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...
Philipp Kohlschreiber joined an elite club on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, clinching his 400th tour-level match win to advance to the third round. Kohlschreiber has experienced many significant moments throughout his 17-year professional career, with seven ATP World Tour titles and 22 victories over Top 10 players. He added another milestone to his growing résumé, becoming just the third German to cross the 400 wins threshold. "It feels great, it means that I'm pretty old and have been on the tour for a long time," Kohlschreiber joked. "I hope I get the chance to go for 500." German Match Wins Leaders (Open Era) Player Career Win-Loss Boris Becker 713-214 Tommy Haas 563-326 Philipp Kohlschreiber 400-308 Michael Stich 385-176...
Fifth seed Fabio Fognini celebrated a milestone 250th victory on Tuesday at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo. The Italian beat compatriot Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 7-6(4) in one hour and 35 minutes to advance to the second round. Fognini, who reached the semi-finals here in 2008, was nearly untouchable on his first serve, winning almost 80 per cent of those points. He will next face another Italian qualifier in Alessandro Giannessi, who dismissed home favourite Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil 6-4, 6-3. In an under-20 battle, #NextGenATP player Casper Ruud of Norway beat 19-year-old Akira Santillan of Japan 6-4, 6-4. The 18-year-old Ruud, who reached the semi-finals in Rio last week, will meet seventh-seeded Argentine Federico Delbonis in the second...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will play for his first ATP World Tour title in 17 months on Sunday at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The Frenchman knocked out 2014 champion Tomas Berdych on Saturday, ousting the fourth seed 6-3, 6-4 in 72 minutes. The victory marks a milestone 400th win for the 31 year old. “It was a good match, played pretty solid on my serve, which is good for my game. When I'm serving like this I'm able to create a bit more on the return and be a bit more offensive,” Tsonga said. “Just really happy to be in the final. Now it's the last step, and it's not an easy one so I'm already focused on...
