Monfils d. Safin

Monfils beat Safin 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(3) in the third round at the Sony Ericsson Open - Miami. Monfils won 121 of 237 points (51%). Monfils hit 13 aces to 9 and won 71% of points behind the first serve (42/59) against 73% for Safin. Monfils converted 4 of 7 break points and saved 8 of 12 faced; Safin converted 4 of 12. Safin double-faulted 7 times. The match was played on hard in United States.