French veteran Gaël Monfils rolled back the years to stun the USA’s No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday, winning 3-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4 after three hours and eight minutes of scintillating tennis.
The unseeded Gael Monfils, who hit a career-high ranking of six in 2016 but is now 41st, is enjoying a late-career flourish at the Australian Open.
Taylor Fritz took less than two hours to clinch his first-round match at the Australian Open against fellow American Jenson Brooksby.
Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 of the Australian Open as 38-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils stunned fourth seed Taylor Fritz. - Monfils magic - Monfils rolled back the years to storm back and defeat the American Fritz 3-6,
Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open’s last 16 at age 38 or older since the tournament field expanded to 128 players in 1988, coming back to beat No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz 3-6,
Emma Navarro and Taylor Fritz continue their runs at the Australian Open with contrasting challenges. World No. 4 Taylor Fritz delivered a commanding performance against qualifier Cristian Garin, winning 6-2,
American player and world No. 4 Taylor Fritz will face France's Gael Monfils tonight in Margaret Court Arena following the women's singles match between U.S. player Emma Navarro and Ons Jabeur. The match will take place in Margaret Arena no sooner than 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT today.
American Learner Tien kept the teenage revolution going at the Australian Open by reaching the last 16 on Saturday after 38-year-old Gael Monfils had made a statement for the older player with a stunning upset of fourth seed Taylor Fritz.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have ... 6-3 win over Jenson Brooksby. No. 8 Emma Navarro needed 3 hours and 20 minutes and rallied from 5-3 down in the ...
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
Iga Swiatek rushed through her first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.
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