Gaël Monfils was beaten upon his entry into contention by Kazakh Alexander Bublik (49th worldwide) in four sets (6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3) on Monday at Roland Garros.
A huge disillusionment for the French, who had not been eliminated in the first round in Paris since 2005.
Gaël Monfils, 9th player in the world, was eliminated in the first round of Roland Garros, a first in his career since 2005, beaten by the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (49th in the world) in four sets (6-4, 7-5, 3 -6, 6-3), Monday in Paris.
The 34-year-old Frenchman, semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 2008, remained on two defeats at the start of Rome and then Hamburg in September, his resumption tournaments after six months without competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He had chosen to give up the American mini-tour on the hard Cincinnati-US Open concentrated in New York.
Gaël Monfils bows in the 1st round of #RolandGarros
Alexander Bublik achieves a great performance and offers himself the French n ° 1 in 4 sets 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3!
The French had not lost in the first round of the tournament since his first participation, in 2005 pic.twitter.com/yv71XiDhVc
- France tv sport (@francetvsport) September 28, 2020