Novak Djokovic hustles Gael Monfils 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Thursday. Djokovic will engage against Reilly Opelka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. The Serbian won this tournament once in 2007. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Serbian added to his prize money $ 7,730 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 18,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 14,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,055 in total.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Djokovic scored 59 points vs. Gael’s 41.
Djokovic
Djokovic served extremely well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (12/18) on his second serve. Novak was fantastic in converting all the break points (3/3).
Monfils
On the other side, Monfils wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Monfils is 20-1 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
Djokovic will come up against Opelka in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Djokovic grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Djokovic conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Gael (32-27). Djokovic surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, Gael conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Djokovic won the set after he broke Monfils in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Djokovic was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Djokovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Djokovic conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Gael (27-14). Novak conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Gael conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 7-64)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-69 7-64)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-2)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-3)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 7-65)
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-75 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H details and stats