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Monfils Achieves Career Milestone In Opener

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...

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Tribute: Berdych Celebrates 600th Match Win In Rome

It may have been 15 years since his first tour-level match win, yet the smile remains the same. Tomas Berdych, ear-marked for the top from a young age, continues to strive for his goals as one of the cleanest hitters – and dedicated stars – on the ATP World Tour. Today at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, a couple of hours after David Ferrer hit the 700 match wins milestone, Berdych celebrated his own career achievement: his 600th victory in a 6-3, 6-4 encounter against Carlos Berlocq on Court Pietrangeli, one of the most picturesque settings in world tennis. In breaking a tie with his coach, former World No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic (599), the 31-year-old Berdych becomes the 25th player in...

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