Draper vs Monfils LIVE: French Open scores and updates

[ad_1] *Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-5 Gael Monfils - Monfils holds! Unimaginable. Monfils saves break level after break level. This appears to be like to be going the gap, late into the evening.

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 22:19

*Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-4 Gael Monfils What a recreation that is! Draper is including to it, and he reveals sensible foot pace to race as much as a brief ball from Monfils and push his forehand on the road.

One other break level Draper - however Monfils saves once more! It’s cat and mouse on the internet however Monfils thunders the shot at Draper and he can’t react.

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 22:17

*Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-4 Gael Monfils Monfils can’t shut out the maintain, as an alternative Draper will get one other likelihood. Draper races to succeed in a forehand on the run and loops an arching winner on to the again again line.

Monfils saves with the double net-cord! The backhand caught the tape, bounced up, hit the tape once more and fell onto Draper’s facet. Unimaginable scenes! Deuce once more.

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 22:15

*Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-4 Gael Monfils However Draper will get an instantaneous likelihood to interrupt again! He digs out an exquisite backhand cross on the slide. 15-40.

Monfils fires the ace! One saved. And there goes the second. Monfils finds the large serve and follows it up with the forehand winner.

Deuce. Double fault Monfils! Draper has to take this now. Monfils thunders an outrageous forehand winner, inside out and down the road!

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 22:10

Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-4 Gael Monfils* - Monfils breaks Chatrier is rocking once more. Draper had possibilities within the earlier video games however lets Monfils again into it. Slightly little bit of inexperience exhibiting there from the fifth seed?

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 22:06

Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-4 Gael Monfils* - Monfils breaks Monfils remains to be pulling methods out of his magic field. He races to flick a volley over the web after Draper caught the tape, though Draper places it down the road. Monfils then crushes an enormous forehand winner to get to 30-30.

Draper then places a moderately hesitant drop shot into the web. It’s deuce.

Now there’s a break level! Monfils swipes at a brief backhand and Draper can’t choose up the forehand.

DOUBLE FAULT FROM DRAPER!

Monfils hauls himself in entrance! HOW!

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 22:04

*Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-3 Gael Monfils Bother for Monfils as he commits to double faults in a single recreation and Draper will get to deuce on the Frenchman’s serve.

Draper defends the baseline and will get his reward as Monfils nets, however Draper then pushes broad on the forehand!

It brings an anguished response from Draper as he holds his head between his fingers.

Draper pushes one other forehand lengthy on the run and Monfils one way or the other stays forward within the fourth!

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 21:55

Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 2-2 Gael Monfils* So good from Draper, who's pulling Monfils round on a string behind his serve. This time he switches up and lands a scrumptious drop shot, which Monfils applauds.

Monfils then swats on the return. Love-hold for Draper. Monfils is having to place every part into the service video games.

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 21:52

Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 1-1 Gael Monfils* Draper replies with a fast service maintain, simply what was wanted after the 10-minute recreation for Monfils.

Jamie Braidwood 29 Might 2025 21:47

*Jack Draper 6-3 4-6 6-3 0-1 Gael Monfils Monfils holds! He saves 4 break factors and will get over the road however placing over a flying volley after which trashing an ace down the center. Unimaginable from the Frenchman!

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