The couple Monfils / Svitolina wreaks havoc on Melbourne. A few hours after the victory of Gaël Monfils against Taylor Fritz, in the third round of theOpen d’Australie, Elina Svitolina also shone by offering herself the scalp of Jasmine Paoliniworld n°4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. The similarities between the lovers are uncanny: they both scored against the fourth-ranked player in the world. Amazing. Svitolina will then challenge Veronika Kudermetova, who outperformed Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-4, 6-2. Will the Franco-Ukrainian couple pull themselves up again and extend the Australian adventure?
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“I am very proud of myself and of Gaël”
“I am very proud of myself and of Gaël, because we did not give up, we believed in our game, we believed that we could win, and yes, we won today. I told him how point his management of the match had been impressive”, confessed Svitolina at a press conference. “I know he really wanted the game to go his way, he wanted to play well and he wanted to compete against Taylor, who is a great player. I feel like, as we always talk At his age, Gaël feels that he still has a lot of energy, that he wants to show it and that he wants to fight and that’s what he did impressively today.”
“I don’t think I can even dream of winning the title here”
If he continues to play like he did today, he will be hard for anyone to beat.” a affirmIt’s Taylor Fritz at a press conference. Gaël Monfils preferred to be much more measured. “Nwe, to be honest, I don’t think I could even dream of winning the title here. My dream is to have more children, enjoy my family and stay healthy. Tennis is great, it’s a fantastic addition to my life, but it’s not my priority. It just allows me to have fun.” Note that, for its part, the Habs achieved their first success in a Top 5 Grand Slam since their victory against David Ferrer in… 2008 to Roland-Garros.
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