Gael Monfils gets by Zizou Bergs 6-3 6-4 in the final in Auckland on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This is the first time that Monfils conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The French player added $ 43,105 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 103,455 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Zizou Bergs ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gael scored 68 points vs. Bergs’s 56.
Monfils
Gael served very well to win 88% of the points (29/33) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. Gael won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Bergs
On the other side, Zizou wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Monfils and Bergs is 1-0 for Gael.
This was the 13th career title for the French player. (see list of titles and finals). Bergs lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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Monfils had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Monfils to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.Gael converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Monfils didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Bergs (36-30). Gael dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, Zizou conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Monfils snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Monfils was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, Zizou was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Gael won 6 points more than Bergs (32-26). Gael surrendered 10 points on serve (24-10). In addition, on the other side, Zizou conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).