Thanasi Kokkinakis surprises Monfils in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Hurkacz. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTREAL RESULTS

Thanasi Kokkinakis surprises Gael Monfils 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Montreal on Wednesday. Kokkinakis will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Hubert Hurkacz in the 2^nd 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 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th 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 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (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 3^rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th 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 6^th (2-3 30-40) and the 8^th 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 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. Monfils tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (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 2^nd 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 4^th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th 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 7^th 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

• Taylor FritzFritz – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-1)
• Tommy PaulPaul – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 7-6²)
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (2-1 ret.)
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4)
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-2)
• 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)
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2)
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 2-6 6-4)
• Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4)
• Ben SheltonShelton – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6⁴ 6-2)
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3)
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 7-5)
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 7-5)
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-7⁸ 7-6⁶ 6-3)
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4)
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2)
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-6⁷ 5-7 6-4)
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6⁵ 6-7⁵ 6-2)
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4)
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (3-6 7-5 6-4)
• Holger RuneRune – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 3-6 6-2)

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• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-3) – H2H details and stats
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-1) – H2H details and stats
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tommy PaulPaul – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-2) – H2H details and stats
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H details and stats
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• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H details and stats
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-3) – H2H details and stats