Monfils d. Galarneau

Monfils beat Galarneau 6-3, 6-4 in the first round at the BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells. Monfils won 71 of 122 points (58%). Monfils hit 6 aces to 1 and won 73% of points behind the first serve (32/44) against 54% for Galarneau. Monfils converted 4 of 8 break points and saved 2 of 4 faced; Galarneau converted 2 of 4. Galarneau double-faulted 6 times. The match was played on hard in United States.