So near, so far.
After a pitiful elimination in the first round, Gaël Monfils left the Australian Open in tears in February 2021. In the midst of a nightmare.
Just under a year later, the 35-year-old has "
found his mojo back
".
That of 2019 and the start of 2020, when, after winning two consecutive titles, he was on the verge of beating Djokovic in the semi-finals in Dubai.
And then the Covid-19 landed.
Monfils turned off the light, plunged into a long darkness.
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Australian Open: men's schedule and results
Australian Open: ladies schedule and results
In 2020, after returning to the courts in September, he has not won a match in five games played.
Last season, he posted a meager 18-17 record.
In distress, he did not chain two consecutive victories before August (quarter-finalist in Toronto), before bowing out in November at Bercy on a package, when he had to challenge Novak Djokovic in 8th.
Change of scenery at the beginning of 2022. His substantive work with the emblematic coach Günter Bresnik begins to carry…
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