His beautiful American tour is coming to an end. Gaël Monfils, 162? player in the ATP ranking, could not resist the Russian Andrey Rublev (8?) who beat him 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, Thursday August 31, in the second round of the US Open.
After months of nursing a foot injury that occurred in Canada last summer and then a wrist injury that forced him to forfeit before his second round at Roland-Garros, the 37-year-old Frenchman returned to tournaments on the summer tour North American on Hard.
He reached the round of 16 in Washington, the quarterfinals at the Masters 1000 in Toronto and again the eighth at the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati with, in passing, three victories against players from the World Top 15 (Tsitsipas, Norrie and De Minaur).
At Flushing Meadows, he passed the first round by beating the Japanese Taro Daniel (95? and from qualifying) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4).
In the 3rd round, Rublev will find another Frenchman, Arthur Rinderknech (73?), for a place in the round of 16. Last year, he reached the quarter-finals in New York for the third time. He played quarterbacks in every Grand Slam tournament, but never made it to the last four at a Major.
