SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER!
 
 
Facebook Social Button Twitter Social Button Follow Us on InstagramYouTube Social Button
NewsScoresRankingsLucky Letcord PodcastShopPro GearPickleballGear Sale

Popular This Week

Novak Djokovic Withdraws From Madrid Novak Djokovic Withdraws From Madrid
Nadal Gears Up Game in Madrid Practice Nadal Gears Up Game in Madrid Practice
Rybakina: I Can Succeed on Clay Rybakina: I Can Succeed on Clay
Wow Joao! Rising Teen Fonseca Reaches Second ATP Quarterfinal Wow Joao! Rising Teen Fonseca Reaches Second ATP Qua...
"Just a Matter of Matches" - Jabeur Upbeat After Snapping Five-Match Skid in Stuttgart "Just a Matter of Matches" - Jabeur Upbeat...
Nadal Hopeful For Better Days After Barcelona Loss Nadal Hopeful For Better Days After Barcelona Loss
Murray Forgoes Ankle Surgery, Continues Rehab Murray Forgoes Ankle Surgery, Continues Rehab
Net Notes - A Tennis Now Blog

Net Posts

Industry Insider - A Tennis Now Blog

Industry Insider

Second Serve - A Tennis Now Blog

Second Serve

 

Video: Monfils Gets Hangtime at Roland Garros



At first it was just a picture (an instant classic if we do say so ourselves):



Now it’s a video (instant classic, oh yeah). :50 seconds of sheer, utter madness from the magical mystery tour known as Lamonf.

Don’t bother trying to make sense of it.

Just smile. It’s Gael. At Roland Garros. Getting carried away by the moment, swept away by the passion, the impulse and the desire to bring them to their feet.

Monfils may not have won the point, but with that 10-foot skidmark that took him sliding like a maniac into the barrier, and his wild, visceral, last-ditch dive that provided every tennis fan with something to smile about on Day 5 of the French Open, he won our hearts all over again.

Monfils' 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-1 victory over Jan-Lennard Struff on Thursday sets up a mouth-watering match for the ages in the third round against Fabio Fognini. It should be part human highlight film and part psycho thriller, with a little bit of hangtime (hopefully) thrown in.

Posted: