The French veteran Gael Monfils and the Belgians Zizou Bergs is qualified for Final tournament in Auckland after defeating the American Nishesh Basaverddy and the Portuguese Nuno Borges, respectively.
Monfils will play his thirty-fifth ATP final at 38 years and 4 monthswhich becomes the second-oldest player to compete for a title on the circuit since 1990surpassed only by Croatian Ivo Karlovic, who on 39 and 10 played in the last match in Pune, in 2019.
Monfils He defeated the young Basaverddy 7-6(5) and 6-4 in a hard-fought match that lasted one hour and 46 minutes. with seven straight serves and never giving up a serve in the match.
“He is a player who plays very well and will be here for a long time.” The Frenchman said of the American, who said he felt he was in an “incredible” moment. “I played pretty well today, I defended, and he pushed me to the limit, I knew I was going to struggle, but I trusted my serve and I’m happy that I won in two sets,” he pointed out.
Bergs, derived from the former, He was in contention for the title for the first time in his career then remove Borges, seventh seed, in a very balanced match, 6-2, 3-6 and 7-5.
Yes, by the way the first Belgian to play in the final since David Goffin won in Marrakech (Morocco) in 2022 and the second to Olivier Rochus in the final of the Auckland tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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