Marie Mahé, Media365, published on Saturday May 03, 2025 at 2:40 p.m.
A few days before the start of the Masters 1000 in Rome in Italy, the French Gaël Monfils withdrew from the list of committed.
New stop for Gaël Monfils. The Frenchman withdrew from the list of engagements of the Masters 1000 of Rome in Italy, on clay, which will take place between this Wednesday, May 7 and Sunday, May 18. It is therefore definitely a complicated period for the Frenchman, forced to give up playing his second round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid in Spain, on clay on Friday, April 25, against Russian Andrey Rublev. On that day, Monfils, who had also declared Munich, said in particular, via a story published on his account Instagram official, that he was “sick like a dog”. In this same prestigious tournament, when he entered the scene, the Frenchman had dismissed the Croatian Borna Gojo, from qualifications, in three rounds (1-6, 6-2, 6-4) and 1h43 of play. A good week later, Gaël Monfils therefore still did not recover. This Masters 1000 in Rome is definitely not succeeding in Gaël Monfils, who has not won the slightest match since 2012. It was against Alex Bogomolov.
Nine French in Rome
Current 42nd world player, Gaël Monfils will not go to Roland Garros. The Frenchman will address this Grand Chelem tournament, with very few matches on the surface of the clay earth played this season. Which is not a first for him. Before the start of these internationals in France, Porte d’Auteuil, The Parisian will, however, have the opportunity to play a tournament on this same surface, since he is engaged on the side of Hamburg in Germany. A tournament scheduled the week preceding Roland-Garros. In the meantime, the French will be well represented in Rome. Indeed, no less than nine of them have their place guaranteed in the main draw. They are Arthur fils, Ugo Humbert, Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard, Alexandre Müller, Quentin Halys, Benjamin Bonzi, Arthur Rinderknech, Hugo Gaston and Corentin Moutet.
