All week, we had to contain our dismay as we saw Gaël Monfils win all his matches one by one at the Auckland tournament. Between a comeback out of nowhere, a divine racquet strike and a match won while being dominated, the Frenchman satisfied all tastes this week. And in the final against Zizou Bergs, Monf’ unfortunately remained true to itself; unplayable.
Gaël Monfils screws up before the Australian Open
In this final, Gaël Monfils did not take long to find his cruising speed. Forehand, backhand, serve… no crumb is left for poor Zizou Bergs who visits the four corners of the court. The Frenchman won the first set 6-3, and gave the Belgian player ideas for professional retraining.
But in the second round, it’s a different story. While leading 3-2, Gaël commits two double faults and finds himself trailing 0-40 on his own serve. We say to ourselves that this is the moment or never for Zizou to break him, but Monfils erases the three break points. As well as three others at 5-4, before winning 6-4. Gaël Monfils wins his thirteenth career title, all at the age of 38. We only have our eyes left to cry.
A performance which allowed him to become the oldest tournament winner since 1990 on the ATP circuit. Removing a certain Roger Federer from the shelves. Just that.
“Age is just a number” Gaël Monfils
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