This Monday morning, Gaël Monfils faces the whimsical American Ben Shelton in the round of 16 of the Australian Open. An opposition between two players which promises to be spectacular. Follow the match live.
07:17 – Shutdown (4-5)
In the money-time, Ben Shelton did not weaken and scored a shutout, finishing with a second ace.
07:14 – First hot-shot (4-4)
To conclude his service game, Gaël Monfils tries the serve-volley and uses his trigger before a forehand volley.
07:13 – New ball
While he serves with new balls, Gaël Monfils has success with his uncrossed forehand. He hits the edge of the net before scoring the point.
07:11 – Shelton comes out (3-4)
Since the start of the match, Ben Shelton has considerably hampered Gaël Monfils with the left-handed cliché serve. The latter allows him to keep his stake.
07:09 – Shelton inaccurate
After a double fault, Ben Shelton completely offsets a cross-court backhand and allows Monfils to return to 30-30.
07:08 – First ace
Accustomed to bringing down lightning on serve, Ben Shelton waited three games before scoring an ace.
07:07 – New tie (3-3)
Since the start of the match 21 minutes ago, Gaël Monfils has put Ben Shelton in check on his returns. Winning service for the Frenchman who returns to equal score.
07:03 – Shelton in the lead (2-3)
Status quo at the start of the match where both players remain solid on their throws. No break point to save for the moment as Gaël Monfils prepares to serve.
06:56 – Powerful Shelton (1-2)
While he attempted a second ball at 215 km/h, Ben Shelton kept the advantage at the start of the match while Gaël Monfils began to unleash his shots from the baseline. The observation round is over between the two men.
06:53 – Monfils unbalanced
On the first point of Ben Shelton’s game, Gaël Monfils is close to twisting his ankle after a backhand on the counter foot.
06:52 – Monfils pulls together (1-1)
While Ben Shelton’s forehand ogive narrowly went wide, Gaël Monfils seemed determined to make Ben Shelton play the extra shot.
06:51 – Svitolina presents
After her victory earlier in the night, Elina Svitolina is present in Gaël Monfils’ box.
06:49 – Awkward Shelton
On his first two points on serve, Gaël Monfils took advantage of Ben Shelton’s unforced errors on the return.
06:48 – Shelton solid (0-1)
On a backhand lob that was too long from Monfils, Ben Shelton opened his account despite two unforced errors. The match is on!
06:47 – Shelton very focused
Usually smiling on the court, Ben Shelton begins the meeting with a very closed and very concentrated face.
06:45 – Here we go!
After a huge first ball and a nice delivery from Gaël Monfils, Ben Shelton sends a smash into the net. The tone is set in this meeting.
06:42 – A Briton on the chair
Experienced British referee James Keothavong will be on the chair for this exciting opposition between Gaël Monfils and Ben Shelton.
06:40 – The summary of his exploit in video
A few minutes before the round of 16 against Ben Shelton, relive the best points of his 4th round against Taylor Fritz on video.
06:39 – Shelton serving
While he won the toss, Ben Shelton decided to start the match on serve. Start of the warm-up.
06:35 – Svitolina proud of her husband
After qualifying for the round of 16 two days ago, Elina Svitolina did not hide her pride in her performance as well as that of her husband Gaël Monfils: “I am very proud of myself and of Gaël, because we We didn’t give up, we believed in our game, we believed we could win, and yes, we won today. I told him how impressive his management of the match was. he really wanted the match goes his way, that he wanted to play well and that he wanted to compete against Taylor, who is a great player. I have the impression that, as we always talk about his age, Gaël feels that he still has it. a lot of energy, he wants to show it and he wants to fight and that’s what he did impressively today.”
This Monday morning, the Ukrainian outclassed Veronika Kudermetova to reach the quarter-finals.
06:34 – Entry imminent
Gaël Monfils and Ben Shelton are currently in the aisles of the Margaret Court Arena. Very focused, the Frenchman will be the first to enter the court.
06:30 – Monfils survives with Djokovic
While he played his first Grand Slam tournament in 2005, Gaël Monfils is the only current player, alongside Novak Djokovic, to have played in the 2005 Australian Open.