In his match, the world's No. 1 player Novak Djokovic confronted the person currently ranked 21 Gael Monfils. Historically, Nole won all 17 matches against the French player, and the 18th time was no exception.
Djokovic still retains his slow starting style in this match when lucky not to lose break in the 3rd and 5th game of Set 1 (up to 3 times to save the successful break point). After that, he won the break in the 6th game, thereby winning his opponent quickly with a score of 6-3. To Set 2, the world's No. 1 player ended the match faster with a score of 6-2, when winning the break in game 3 and game 7.
Another match is that Andy Murray struggled to win against Denis Shapovalov, the player currently ranked 16th in the world. The former Wimbledon champion currently ranked 78 in the world has a tactic to keep the strength enough to overcome the younger player.
Andy Murray won a set quickly when he won 2 breaks in game 4 and Game 6, thereby winning 6-1. Arriving at Set 2, he tried to win the break in game 5 but failed and after losing the back break in game 6, the 34-year-old player quickly 'let go' the set and let the opponent win with a score of 6-3. By game 3, the former Wimbledon champion overwhelmed the opponent and easily won 6-2. Statistics show that Murray has 11 chances to win this match, higher than Canadian player (3).
In the other match, the representative of host country Carlos Alcaraz surpassed the 27th rival Nikoloz Basilashvili with ratios 6-3 and 7-5. Although the match only took 2 sets that had 9 games lost the break, in which Carlos Alcaraz won 6 and Basilashvili won 3. This match, Carlos Alcaraz showed his forte on the ground when there were long glossy lines squeezed into 2 border of the opponent.
In the 1/8 round, Novak Djokovic will meet Andy Murray, while Carlos Alcaraz will meet the winner in the Cameron Norrie (UK, 11th in the world) to meet John Isner (USA, 23th in the world).
