Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece’s emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas. The 32-year-old eased through the first set after breaking Tsitsipas’s serve at the first time of asking and comfortably won the tiebreak in the second. “I was very aggressive today,” said Monfils. “I tried to dictate (the tempo) and I did my job at the end. “Like in the match against Karen, I was a set down and I tried to stay focused,” said the 6ft 5in Italian, who turns 23 in April.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2019 21:11 UTC