After his historic win, Monfils returned to Margaret Court Arena and sat in the stands to watch his wife, Svitolina, eliminate the women's No. 4 seed, two-time major finalist Jasmine Paolini 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 at night.
The 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria prevailed in three sets and will face Holger Rune on Monday for a place in the quarterfinals. The young Dane may be his most dangerous threat heading into the final, especially after Taylor Fritz's shocking elimination against Gael Monfils.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner raced to victory at the Australian Open on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 as Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu.- Rampant Swiatek - In a one-sided battle of former US Open champions,
Defending champion Jannik Sinner raced to victory at the Australian Open on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 as Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu.
Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open's fourth round 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,
In other men's results, Gael Monfils joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open's fourth round 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, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.
France's tennis star Gael Monfils, who became the oldest man in almost 50 years to win an ATP Tour title in Auckland one week ago, dropped 24 aces on USA's Taylor Fritz to notch his eighth successive match victory.
A shocking elimination. Taylor Fritz was playing the best tennis of his career in recent months, in which he reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open and the final at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin entering the Top 5 of the ATP ranking with full merit.
Two of four American men still playing in Melbourne, Irvine native Tien, 19, and Aliso Viejo native Michelsen, 20, became friends on the youth tennis circuit
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: