Gael Monfils

BNP Paribas Masters—Paris Third seed Novak Djokovic captured the final regular season match of the year on Sunday, defeating an inspired Gael Monfils, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3). Djokovic, who dominated his French opponent in a first set with two breaks of serve, won a total of 84 percent of his first-serve points in the 30-minute set. The Serb began the second set with the same amount of poise, breaking Monfils early to lead 3-1. Monfils simply looked...  

In the mist of celebrating a glorious point, which included a mid-air two-handed smash against Marin Cilic during the quarterfinals of the Bercy event last week, a strange but confiding moment occurred for Gael Monfils: He became a man. It wasn't so much his jaw-dropping attempt against his lanky opponent that caused the Frenchman's revelation—if anything, we've seen one too many (or too few) miracle acrobatic moves by the French player during...  

Falling forward...   September: Some Take it Easy, Some Don't With the year's final Major in the books, and five spots booked for the Tour finale in London, the final remaining three positions for an English tournament would be highly contested throughout the indoor season. In a relatively quiet month of action, Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon each captured titles in Metz and Bangkok, respectively. Monfils, who hadn't won a Tour title in nearly...  

Serbian tennis star Novak Đoković won the Paris Masters for the first time in his career, defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils. Đoković, who is the third ranked tennis player in the world, defeat Monfils in three sets 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 in Sunday’s final match.  

Novak Djokovic won his second consecutive title on Sunday and his first ATP Masters Series crown of 2009 by defeating Gael Monfils of France 6-2 5-7 7-6(3) in front of a hometown crowd in Paris. Last week, Djokovic beat Roger Federer in 3 sets in the 3-time defending champion's hometown of Basel, Swizerland to win the Davidoff Swiss Indoor Championships.Monfils lost the first set in about 30 minutes but came back to win the second, and despite...  

Novak Djokovic of Serbia secured back-to-back ATP titles on Sunday by edging battling Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7/3) in a thrilling Paris Masters final.The win was the first for Djokovic in the Masters Series this year following four runner-up finishes and it will send him into the season-ending ATP Tour World Finals in London from November 22-29 as the favourite.But it remains to be seen just how much his efforts here this week...  

Novak Djokovic s-a calificat in finala Mastersului de la Paris dupa ce l-a depasit categoric, scor 6-2, 6-3, pe Rafael Nadal. In ultimul act, sarbul il va intalni pe francezul Gael Monfils, cel care l-a depasit pe Radek Stepanek.  

Gael Monfils takes out Radek Stepanek in three sets on Saturday afternoon in Paris. Monfils will contest his first Masters Series final against Novak Djokovic.  

Novak Djokovic overpowered Rafael Nadal, 6-2, 6-3, yesterday to reach the Paris Masters final for the first time. The Serb will face Gael Monfils of France today. He advanced to the final with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over Radek Stepanek. Djokovic is 3-0 ...  

Gael Monfils takes out fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau in straight sets on Thursday at the Paris Masters. Monfils is through to a quarterfinal clash with Marin Cilic.  

Gael Monfils makes sure there would be French presence in the Paris Masters quarter-finals by recovering from a set down to oust 12th seed Marin Cilic of Croatia with a 3-6 6-4 6-4 win.  

VIENNA: Frenchman Gael Monfils kept hopes for a place in next month's season-ending championships alive on Wednesday beginning his campaign at the Austria Tennis Trophy with a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.  

Gael Monfils puts on an entertaining display of tennis to dispatch Marin Cilic in the Paris quarterfinals on Friday night. Monfils will face Radek Stepanek for a spot in the title match.  

Eight Frenchmen, spearheaded by world number 13 Gael Monfils, dominate the men's draw for the Brisbane International in January, organisers said on Thursday.Apart from Monfils, compatriots Jeremy Chardy (32), Paul-Henri Mathieu (33), Richard Gasquet (52), Marc Gicquel (58), Arnaud Clement (64), Florent Serra (66) and Michael Llodra (69) were named in the main men's draw.American Andy Roddick, ranked sixth, heads the ATP tournament along with...  

Gael Monfils is keeping his mind off of any chances of qualifying for the World Team Final year-end event, instead putting his head down in hopes of finally going the distance this week in Vienna.