This edition of Roland-Garros did not already promise to be famous for the French camp.
And now his best chance is to give up participating.
Gaël Monfils, 22nd in the world, announced on Monday his package for the Parisian Grand Slam tournament, which begins at the end of the week.
“I have been hampered since Monte Carlo by a heel spur in my right heel which prevents me from moving on the court,” he explained on his Twitter account.
Hello everyone, I regret to announce my withdrawal from the Open Parc de Lyon and Roland Garros next week.
I have been hampered since Monte Carlo by a heel spurs in my right heel which prevents me from moving on the court.
— Gael Monfils (@Gael_Monfils) May 16, 2022
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It was this same injury that forced him to forfeit just before the Masters 1000 on the Côte d'Azur in early April.
He then resumed in Miami, before calibrating in Madrid, where he lost in the second round against Novak Djokovic.
Quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in January, Gaël Monfils, who has just announced that he will be a dad next October, looked very much like the only French player capable of reaching the second week this year Porte d' Auteuil.
The place is free to show us that we were wrong.
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