Sinner upsets Monfils, joins Murray in Antwerp quarterfinals

October 17, 2019 2

The future appears to be now at the European Open, where Jannik Sinner ousted top-seed Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2 during second-round action on Thursday evening. Sinner saved the only break point he faced and broke Monfils four times while coasting in exactly one hour. […]

Monfils ends U.S. Open match with 360 smash

August 30, 2019 1

Leave it to Gael Monfils to convert match point with a 360-degree overhead smash. That’s how his U.S. Open second-round win over Marius Copil ended on Thursday night. Monfils moves on to a Saturday showdown against Denis Shapovalov.
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The five most surprising ATP final matchups of 2018

December 19, 2018 3

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer may dominate the slams and Masters 1000s for the most part, but the rule at the 250-point level–to which top players in the world rarely stoop–is to expect the unexpected. That was certainly the case this past season. […]