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Gaston survives as Gael says goodbye
Hugo Gaston outlasts Monfils 6-0 in the fifth to end showman's RG career
Gael Monfils' storied career at Roland-Garros is over, and it came to an end in – what else? – five thrilling sets.
The 39-year-old former top 10 player fell short of completing another pulsating comeback in his favourite playground against fellow Frenchman Hugo Gaston 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-0.
With peers and legends including Richard Gasquet, Sebastien Grosjean, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Yannick Noah watching on, the 2008 semifinalist was listless across the first two sets … until he found the special spark that only comes on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Serving at 3-3, 30-30, Monfils hammered an ace, and let out a roar that brought both himself and a 15,000-strong crowd in the stands back to life.
At Gaël Monfils’ last French Open, his tennis legacy shines: ‘Representation is so important’
Gaël Monfils will retire at the end of the year as one of the most inspiring players in French tennis history. Jean Catuffe / Getty Images
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PARIS – Cheers reverberated around Roland Garros just after midnight Tuesday. Chants rang out, and the packed crowd on Court Philippe-Chatrier stood, as Gaël Monfils, on the occasion of his final match at the French Open, was presented with a glass case containing that everlasting symbol of French tennis: a sliver of a red clay court.
Monfils, of course, knows it well. It’s the same red brick dust that tennis’ ultimate showman cloaked himself in countless times as he flung his body around the Paris courts, gladly trading bruises, scrapes and dirt stains for the chance to thrill one more fan and to win one more point.
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