Thanasi Kokkinakis surprises Gael Monfils 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Montreal on Wednesday. Kokkinakis will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 21,865 after winning this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thanasi will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gael Monfils National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Thanasi scored 63 points vs. Monfils’s 52.
Kokkinakis
Kokkinakis served very well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. Kokkinakis won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, Monfils was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Monfils is 2-1 for Thanasi.
Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Kokkinakis will take on Hurkacz in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Hubert Hurkacz play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kokkinakis won 6-2 7-66 in the qualifications in Atlanta back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Kokkinakis won the set after he broke Monfils in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Thanasi failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Monfils was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They played 66 points. Thanasi won 6 more points than Gael (36-30). Kokkinakis surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). on the other side of the court, Monfils conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
The Australian won the set after he broke Monfils in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Monfils tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Nonetheless, Thanasi kept the focus to win the set 6-3.
Kokkinakis failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
Certainly, a key moment was when Kokkinakis won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
Thanasi converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 15-40).
They contested 49 points. Kokkinakis won 5 points more than the French player (27-22). The Australian dropped 7 points on serve (13-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Gael conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
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- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4)
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- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 7-5)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-2)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-1)
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