The perfect tie-break that launched Gaël Monfils towards the feat against Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round of the Australian Open

It is an understatement to say that Gaël Monfils did not particularly shine the last times he faced top players and measured himself against them in the tie-break. Over the last seven years, he had only managed to win two of the twelve decisive games played against members of the top 10. A misery, when this Saturday he found himself precisely at 6-6 in the third set of his third round. against Taylor Fritz, world No. 4. There was a set everywhere, we had been playing for 2h11 and the Frenchman, who held his own perfectly against the American (4-6, 7-5, 6-6), had not yet really gained the upper hand over this match in which he was far from being the favorite.