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When in Doubt, Go for the Header



Gael Monfils was a little bummed about going from 40-0 to deuce during the sixth game of the first set in Vienna with Paolo Lorenzi. So what did he do? He switched sports and potted a big goal to take France to the World Cup finals.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalll!

No, wait, that’s not true, but Monfils did make a nice header, and he won the match over Lorenzi, 6-4, 6-4, to book his spot in the Vienna quarterfinals. Monfils will face Lukas Rosol, the man who knocked off a jet-lagged Jo-Wilfried Tsonga earlier in the day, next.

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