It won’t be this time. This Thursday, in the second round of theATP 250 de Brisbane, Gaël Monfils found his biggest pet peeve, Novak Djokovic. An opponent he has never beaten and that hasn’t changed. Authoritarian, the Serb had to face a My son courageous and far from ridiculous but not strong enough to disrupt this Djokovic-there, winner in two sets 6-3, 6-3. 20-0. This is now the balance sheet of Djokovic facing the Parisian. Never in the history of Tennis has a player lost so much against the same opponent without even winning once.
Video – Djokovic after his victory against Monfils in Brisbane
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“I saw where I am”
A match which still allowed the Frenchman to gauge himself. “Novak played well, the ball came out of his racket really well, he moved forward well and above all he served well, better than I thought,” he confided to The Team. “Frankly, he was good (smiles). Me, I’m starting my year with a good match against a young player and a match against a top 10 entry having done good things even if it wasn’t enough. There are times where I would have liked to change certain choices, but there were some good sequences. When we play early in the year for a top 10, it’s seeing where we are. I saw where I am.“
