Alejandro Davidovich Fokina upsets Jack Draper 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday. Davidovich Fokina will square off with Alexei Popyrin in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alejandro added to his prize money € 71,705 after conquering this match. He has already won € 154,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alejandro will add € 128,480 to his earnings to get in total € 282,650 in total.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Jack Draper Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:46
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 113 points vs. Jack’s 103.
Davidovich Fokina
Davidovich Fokina won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Draper
On the other side, Jack had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 4/16). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Draper is 1-0 for Alejandro.
Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Davidovich Fokina will take on Popyrin in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Davidovich Fokina was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Jack Draper in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set because the Brit managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Spaniard kept his focus to break Jack in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Jack had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Alejandro converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Brit converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. Alejandro was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Brit (36-27). Alejandro dropped 13 points on serve (20-13). on the other side of the court, Draper conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Davidovich Fokina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jack Draper in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Brit to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks.
Jack was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Alejandro was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 100 points. This set was so close that, Draper won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Jack conceded 12 points on serve (25-12). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 25 points on serve (38-25).
Davidovich Fokina was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Jack Draper in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Davidovich Fokina to win the set because Jack found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. The Spaniard kept his focus to break Draper in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Davidovich Fokina won just 3 more points than the Brit (28-25). Davidovich Fokina lost 14 points on serve (15-14). In addition, on the other side, Jack conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 6-2)
- Arthur FilsFils – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 6-3)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-1)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 3-6 7-5)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jack DraperDraper (6-3 6-76 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 6-1)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 3-6 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
