Carlos Alcaraz gets the better of Arthur Fils 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday. Alcaraz will engage against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alcaraz added to his prize money € 128,480 after winning this match. He has already won € 282,650 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 234,275 to his earnings to get in total € 516,925.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Arthur Fils Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Fils is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Alcaraz will play Davidovich Fokina in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Arthur Fils in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for Arthur to win the set as Carlos succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Arthur maintained his cool to break Carlos in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The French player was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Carlos was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (0-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. This set was so close that, Fils won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Fils conceded 23 points on serve (22-23). Regarding the other side of the net, Alcaraz conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Carlos snatched in the 12th game (7-5) before finally winning the set (7-5).
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Carlos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th
game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Fils was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).They played 71 points. Alcaraz won 5 points more than Arthur (38-33). Alcaraz conceded 12 points on serve (29-12). On the losing side, Arthur conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).
Carlos won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd
(1-2) game, Alcaraz broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.Arthur couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Carlos converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Arthur (27-22). Alcaraz dropped 7 points on serve (14-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
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- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Arthur FilsFils (4-6 7-5 6-3)
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