The French Gael Monfils beat Belgian Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-4 this Saturday in the Auckland Open final and, at 38 years and 4 months, he became the oldest winner since the start of the ATP circuit in 1990 and the oldest in the ‘open’ era since 1977when the legendary Ken Rosewall won in Hong Kong at age 43.
Monfils, who won his thirteenth title in New Zealand, 20 years after the first oneshowed his determination to win quickly. Backed by his powerful serve, he went up 4-1 in 24 minutes and had no trouble taking the first set 6-3.
In the second set, it was enough for the Frenchman to be aggressive from the baseline and wait for the mistakes of an opponent who, coming from the previous round, was playing in his first final and gave the set 6-4, to give. in the match after one hour and 37 minutes.
“It was my second final as a father and I’m happy to have achieved it and won. “Age is just a number and I showed that I can still play tennis well.”said Monfils after winning a tournament where the French have excelled, winners of three of the last four editions.
Source: La Verdad
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