Gaël Monfils follows the example of his wife Elina Svitolina and gets a Dutch coach | Roland Garros

Lucassen, 35 years old just like Monfils, shares the job with Swedish former professional player Mikael Tillström. Reportedly, Raemon Sluiter was involved in the link between Monfils and Lucassen. The Frenchman did not play between August last year and March this year due to a heel injury. He has dropped to place 394 in the world rankings, but plays at Roland Garros on a protected ranking. In Paris he reached the quarterfinals three times and the semifinals once.

Monfils defeated Argentinian Sebastián Báez in the first round of Roland Garros yesterday in a compelling five-setter. It became 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 in 3 hours and 47 minutes for the 36-year-old Frenchman, who played his first game at a grand slam since the beginning of 2022. In the decisive fifth set, Monfils made up for a 4-0 deficit. The French public favorite seemed tired and the duel seemed to end in an anticlimax, but with the support of the French public he managed to fight back, despite the fact that he moved with great difficulty.

Around 00:20 Monfils finished it off on his second game point with a passing with his backhand, which just touched the net, after which the frenzied crowd screamed. Monfils, who has struggled with a foot and wrist injury in recent years, could barely contain it and hid his head under his shirt. Later he lay on his back on the gravel. He has the most wins in five sets at Roland Garros in the open era, joint with Stan Wawrinka: eleven.