Gael Monfils celebrated a career milestone and etched his name in French tennis history during his Roland Garros opener on Tuesday. The affable Frenchman won his 400th tour-level match, needing only 89 minutes to prevail against German Dustin Brown 6-4, 7-5, 6-0. He becomes only the sixth Frenchman to have won 400 tour-level contests: Frenchman Tour-Level Wins Yannick Noah 482 Fabrice Santoro 470 Richard Gasquet 470 Gilles Simon 415 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 410 Gael Monfils 400 400 career wins achieved today at #RG17 by @Gael_Monfils! We've been treated to some special moments over the years...#TrickshotTuesday pic.twitter.com/s2iDwmxY3x — Tennis TV (@TennisTV) May 30, 2017 Monfils won 70 per cent (14/20) of his net points to win his first clay-court match of the...
Andy Murray opened his Roland Garros bid on Tuesday to go one better than last year’s runner-up finish. Reunited in tournament play with his head coach Ivan Lendl for the first time since January, the World No. 1 knocked out Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. “He goes for his shots and plays aggressive,” Murray told the host TV broadcaster. “He hits the ball flat, so he takes your time away. But it was quite windy today. I started to feel better as the match wore on. Last year was a great year for me, it was the best I’d ever played here after 10 years. Also, last year during Bercy [Tennis Paris Masters], was when I reached No....
Eighth seed Kei Nishikori overcame a slow start to advance to the second round at Roland Garros on Tuesday, blasting 47 winners to beat Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Nishikori, a quarter-finalist in Paris in 2015, is making his seventh appearance at the clay-court Grand Slam. "Today was a tough match," said Nishikori. "I think he played well at certain moments. I think in the third and fourth set I started playing little better. [I'm] feeling pretty good. I mean, it wasn't a perfect match, but still, I think for first match, it was a good start of the tournament." The Japanese right-hander reached the fourth round last year before falling to Frenchman Richard Gasquet. He will next...
Watch highlights of defending champion Novak Djokovic versus Marcel Granollers on Monday in the first round at Roland Garros. Video courtesy Roland Garros. Getty Images photo.
Novak Djokovic discusses coming to Roland Garros as the defending champion, his new coach Andre Agassi and his first-round win over Marcel Granollers on Monday. Video courtesy Roland Garros.