Gael Monfils ousts Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Monfils will seek to keep on going in this event against Sebastian Baez in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
Gael added to his prize money $ 11,250 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 34,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, the French player will add $ 24,600 to his earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Damir Dzumhur Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gael scored 68 points vs. Damir’s 57.
Monfils
Gael was effective at converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Dzumhur
On the other side, the Bosnian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Dzumhur is 3-1 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Sebastian Baez – stats
Monfils will compete against Baez in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Gael Monfils and Sebastian Baez clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
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 French player clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Gael converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Bosnian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 70 points. Monfils conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Bosnian (38-32). Monfils dropped 12 points on serve (25-12). on the other side of the court, Dzumhur conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Monfils had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Damir Dzumhur in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the French player refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Dzumhur in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Gael converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Dzumhur converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 54 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Bosnian (30-24). The French player lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the court, Dzumhur conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
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