Gaël Monfils has had a successful start to the 2020 season. - Koen SUYK / ANP / AFP

It is never too late to gain consistency. At 33, Gaël Monfils, 9th in the world and defending champion, retained his crown at the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam by beating the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday.

YOU CAN'T STOP IT 🇫🇷 2nd consecutive title and 10th career title for Monfils, Auger-Aliassime's downer in Rotterdam #HomeOfTennis pic.twitter.com/nGwyCQhtUx

- Eurosport.fr (@Eurosport_FR) February 16, 2020

It is the tenth title in Monfils' career and its second in eight days after its success a week ago at the Montpellier tournament. The Frenchman, who had never won two tournaments in the same season, has thus returned to 3rd place in the Race, the ranking since January 1, only beaten by Djokovic and Thiem.

Gael Monfils 🇫🇷🏆 / @ Gael_Monfils / (🎥 @ TennisTV) pic.twitter.com/0QLbhVK00n

- doublefault28 (@ doublefault28) February 16, 2020

Never endangered by the young Canadian despite a break lost when serving for the 5-2 match in the second round, Monfils took advantage of an even more open table than in Montpellier. But it was still necessary to take advantage of it. Well done Monf '.

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