“I think I did the job,” smiled Monfils just after his feat.
“With a little success, here I am in the second week of the Australian Open,” he told an audience largely supportive of his cause.
The tennis veteran ended a streak of 12 consecutive Grand Slam defeats against top 5 players on Saturday, his last success dating back to 2008, against Spaniard David Ferrer in a quarter-final at Roland Garros.
He joins his compatriot Ugo Humbert (14th) in the round of 16 of the Australian Open, qualified on Friday after the abandonment of Arthur Fils (21st), injured in his foot.
Elise Mertens eliminated in the 2nd round of the women’s doubles
Elise Mertens (WTA D-7) will not retain her women’s doubles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament. Saturday, in Melbourne, the Limburger and her Australian partner Ellen Perez (WTA D-13), with whom she is the 6th seed, were eliminated in the 2nd round.
-The Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (WTA D-61) and the Romanian Elena Gabriela Ruse (WTA D-57) won in two sets: 6-4 and 6-4, after 1h38 of play.
Title holder (with Taiwanese Hsieh Su-Wei), Elise Mertens played her first tournament with Perez.
Elise Mertens lost in the second round of singles to the American Jessica Pegula (WTA 6) in this first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
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