Finally!!! We have a confident Monfils.
The Frenchman says he is confident as he has fully recovered from the knee injury that made his ranking to slip to a current world no. 103.
The Frenchman got a confidence boost after defeating Blake in Houston 7-6 (5) 7-5 to comment “I am 100 percent with the level the way I played,” Monfils said. “I was happy the way I was moving. I can say it’s a nightmare behind me so I am very happy.”
Then the former world no.7 added “It’s been four weeks since I played so I was more focused on winning this match and hoping there was no more pain,”
“The crowd was very fair today. I knew it would be tough because James is a big favorite here.”
Next vs Almagro
Gael will play seed no.1 Nicolas Almagro in the second round. Head to head is 2-2. 2-0 for Almagro on clay.
