Oh yes!shouts Melbourne on this happy Saturday when the sun is shining and the tricks of Gael Monfils are shining in all their beauty, as if instead of being 38 years old he was twenty-two years old going from here to there, jumping, doing magic and stretching. , eating the net as before. After all: “I can retire right now, anything I get from here is a bonus.” And so it is. The Frenchman has little to prove, a tennis player born to entertain and make people happy. Hedonistic tennis. There are some who are surprised that he would have gone far with other ideas, but simply, he says, he has gone where he wanted. A happy person. In any case, he is still there, recently in Auckland to be the second oldest player to reach the final – after the Croatian Ivo Karlovic, aged 39 – and today he is making news by knocking out one of the players who were punished, Taylor Fritz: 3 -6, 7-5, 7-6 (1) and 6-4, in 3h 08m.
“I don’t usually think about my age, it’s just a number and I try to avoid thinking about it; I try to do what I can without thinking. I have been in my job for 21 years and I have no pressure. In life you have to dream, and I have a lot of dreams, “explains the Parisian, a dreamer of parents and an unexpected killer from North America, who recently rose to the top – the finalist of the US Open and the Masters Cup finalist. -and now falls early, it is another way of Redemption is missing from a famous group that refuses (with few exceptions) the glory. Medvedev, Rublev, Tsitsipas, Hurkacz, Berrettini, Tiafoe and Dimitrov are absent, and the clock is going and another famous player like Alexander Zverev is afraid that he may miss the mark, since Jannik Sinner (6-3, 6-4 and 6-2 to Marcos Giron) and Carlos Alcaraz will give another command the new one.
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And, in the meantime, Monfils and his good vibes are still there. “The most important thing is health. Tennis has given me everything I imagined. It’s a blessing, everything else is a bonus,” he insists, almost 40 years old and fresh as lettuce, fresh and sharp in a time when his sword collided with that of real sellers, book competitors, and today. “Honestly, I don’t know if I’ll play for how long, but if he gets seriously injured, it will end there. “I like tennis, I like to compete, but it’s not the only goal,” he says after beating the American (fourth in the world) and thus follows in Roger’s footsteps. Federer, the only person to do so to date, managed to break the barrier of 16 tournaments since 1988, when the record of 128 players was established.
Monfils wins and a philosophy of life shines that contradicts the beliefs of the game that destroys lives, in which the famous are often dissatisfied. However, he, six in the world nine years ago, clearly says about it. A hopeful reporter asks him if he sees himself as a winner of the tournament, and he answers the most important question: “Will you win the tournament? No, to be honest, it’s not a dream. My goal is to grow up, have more children and be healthy. Have a family. Tennis is good and I have dreams and goals. But my real dreams are out there.” He looks happy and his banner continues to shoot amazingly, finishing this last job with 24 acres and 58 winners. There are 10 tennis players over 35 years old and he, great on the court and outside, in contrast, carries a different message: success and technical success are not everything.
EVA LYS, THE STORY OF FINDINGS
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Add and continue Jannik Sinner, who has already been selected in the 16th round and admits internally about what is happening in his drawing section. Taylor Fritz does not appear in it anymore and now, after beating Marcos Giron, he has a duel with Miomir Kecmanovic or Holger Rune; Both are good tennis players, the Nordics are looking at the top, but on paper the farthest from the Italians.
The winner of the last edition won the night exchange and before that, the day brought the victory of Student Tien, the boy who on Thursday made Daniil Medvedev a commoner. Meanwhile, the American beat Corentin Moutet (7-6(10), 6-3, 6-3) and will meet Lorenzo Sonego in the round of 16, a native of Turin who is bigger than Fabian Marozsan (6-7(3) , 7- 6 (6), 6-1 and 6-2).
In the women’s draw, Iga Swiatek sent her match easily with Emma Raducanu and awaits Eva Lys, the first repetition until the second week of the competition since 1988; She did so after coming back from Jacqueline Cristian 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3. Elena Rybakina (6-3 and 6-4 Dayana Yastremska) joined, but not the fourth in the world, Jasmine Paolini; Monfils’ wife, Elina Svitolina, beat him (2-6, 6-4 and 6-0).
The following morning (Eurosport and Max) three Spaniards will participate in the round of 16: Paula Badosa against Olga Danilovic (not before 3.00), Alejandro Davidovich against Tommy Paul (not before 5.00) and Carlos Alcaraz against Jack Draper (not before before 5.30). ).