Carlos Alcaraz defeated Gael Monfils to continue his winning streak and become the first Spaniard to reach the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals since 2017.
Alcaraz defeated the Frenchman 6-4 7-5 on Wednesday, his 12th straight win after falling short against him in Cincinnati earlier this year. At 38 years old, Monfils was attempting to become the second oldest ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinalist in history. He battled Alcaraz early on and nearly forced a break.
However, in the ninth game of the opening set, he was unable to maintain his lead, and the 21-year-old capitalized. Alcaraz put on a confident display in the second set, winning three games to love overall, but he did not have the upper hand.
In the penultimate game, Monfils was only able to stop two of three break points as Alcaraz pushed home his lead. On Thursday, he will meet with Tomas Machac.
Alcaraz expressed his thoughts after the win and said: “The main thing I tried in this match was to stay calm, to control my emotions, and wait for my chances. That helped me a lot to show my best tennis during the match. I am feeling the ball really well, much more than I was during the American swing. So, I am happy to be able to do it and to keep going.”
Alcaraz in Shanghai, ranking, and results in 2024
Currently ranked no.2, Alcaraz has achieved a compiled 51-9 match record in 2024. Alcaraz is now having a run in Shanghai where he toppled Unknown Player bye, the world no.51 Juncheng Shang 6-2 6-2, the world no.560 Yibing Wu 7-6(5) 6-3 and the world no.46 Gael Monfils 6-4 7-5.
Carlos Alcaraz will take on the world no.357 Gabi Adrian Boitan in the . They have never competed against each other till now on the main tour.
Alcaraz has won 4 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells, French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing. Carlos reached the final in Paris (Olympics).
The Spaniard won 17 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts, 8 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters)
. The main draw will start on the 28th of October.Gael Monfils in 2024
Now ranked no.46, Monfils played his last match on the 9th of October when he surrendered to world no.2 Carlos Alcaraz 6-4 7-5 in the 4th round in Shanghai (draw).
Currently, during this season the French player has achieved an overall 24-21 win-loss record. Gael Monfils’s best accomplishment of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.
Gael won 12 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 8 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Vienna (Erste Bank Open) on the 21st of October and Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) on the 28th of October.
Carlos Alcaraz and Gael Monfils fought against each other 4 times. Their actual record is 3-1 for Alcaraz. The last time they competed against each other, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-4 7-5 in the 4th round in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 9th of October 2024.
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