You’re reading The Sporting Scene, Louisa Thomas’s weekly look at the world of sports. Gaël Monfils made his first appearance at the French Open twenty years ago. He was eighteen years old ...

Jack Draper pulled off a clutch victory over Gaël Monfils at 2025 Roland Garros on Thursday, the No. 5 seed fending off the fan favorite, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Draper has been one of the biggest ...

Jack Draper (5) came out on top against popular French veteran Gaël Monfils in a wonderfully entertaining encounter to conclude the second round on Day 5 of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros ...

Gaël Monfils made a winning start to his French Open campaign by beating Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien after five-set thriller. Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev launched their French Open bids with ...

Dellien, who had Monfils in real trouble, is applauded off like one of their own. What a match! Over three and a half hours on court and Gaël Monfils has his moment just after midnight local time.

Speaking on TNT Sports, McEnroe pronounced himself hugely impressed with the Briton’s thrilling four-set win over home favourite Gaël Monfils on Thursday night, which took place in an electric ...

The 23-year-old has followed up his meteoric rise last year in impressive style and won his first Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells back in March. The first Brit since Andy Murray to break into ...

Jack Draper battles home favourite Gael Monfils at the French Open on Thursday as the fifth seed looks to progress to the third round for the first time. The British No 1 defeated Italy’s Mattia ...

Jack Draper had to deal with the boos of a partisan crowd as he eventually subdued the mercurial Gael Monfils, one of tennis’s great entertainers, in a brilliant yet baffling encounter on Court ...

Britain's fifth seed Jack Draper fought off inspired home favourite Gael Monfils to claim a 6-3 4-6 6-3 7-5 victory and reach the third round of the French Open on a raucous Court Philippe ...

The band is back together! ‘Les Four Musketeers’ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils reunited this week at Roland Garros to celebrate the recently-retired Gasquet.