The story of the day
Gael Monfils is in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, but … – because with the French there is always a “but” – you will probably argue that he has benefited so far from a picture very clear. I hear you and I have also read some of the comments you’ve posted Monday morning on our site. You’re not wrong. And, apart from the main person, nobody will say the opposite. To have the right to cross swords with Milos Raonic Wednesday Monf The ‘released adversaries classified beyond the 60th place worldwide. So what ? Not when we will not even ask him to be flogged with his rope. It did the job. Good game. Point bar.
Gael Monfils in Melbourne – AFP
This is exactly how I want to remember. Since the beginning of his career, seeded No. 23 of the Australian Open has behaved unpredictably enough so that we have the right to rejoice to see it take its place. No bang nor tennis trance and even fewer large jumps of concentration, but a form of consistency that allowed him to move in a straight line from the beginning of the fortnight. In four games, lost only Monfils set and did not let too influx on the courts of Melbourne.
Hunt the natural, Gaël their spots
Whether to add, however, a “but” this observation – because with Monfils, if you followed, there is always a “but” – it is not the side of the table need look for. The French have no authority on it. However, the Monf ‘needs to better control the showman in him slumbering. If he has done quite well recently, a common horizontal desperate that mortals would try on the grass of the All England Club was a reminder that remained Monfils Monfils. Monfils Why did he do that? “By instinct, he launched . People need to understand that if I dive, it’s because I know do it.” That we knew already. Chase the natural, Gaël their spots. That is its strength. And its weakness. It makes beautiful pictures. Hoping that it does not make too much bobo.
Do not miss: Kuznetsov – Monfils Unusual – Eurosport
I loved
Gael Monfils, obviously. For the reasons set out above. The good ones. As bad. We will not sulk our pleasure to see a French in the top 8. Remember that last year around the same time, all these people had gone home long ago.
David Ferrer advance masked. The Spaniard did not make noise but perfectly holds its own. He made a clean copy of a game Monday against John Isner (17 unforced errors only one in the second set). Ferrer has not lost a single set. This is the only quarter-finalist in this case.
Ferrer – Isner: highlights – Eurosport
I did not like
“I have to concentrate on my service” , launched Bernard Tomic Saturday. It would have been better to combine the action to the word. Because against Andy Murray, the Australian has been inconsistent in this game sector. As in the other matter. Before hoping to reach the Top 8 as he imagines worthy, it is indispensable.
Since the US Open in 2011, we never saw John Isner in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. Mondays, Greensboro giant, who had conceded no break point and slammed 101 aces so far, had the misfortune to come across a great David Ferrer. But also spread the limits of his game. The world number 11, soon 31 years, tops.
Just to know
Milos Raonic he finally found the Shoe Fits? This is Stan Wawrinka who would like to know …
The highlight: Raonic – Wawrinka Unusual – Eurosport
Victoria Azarenka she’ll end up losing a set before the end of January? Nine matches since the beginning of the year. No road round left.
Come in threes ? When he showed up on the short face Raonic, which happened twice, Monfils has never lost.
3 stats to remember
1977. For the first time in 39 years, Britain has two representatives in the men’s and women array by Andy Murray and Johanna Konta. Konta is the UK first in the top eight of a major tournament since … 1984.
25. If Konta is a novice, Andy Murray will play his 25th quarterfinal Grand Slam Wednesday. He enters the Top 10 in the Open era.
25 (bis). This is the age of the youngest quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in the men’s draw. And his name is Milos Raonic. Federer and the other thirty (or those who approach it like Djokovic) can rest easy: the next generation is not ready yet.
Raonic – Wawrinka: highlights – Eurosport
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