Gael Monfils shocks Laslo Djere 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Stockholm on Saturday. Monfils will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Pavel Kotov in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. The French player won this tournament once in 2011. Here you can see his history at this event.

Monfils added to his prize money € 24,625 after winning this match. He has already won € 59,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, Monfils will add € 42,700 to his earnings to get in total € 102,460 in total.

Highlights Gael Monfils vs. Laslo Djere Stockholm Open – Stockholm

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Gael scored 71 points vs. Laslo’s 43.

Monfils

Monfils served extremely well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The French player was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7).

Djere

On the other side, Djere was struggling when converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Monfils and Djere is 1-0 for Gael.

Draw and next match H2H: Gael Monfils vs. Pavel Kotov – stats

Monfils will square off with Kotov in the final.

There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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Live score progression and stats

Monfils conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Laslo Djere in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Monfils to win the set as the Serbian found the way to break back in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. The French player kept his cool to break Laslo in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

A defining moment of this set was when Gael won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Monfils converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 3^rd (2-0 0-40), the 9^th (5-3 40-A), the 11^th (5-5 15-40) and the 13^th game (7-4 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Djere converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 6^th (1-4 40-A) and the 10^th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 71 points. Gael was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than the Serbian (44-27). Monfils lost 9 points on serve (21-9). On the losing side, Laslo conceded 23 points on serve (18-23).

Monfils had a great start in this set after breaking Laslo Djere in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Monfils to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

Monfils was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3^rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 43 points. Monfils was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Serbian (27-16). Gael dropped 6 points on serve (19-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Serbian conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).