"I was very good, I was very good physically, I hit hard, I think tonight was a good show," said the Frenchman to his audience.

France's 13th-ranked Gael Monfils qualified for the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday, easily eliminating Spaniard Pablo Andujar (70), 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in 1:26. "I was very good, I was very good physically, I hit hard, I think tonight was a good show," he told the Louis-Armstrong court audience. returned an ovation.

In the next round, the 33-year-old Frenchman will face Italian Matteo Berrettini (25th) for a place in half. Monfils, winner of the tournament in Rotterdam this year, will play the 9th Grand Slam quarter-final of his career, the 4th at Flushing Meadows. In 2016, he had reached the last four. Last year, however, he was eliminated in the second round.

A season sawtooth

The Frenchman has had a rough season because his good performances have been clouded by flat rates and abandoned on injury. Thus, he dropped out before his quarter-final at the Masters 1000 Indian Wells because of his left ankle.

Then he dropped out before his semifinal at the Masters 1000 Montreal, again because of a painful ankle. His ankle still made him give up in the first round at Wimbledon and made him forfeit before the Miami, Monte Carlo and Washington tournaments.