Gael Monfils retires to bring unfortunate end to record-breaking Australian Open run - Monfils was struggling with a back injury at the start of the fourth set as Ben Shelton advanced to the quarter-f

The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. In a duel between the 38-year-old Monfils and 21-year-old Mpetshi Perricard,

Monfils won a title in Auckland before this ... Keys won their first two matches, and Rybakina came back to win the next two, including their only meeting of 2024, on hard courts in Miami.

but Elena Rybakina could not shake off a back problem and fell 6-3 1-6 6-3 to Madison Keys. Monfils, 38, was forced to retire with his own back issue while trailing American young gun Ben Shelton ...

Last year's runner-up Daniil Medvedev smashed his racquet and avoided a huge shock at the Australian Open on Tuesday before joining a rampant Taylor Fritz and veteran Gael Monfils in the second round.

The third day of the Australian Open saw a series of dramatic matches with several upsets and comebacks. French player Gael Monfils triumphed in a tense five-setter, while Daniil Medvedev overcame both his emotions and opponent.

World No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina and other big players will be in action on Day 9 of the hard court major at the Melbourne Park.

Elina Svitolina beats fourth seed Jasmine Paolini hours after her husband Gael Monfils beat men's fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.

The unseeded Gael Monfils, who hit a career-high ranking of six in 2016 but is now 41st, is enjoying a late-career flourish at the Australian Open.

Record-breaking Gael Monfils retired from his Australian ... who upset sixth seed Elena Rybakina 6-3 1-6 6-3.

Jannik Sinner battled through illness and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday but the physical demands of Grand Slam tennis proved too much for French veteran Gael Monfils and American teenager Learner Tien.

Swiatek, Svitolina, Keys, Sonego and Shelton also make it through to the last-eight stage on a hot day in Melbourne.