Roland-Garros: Gaël Monfils avoids the Brazilian trap and succeeds in entering the competition on his favorite land

Malgré la perte du deuxième set, Gaël Monfils s’est bien repris. MAXPPP – ALESSANDRO DI MEO

Le Français de 37 ans, peu en vue cette saison sur terre, s’est sorti du piège tendu par Seyboth Wild, lundi 27 mai à Roland-Garros.

Gaël Monfils will be in the second round of "his" tournament. The 37-year-old Frenchman overcame the Thiago Seyboth Wild obstacle on Monday but had to work hard to win 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in one little more than 2 h 30.

On the scale of "the Monf"", beating the 58th in the world is not a notable performance. But the Habs, currently 37th player in the world, had three losses in five matches on earth this season, including two eliminations in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid and Rome.

Air hole

At Roland-Garros, the whimsical Monfils is not the same. And he held up the shock against a 24-year-old Brazilian who reached the third round in Madrid and above all author of the feat at Roland-Garros in 2023: a success against the Russian Daniil Medvedev at first round, already.

References that Monfils swept aside at the start of the match, winning the first set in thirty minutes. But the Frenchman’s irregularity caught up with him, like a certain lack of intensity. Recovered, Monfils immediately lost his serve in the third set before tightening the game again. And concluding with an ace at 206 km/h.

Du Monfils in the text, until a decisive advantage and a successful break at 4-3 in the fourth and last set on an outgoing band from Seyboth Wild.&amp ;nbsp;The Frenchman will face Musetti in the second round.