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...