ugo’s 40.
Monfils
Gael served pretty well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve. However he won only 29% points (5/17) on his second serve. Gael was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6).
Humbert
On the other side, Humbert didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Humbert is 1-2 for Ugo.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Jakub Mensik – stats
Monfils will square off with Mensik in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Jakub Mensik since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Monfils conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Ugo Humbert in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Gael to win the set since Humbert managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Monfils kept his focus to break Ugo in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when Monfils won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Monfils converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). On the other side, Humbert was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40).
They contested 48 points. Monfils was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Humbert (30-18). Monfils surrendered 10 points on serve (14-10). In addition, on the other side, Humbert conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
Monfils started the set strong after breaking Ugo Humbert in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Gael was not done to come back to break Ugo in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Monfils was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Ugo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 0th (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Gael was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Humbert (27-22). Gael surrendered 8 points on serve (20-8). on the other side of the net, Ugo conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
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