Ugo Humbert aces Gael Monfils 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai on Tuesday in what was an all-French player contest. Humbert will square off with Andy Murray in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Ugo added to his prize money $ 20,080 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 43,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ugo will add $ 37,575 to his earnings to get in total $ 80,600 in total.
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Gael Monfils Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Humbert scored 93 points vs. Monfils’s 78.
Humbert
Humbert won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, Gael was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Humbert and Monfils is 3-1 for Ugo.
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. Andy Murray – stats
Humbert will play Murray in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Ugo Humbert and Andy Murray play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on 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 Gael snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Gael was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Humbert was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Monfils won only 1 point more than Ugo (32-31). Gael lost 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the court, Ugo conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Humbert clinched in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Humbert converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, Monfils wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Ugo conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Gael (34-27). Ugo lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Monfils conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Humbert had a strong start of this set after breaking Gael Monfils in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for Ugo to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Ugo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Gael was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 46 points. Humbert was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Monfils (28-18). Ugo conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Monfils conceded 8 points on serve (12-8).
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