EDITORIAL
A ticket for the last square of the New York Grand Slam. This is what Gael Monfils argues on Wednesday night, at the US Open, against the Italian Matteo Berrettini, 24th World Player and Richard Gasquet's scorer in the first round. But the French, 13th world, is on his land in the hot and noisy atmosphere of Flushing Meadows. "Gael Monfils needs noise and fury," said Virginie Phulpin in her editorial of the day, on Europe 1. She is convinced, our French "is in his element" in New York.
Gael Monfils is made for New York, and to see it win, enjoy, be happy and show it, it's so refreshing, it does not happen every day with French tennis. It's no coincidence that Monfs is in full swing at Flushing Meadows.
Heard on europe1:
Gael Monfils needs noise and fury. He finds it at the US Open with planes taking off and landing, spectators moving, eating, hissing and cheering loudly
Look at Wimbledon, he had dropped out in the first round. Okay, he was hurt. But besides, the royal lodges, the immaculate clothes and the respectful silence, that's not his thing. Gael Monfils needs noise and fury. And that's at the US Open he finds it. The planes taking off and landing, the spectators moving, eating, hissing and cheering loudly, there he is in his element. There is something going on with him in New York. And if he does not win the tournament, I will probably remember more of his career than that of the winner.
There is an osmosis between Monfils and the public of the US Open, and that is not necessarily the case elsewhere. I do not know if you remember, during his first Roland Garros in 2005. Gael Monfils was very young, and he arrived on the court in boxer's uniform, hood on the head, he gave himself a mean look like the one who get on the ring. Well, behind him he had lost in three sets, invisible. And that, we in France, it's hard to accept. The show for the show, it had been very badly received by the spectators. It's a shame, it must be a show also tennis.
" Everyone follows him in the stands, of course, he says, Monfils, the US Open makes him love "The New York public, he loves this kind of staging Monfils is a fan of US basketball. And he won one of his matches with a 360-degree smash, a move you see in the NBA, not on a tennis court. Everyone follows him in the stands, obviously. He says, Monfils, the US Open makes him love. That's good, I too want to enjoy at least until the semifinals.
Plus, there's even a love story in the middle of it all. Gael Monfils is in a relationship with Ukrainian player Elena Svitolina. She's already qualified for the semi-finals. And they live their love by sharing it with the audience, with a good dose of humor too. Frankly, they understood everything. It's worthy of a movie script, and they ship all the audience with them. So go, Gael Monfils, we want a happy ending us! "
Gaël Monfils' course at the US Open
1st round: def. Alberto Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
2nd round: bat M Copil (Romania) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
3rd round: bat Shapovalov (Canada) 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Round of 16: Bar Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2