Height offers tennis players a significant edge in serving, with towering players like Reilly Opelka and Giovanni Mpetshi ...

Taller players, with their better angles and higher contact point, can afford to use more of the explosive, throw-like ...

Monfils was struggling with a back injury at the start of the fourth set as Ben Shelton advanced to the quarter-finals ...

MELBOURNE - Veteran Gael Monfils has rolled back the years in recent weeks with a string of incredible performances, but the ...

Twelfth seed Ben Shelton dispatched the French veteran Gaël Monfils on Monday to move into the quarter-finals at the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The 38-year-old Gael Monfils has held off fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to advance to the second round of the Australian Open. Much was ...

Monfils had rolled back the years at the Australian Open with his victories over fourth seed Taylor Fritz, Daniel Altmaier and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to become the oldest man to reach the ...

Gael Monfils beat his compatriot Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who is 17 years his junior, in five sets to reach the second round at the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne, 14 January 2025.

However, his matches at Melbourne Park have been far from straightforward, with a total of over 12 hours spent on court and his first-round meeting with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lasting five sets.

However, his matches at Melbourne Park have been far from straightforward, with a total of over 12 hours spent on court and his first-round meeting with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lasting five sets.