Tennis
Not sufficiently recovered from a foot injury, Gaël Monfils has formalized his package for Wimbledon, which will start next Monday. Therefore, no French will be seeded at the London Grand Slam. The draw could reserve some unpleasant surprises for Benjamin Bonzi and Adrian Mannarino, comfortable on the grass in recent weeks and better chances for the tricolor.
Next Monday, the third tournament of the Grand Slam will start on English grass. The best players will compete for victory in London, at Wimbledon. But this competition will be special this year. After the tournament management made the decision to exclude Russian and Belarusian players due to the war in Ukraine, theATP announced that it will not distribute any points this year. Following this decision, several players, in particular in French, took the decision to give up and to seek points on the secondary circuit like Corentin Mouet we Lucas Pouille. In the men’s draw, there will be ten to defend the tricolor colors: Benjamin Bonzi, Ugo Humbert, Benoît Paire, Hugo Gaston, Arthur Rinderknech, Quentin Halys, Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Enzo Couacaud and Hugo Grenier. French number one, Gael Monfils withdrew on Thursday.
Monfils withdraws from Wimbledon
On Twitter, the world number 23 has indicated that he has not recovered enough from a foot injury. He could return to Hamburg, on clay. “ Hello, I wanted to give you a little update following my foot injury. I recommended to train this week and I felt really good. I will now be able to gradually increase my training and spend more time on the court to get back in shape both physically and tennis. Due to my recent return to training and due to the physical demands of lawn tennis/best of 5 matches, my team and I have made the decision not to play Wimbledon this year. Instead, I will focus on my preparation to be ready for the summer. I will return to competition in Hamburg and then in Kitzbühel before traveling to the United States ” a delegate Gael Monfils.
My team and I have made the decision not to play at Wimbledon this year. Instead, I will focus on my preparation to be ready for the summer. I will return to competition in Hamburg and then Kizbuhel before traveling to the United States. See you soon, Gaël 😃🙏🏾 #TrustTheProcess
— Gael Monfils (@Gael_Monfils) June 23, 2022
No French will be seeded
Bad news for French tennis. Like a Roland Garros, no tricolor will be seeded. In other words, the players will not be protected during the score draw and could face a cador as soon as they enter the running. France’s best chances rest on Benjamin Bonzi and Adrian Mannarino. The first qualified brilliantly, this Thursday, for the semi-finals of the tournament of Majorca, while the second appreciates on grass. Nor should we forget Richard Gasquetwho achieved his best Grand Slam performance at Wimbledona semi-final in 2007 and 2015. As a reminder, last year, no Frenchman had reached the third round of Wimbledon. Let’s hope for nice exploits like at Roland Garros a few weeks ago. The draw will take place this Friday. In the absence of the Russian Daniel Medvedev, world number one, Novak Djokovic presents himself as the big favorite of this tournament.