injured, Gaël Monfils gives up against Ben Shelton

Tired after more than three hours of effort in the furnace of Melbourne, Gaël Monfils preferred to throw in the towel, hampered in one hip. The Frenchman, 41^e world at 38, gave up at the very beginning of the fourth set of his round of 16 at the Australian Open against the American Ben Shelton (20^e) who led 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/2), 1-0, Monday.

There are no more French people in the running

While the first three sets ended in a tie-break in heat above 30 degrees, the veteran tricolor headed towards the net smiling at 1-0 for Shelton, telling him that he was stopping the fight at after almost three hours of battle and eight victories in a row. In the previous round, Gaël Monfils eliminated world number 4, Taylor Fritz.

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