US Open: “Extraordinary man”, “charismatic”… Why Monfils is the darling of the tennis circuit

2023-08-29 13:34:45

On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, at the stroke of midnight, Gaël Monfils will enter the track at the US Open, the 60th Grand Slam of his career. Just after the first round of his wife, Elina Svitolina, against the German Anna-Lena Friedsam, the soon-to-be 37-year-old Frenchman (he will celebrate them this Friday, September 1) will face the Japanese Taro Daniel, 95th and from the qualifications. An affordable first round for a player who is recovering after two excellent weeks in Toronto and Cincinnati and some great victories against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Cameron Norrie or Alex de Minaur.