“Svitolina’s husband became the winner of the tennis tournament in Auckland, completing a unique achievement — video January 11, 13:19 Share: Gael Monfils won the 13th ATP title in his career (Photo: ASB Classic) French tennis player Gael Monfils, the husband of the second racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina, won the ATP 250 tournament in Auckland (New Zealand). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79H7iahx-D0&ab_channel=TennisTV In the final, Monfils defeated Belgian Ziza Bergs in two sets. French is the key to success”, — write on: ua.news
Gael Monfils won his 13th career ATP title (Photo: ASB Classic)
French tennis player Gael Monfils, husband of the second racket of Ukraine Elina Svitolina, won the ATP 250 tournament in Oakland (New Zealand).
In the final, Monfils defeated Belgian Ziza Bergs in two sets. The key to the success of the French tennis player was the confident play on his serves – the opponent did not manage to make a single break during the match – 6:3, 6:4.
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In this way, Monfils won his 13th title at the ATP level.
By the way, Gael won the tournament at the age of 38 years and 4 months, becoming the oldest ATP Tour champion since the ATP Tour was founded in 1990. He beat the legendary Swiss Roger Federer, who won the tournament in Basel in 2019 at the age of 38 years and 2 months.
On January 14, Monfils will start in the main draw of the Australian Open. Gael’s opponent in the first round will be his compatriot Giovanni Mpetshi Perrikar.
Zizu Bergs (Belgium) — Gael Monfils (France) 0:2 (3:6, 4:6)
It was previously reported that Ukrainian tennis players have learned their first opponents at the Australian Open-2025.