Read & Watch: Monfils Pulls Off Leaping Tweener In Win Against Tsonga

  • Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Read & Watch: Monfils Pulls Off Leaping Tweener In Win Against Tsonga

Top seeds Edmund, Schwartzman also advance

Sixth seed Gael Monfils, per usual, enjoyed himself while tying up his FedEx ATP Head2Head series (4-4) with countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Thursday at the European Open in Antwerp. Monfils beat Tsonga for the fourth time 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals at the ATP World Tour 250-level tournament. He also entertained the fans with his usual array of incredible hot shots, including this leaping tweener:

Watch Hot Shot: Monfils’ Leaping Tweener In Antwerp

On the more serious side of things, the 32-year-old Monfils hit 11 aces and saved six of seven break points against Tsonga, who was playing in only his second tournament since undergoing left knee surgery on 3 April. Monfils will next meet Canadian Vasek Pospisil.

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Top seed Kyle Edmund breezed past Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-0, 6-2 in 56 minutes to set up a quarter-final matchup against Belarusian qualifier Ilya Ivashka, who beat Italian lucky loser Salvatore Caruso 6-3, 6-7(8), 7-5 in two hours, 30 minutes.

Second seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina knocked out Edmund’s countryman Cameron Norrie 7-6(1), 6-7(3), 7-5 and will next meet France’s Gilles Simon.

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