Australian Open | Gaël Monfils gives up against Ben Shelton in the round of 16

It was quite beautiful, it was even big at times. We will have generally vibrated during this first week at the Australian Open where Gaël Monfils, eighth finalist at 38 years old (a performance that only Ken Rosewall and Roger Federer had achieved before him), will have been one of the great entertainers . But unfortunately it is now time to write the long-awaited sentence: there are no more French people in Melbourne after the defeat of its last representative, forced to retire this Monday morning against Ben Shelton while the latter had just won two sets to one in a very indecisive duel during the first three sets (7-6(3), 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 1-0 ab.)