Monfils surprises Humbert and joins Alcaraz in the last 16

Le 08/10/2024 à 11h58 par Elio Valotto

Monfils

Gaël Monfils is inexhaustible.

At 38, the Frenchman is still putting in fine performances, as he is showing this week in Shanghai.

Already victorious over Damir Dzumhur and Sebastian Baez, he has just dominated his young compatriot and friend, Ugo Humbert, in the third round.

He played a very solid match, then took advantage of a diminished Humbert at the end of the game to win after more than 2 hours (7-6, 2-6, 6-1), and will now meet a certain Carlos Alcaraz in the next round.

A match that is bound to feel like a reunion.

As a reminder, Monfils surprised everyone at the Cincinnati tournament by eliminating Alcaraz.

Monfils, Gael

7

2

6

Humbert, Ugo [16]

6

1

Alcaraz, Carlos [3]

6

7

Monfils, Gael

4

5

Monfils, Gael

4

7

6

Alcaraz, Carlos [2]

6

4

Gael Monfils

55e, 1005 points

ATP looks back at the best moments of the season... off the court!

Jules Hypolite 16/12/2024 à 19h38

As we await the start of the 2025 season, which kicks off at the end of the month, the ATP has taken the opportunity to look back at the highlights of 2024 that took place off the tennis courts. The ...

Tsonga on the impact of social networking: "Someone with a phone can tell your personal life story. It's pretty terrible".

Elio Valotto 15/12/2024 à 17h04

Visiting the YouTube channel of his compatriot and friend, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried agreed to take part in the talk-show. In what appears to be the first episode of a series launched by Monfils on h...

Monfils and Tsonga on their Grand Slam failures: "Wawrinka, Cilic and Del Potro were stronger than us"

Jules Hypolite 14/12/2024 à 23h40

In a talk-show between Gaël Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the two men discussed their failures in major tournaments and admitted that they hadn't been good enough to win any. Despite having carried...

Tsonga's honest assessment of his career: "I wasn't good enough to win a Grand Slam".

Jules Hypolite 14/12/2024 à 21h42

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has left his mark on French tennis for over a decade, reaching the final of the Australian Open in 2008, for example, and playing in several semi-finals at Roland-Garros and Wimbled...