Tag: Monfils

World no. 31 Gael Monfils will not participate to the tournament in Auckland citing fatigue. Gael has reached the final in Doha where he lost to Rafael Nadal in 3 sets and grabbing the airplane to Auckland to immediately play… well that would have  quite...

French Tennis player Gael Monfils trains on the court of the Quatar Open in Doha

This  ATP500 in Valencia had 3 interesting first rounds that produced only 1 upset: Tommy Haas. Ferrer b Monfils 6-3 6-2 This was a very difficult test for Davd Ferrer that is not playing at his very best. Luckily the seed no1 didn’t face an inspired ...

This week’s rankings have been affected by the ATP in Shanghai won again by Novak Djokovic. Rafa Even if Rafa didn’t have a great tournament to lose in the semifinal against an exceptional Del Potro, the Spaniard has consolidated his lead as he didn’t have any...

Another good win for Novak Djokovic that had to cope with a very dangerous Gael Monfils in the Shanghai quarters. The match started with an exchange of 4 consecutive breaks in the first 4 games to then become a bit more… “normal” and go to...

Roger Federer vs Gael Monfils Highlights Round 3 Shanghai Masters 2013

Another day of misery for the Maestro that seems incapable to get back to his illustrious past. This time the “Terminator” was Gael Monfils that dominated the Swiss for the entire match. In the first set Roger suffered from an early break in the first...

Good start of the tournament for King Roger that gets to the third round in straight sets vs. Andreas Seppi. Roger struggled just a bit in the opening set when he was broken in the 5th game. Another major upset? Not really… the Maestro regrouped...

Seed no.2 Jo-Wilfred Tsonga wins the most interesting first round of the Rakuten japan Open Tennis Champioship. Tsonga and Monfils were both quite unlucky to play each other in the opener. Jo had a wonderful start of the match to immediately break Gael and get...

The best performance in the ranking has been recorded by the two finalists in Winston-Salem. In fact, Jurgen Melzer, the winner,  climbed 5 places to be ranked world no.27. The runner up, Gael Monfils, went 4 places up to be ranked no.39. John Isner had...