Former Gael Monfils captain in the French team, Yannick Noah said he was confident of the Frenchman's chances of beating Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the US Open.

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Three years later, Gael Monfils wants to find the semifinals of the US Open. And to achieve this, the French must imperatively beat Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament, Wednesday, from 20 hours.

For Noah, Monfils and Berrettini "have nothing to lose"

What are his chances, facing the young Italian, 23, ten years his junior and ranked 25th in the world? "From the moment he has health and he can connect a few matches, it's good," said Yannick Noah at the microphone of Europe 1. "After four games, Gael is trained!"

"It's going to be an important test where both players have nothing to lose, whether it's the Italian Berrettini and Gaël," said the former captain of the France team, from 2016 to 2018. "That's a unique chance to be in the semifinals. " Gael Monfils, 13th world player, to seize it.