Grosse performance Gael Monfils in Monte Carlo, where French No. 3 Roger Federer dismissed in two sets Thursday to play his first quarterfinal on the Rock (6-4 7-6).
Gael Monfils, you never know what to expect. Holder of a wild-card Monte Carlo after having to give up on his eighth final against Tomas Berdych in Miami because of a hip injury, the Parisian landed on the Rock disoriented and with the main purpose of storing matches on clay.
And the least we can say is that the mission is already successful. After two games logically winded face Dolgopolov and Kuznetsov, he reached the quarterfinals Friday Masters 1000 Monaco, for the first time in his career, dominating Roger Federer (6-4, 7-6 [5] ) in 1:44 of play.
unhappy finalist last season, the Swiss had however started well this meeting, quickly detached to lead 3-1. But “Monf” did not let go, quick gluing before the break at 5-4 and win the first act in stride. Author in the final 38 unforced errors against 22 the current number 3 tricolor, Federer was on a par with a voluntary opponent in the second set, spreading five break points to take the French in the tie-break.
Led 5-3 in the tiebreak, Monfils was then scoring four consecutive points to win with style. “I had a bit of success in this game,” , commented on micro Canal + Sport one who signed a second consecutive victory against Federer after that certainly special, won the final of the Davis Cup and even had match points in the quarterfinals of the US Open. From there to talk about nemesis … “It’s a great champion and he will find solutions to fight, I’m sure,” he continued, before reassuring about his physical condition .
He will find, for a place in the last four, a Grigor Dimitrov who literally swept the defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka earlier (6-1, 6-2), and given that he will have every chance in a lower part of the table more open than ever.
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