Magical night. On Tuesday night, Gaël Monfils was the conductor of a stunning match that will remain in the annals of the edition. Out of breath, plagued by cramps, the Frenchman (36), who fell to 394th in the world, won against Argentina's Sebastian Baez (22, 42nd in the world) in a crazy chase 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5. His first win since August 2022. Paris had closed its eyes when a bonfire burned on the Philippe-Chatrier court to warm the chilly atmosphere of a court crossed by a smiling squall. An episode to feed the legend of a player encumbered by a host of injuries, capable, like a devil, to get out of his box, when no one is waiting for him to forget a collection of disappointments, missed appointments.
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- Roland Garros Men's Singles
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Gaël Monfils, without moderation, took advantage of the parenthesis. A parable of his career in which drunkenness and distress coexist in a play of light and shadow. Gaël Monfils, playing his 16th tournament...
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