Monfils, Swiatek, Lys… what to remember from the night in Melbourne

While Gaël Monfils is preparing to play a 5th set against Fritz, the Polish Iga Swiatek impressed and the drafted Eva Lys continued her daydream.

Blue joy

Dream performance from Gaël Monfils. At 38, Gaël Monfils knocked down world No. 4 Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round. The Monf achieved one of the greatest feats of his Major career by dominating the American. Exceptional in service, inspired in the exchange, the Frenchman will face Shelton or Musetti in the 8th. He has an 8th victory in a row in 2025 and becomes the first French player to beat a top 5 Grand Slam since 2016. Eternal Monfils!

The number 1

It’s never too late. For the first time in his career, Gaël Monfils beat one of the top four seeds in a Grand Slam tournament. And it had been 17 years since the 38-year-old veteran last beat a top 5 Grand Slam. An eternity.

The demonstration

The walk in the park continues for Iga Swiatek. There was no match in the clash between the Pole and Emma Raducanu. The winner of the 2021 US Open was swept away (6-1, 6-0) by the Pole in 1h10. Too feverish on serve (58% of first serves), the Briton was completely overtaken by the world number 2. Eliminated in the 3rd round in Melbourne in 2024, Swiatek thus signs her fourth victory in as many oppositions against Emma Raducanu, who played her first third round in Melbourne.

The beautiful story

The waking dream continues for Eva Lys. Faller in the 3rd round of the Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (4-6 6-3 6-3), the German became the first lucky loser in the women’s singles to reach the 8th since the event moved to Melbourne Park in 1988 . go Lys, there “lucky loser”learned she was playing 10 minutes before her first-round match. Losing in the final round of qualifying a few days before her birthday, she had booked a flight home that morning. But, with a last-minute withdrawal of 13th seed Kalinskaya, she offered herself a perfectly negotiated second chance. Now for the Iga Swiatek mountain.

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The declaration

“I love tennis so much that I can’t help but go to three sets”smiled the semi-finalist of the last US Open Emma Navarro. The American dropped a set in each of her matches this week, against Peyton Stearns (6-7 [5]7-6 [5]7-5) and the Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-3, 3-6, 6-4). The 8th seed therefore won a third match this night in three sets in a row, against the triple Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur (39th): (6-4, 3-6, 6-4).

The performance

The young American Alex Michelsen (42nd), aged 20, qualified for the round of 16 by dismissing the Russian Karen Khachanov (19th) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 in three sets to offer his first round of 16 in a Grand Slam. This victory follows that against Stefanos Tsitsipas, seeded n°11 (7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4), in the first round and brings him closer to the Top 30 at the ATP, and promises him already its best ranking in ten days.

To be continued

Another Frenchman scraps on the courts. Corentin Moutet lost the first set against Tien in the deciding game (10-8). The Italian Jasmine Paolini, fourth in the world, is expected around 7 p.m. (9 a.m. in ) at the Margaret Court Arena. The finalist of Roland-Garros and Wimbledon in 2024 will challenge the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (27th). At the start of the evening, world number 1 Jannik Sinner will face the American Marcos Giron (46th), who has never gone beyond the 3rd round in a Grand Slam. In the event of a victory against Giron, the defending champion in Melbourne would achieve a 17th victory in a row. Also to follow, the duel between the American Ben Shelton (20th) and the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (15th).

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