French tennis player Gael Monfils, number 13 in the world rankings, announced this Sunday that he will not play the Monte Carlo tournament due to a muscle injury. Monfils explained, in a message on his Twitter account, that he had been suffering from discomfort in his right calf for days, which was amplified in training yesterday Saturday.
An ultrasound “has confirmed the extent of the injury”, so “I am forced to delay my return to competition,” he added. Monfils, the tenth seed of the tournament, was due to make his debut tomorrow Monday against the Spanish Pablo Andújar. In this way, the Spanish Pedro Martínez enters the final table as a “lucky loser” after having lost to Delbonis in the previous round. definitive. Martinez will face the American Tommy Paul this Monday,
Goffin premieres the Monte Carlo box with a win over Cilic
The Belgian David Goffin, world tennis number 14, debuted this Sunday the table of the Monte Carlo tennis tournament with a 6-4, 3-6 and 6-0 victory over the Croatian Marin Cilic. Goffin, the 11th seed, will meet German Alexander Zverev, the fifth seed, who was exempt in the first round in the round of 32.
Monte Carlo is the first date of the Spanish Rafael Nadal with the European clay court season, in a tournament that he has already won eleven times, eight of them consecutively, between 2005 and 2012. Current number 3 in the world ranking, Nadal would only meet the number one, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, in a hypothetical final.
In case of winning the Monegasque tournament for the twelfth time, the Balearic player would regain the number two in the world to the detriment of Russian Daniil Medvedev. The Spanish, exempt in the first round, will debut against the winner of the match between Frenchman Adrián Mannarino and a player from the qualifying phase