Gaël Monfils withdraws from the Monte-Carlo tournament

Hit in the wrist in Miami two weeks ago, Gaël Monfils has finally given up participating in the Masters 1000 of Monte-Carlo (from Saturday April 8 to Sunday April 16), Thursday April 6, announced the organizers of the tournament. While he had assured that the pain felt in the wrist did not jeopardize the rest of his career and that he hoped to play in Monte-Carlo, the Frenchman will not integrate the final table in Monaco. Since his lost final against Rafael Nadal in 2016, he has never participated in the Monegasque tournament again.

Returning to the circuit in March for the first Masters 1000 of the season, in Indian Wells, after seven months of treating a foot, it is a new blow for the 36-year-old player, who fell to 324th in the world. Its absence allows the Briton Jack Draper to join the table and release his wildcard, which could benefit the Austrian Dominic Thiem or the French Arthur Fils and Luca Van Assche.

The carnage in Monte-Carlo

Before Gael Monfils, Rafaël Nadal, oeleven times winner of the tournament, and number 2 in the ATP ranking Carlos Alcaraz, author of a very prolific North American tour, were both forced to forfeit before the Monegasque event. Other notable absentees, the two Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime (7th in the world) and Denis Shapovalov (27th in the world) have also given up participating in the tournament.