French veteran tennis player Gael Monfils has praised Britain’s Jack Draper. Both players faced off in the second round of the French Open 2025, where the 23-year-old came out on top in a four-set contest with a score of 6-3,

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 Philippe-Chatrier.

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 Chatrier on Thursday.