Gaël Monfils on his way at the start of the year.
Opposed to the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (77th in the world), the Francilien won in three rounds after a big fight of 2h37 (7-5, 7-6, 6-3).
After having broken his opponent at the best of times in the first set, the 20th in the world broke in the second to win the tie-break before folding the case in the third, on his second match point on the serve of his opponent.
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Australian Open: men's schedule and results
Australian Open: ladies schedule and results
Winner of the Adelaide tournament before the Australian Open, the Parisian has still not lost a single match in 2022 (he had given up at Adelaide 2), while he still has not dropped a single set at Melbourne, where he finds the quarter-finals for the first time since 2016. "La Monf" will face the winner of the duel between the seeded Matteo Berrettini (7) and Pablo Carreno-Busta (19).