Jakub Mensik shocks Gael Monfils 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Doha on Friday. Mensik will face off with Karen Khachanov in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Mensik added to his prize money $ 51,030 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 123,840 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mensik will add $ 88,460 to his earnings to get in total $ 212,300 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Gael Monfils Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:54
Jakub won this contest even if he conquered less points than Gael (78 vs. 80).
Mensik
The Czech was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Monfils
On the other side, Gael had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Mensik and Monfils is 1-0 for Jakub.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Mensik will compete against Khachanov in the final.
There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Czech conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Jakub was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). 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 game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 63 points. Jakub conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Gael (34-29). Jakub surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Mensik had a strong start of this set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Monfils extended his lead after breaking Jakub in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Jakub was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.
The French player was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Monfils didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Monfils was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Czech (27-18). Monfils was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). In addition, on the other side, Mensik conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Mensik enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Jakub to win the set since Monfils managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Czech maintained his cool to break Monfils in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Czech converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Monfils converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 50 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 2 more points than Monfils (26-24). Jakub surrendered 10 points on serve (14-10). On the losing side, the French player conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-612 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
