Gael Monfils defied the odds and put on a show in his home country at the French Open late on Tuesday night. Monfils, the oldest male player on tour at age 38, survived and pummeled through his first-round match against Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien to win 4–6,

The French tennis player was lightly injured on the fifth point of the match when he fell and crashed into a side billboard. After dropping the first and second sets, Monfils battled back and, helped by a 19-2 advantage in aces,

Catch up on our coverage from the third day of the French Open at Roland Garros, as the first round concluded in Paris