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Young reaches Bangkok final
It took the United States player two hours and 45 minutes to make the progress which required him two tight tie breaks in the second and third terms. Monfils won the opener thanks to a break point conversion and did not seem to face any difficulty from the opposite side. He was even close to closing the meeting earlier in the second set which Young eventually managed to push it into the breaker.
The two exchanged four breaks in the second round and Monfils missed three break points, compared to American’s four. Young battled back at times to stun the French with a two mini break lead which helped him to even the situation and grab one more chance to win the game.
Finally, the decider had almost the same architecture as the second one. The two exchanged four more breaks with Monfils saving two. Young won the breaker in the same manner he had done it in the previous term. He went two points ahead to pick a hard earned victory against the main favorite and reach his first final in career.
Said a delighted world number 55 American: “I’m excited, I’m stoked, all the words that mean you’re happy to be in my first final. I’ve seen a lot of my peers make finals and I’m happy to be in my first one. It’s great to beat a Top 10 player of the calibre of Gael… I’m just trying to fight and not give up and it pays dividends at the end of matches.”
Young finished the game with a solid 73 first serve percentage, a 41 return one, three double faults and four break point conversions in ten tries. He also won 58 percent of service points and 116 points out of 237 played, compared to the French who committed eight double faults and hit 13 aces.
Monfils added to his showing a 60 first serve percentage, a 42 return one and five break point conversions in ten tries. The head to head series between the two has now gone 1-1 with Monfils’s only win dating from the 2008 Western and Southern Financial Group Masters in Ohio. Next up for Young is the winner between main favorite Andy Murray and great shaped Gilles Simon.
The Scott eased past Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter finals, needing nearly one hour and a half to book a berth into the best four term. Murray, winner of this year’s Queen’s and Cincinnati events, took the first lead thanks to a break point conversion grabbed amid the opener when he also saved three break points from the Bulgarian.
Concerning the second set, it was dominated in the same manner by the top seeder who managed to pick yet another break when it counted the most to go two games atop and close the clash after just two rounds. Dimitrov failed to build any break chance in the second term, losing the game very easily.
Murray won 53 percent of first serve balls, converted two out of three break points and hit a couple of aces. Despite a poor return percentage of 36, Murray managed to stay atop of his opponent throughout the entire meeting. He counter balanced the receiving poor efficiency with a 73 service percentage.
On the other side, Dimitrov had a 62 first serve percentage, three double faults and four aces, winning at the same time 64 percent of service points and 27 of return ones. Next up for Murray is Gilles Simon whom he will be playing for the ninth time in lifetime, fourth this year.
Third seed French edged Mattias Bachinger in three sets after surviving an early scare, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Simon conceded a service in the first term, something which allowed the German to set a three game gap against him and threaten with an early win. But the second term saw the French fight back at take a three game advantage on his own thanks to an impressive start which brought Simon a break when it counted the most.
He pushed the game into a third set decider he also managed to dominate at all facets. Bachinger permitted the favorite to steal a couple of more services and save his only two chances. Simon was thus improving his play as the game progressed. He closed the clash in nearly three hours but will start the Andy Murray meeting as second favorite.
Simon finished the game with a 65 first serve percentage, two aces and four double faults. He also won 36 percent of return points, converted three out of six break points and 65 percent of service ones. On the other side, Bachinger had a 62 first serve percentage, a 35 return one, hit 12 aces and committed five double faults.
The head to head series between Murray and Simon has gone 7-1 to the Scott who has met the French three times this year. Murray won all the clashes this season and has plenty of chances to keep the sheet clean against the world number 12. Simon’s only win comes from the 2007 Rome Masters.
Bangkok Prize Money and points:
Winner – $107,000 and 250 points ATP
Runner up – $56,300 and 150 points ATP
Semi finalist – $30,500 and 90 points ATP
Quarter finalist – $17,400 and 45 points ATP
R16 – $10,235 and 20 points ATP
R32 – $6,075 and zero points
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