The 35-year-old Paris had not hidden in press conference, before the tournament, which it happened in small shape.
Le Monde with AFP
gael monfils, 22 e in the ranking of the ATP, said, said, Thursday, November 4, before his eighth finals against Novak Djokovic planned in the afternoon at Masters 1000 Paris due to a “muscular lesion” to the adductors, has it announced.
“We had detected a muscular lesion [Wednesday evening], we did an ultrasound again a few hours ago, and we made the decision with the medical profession and my team to withdraw from the tournament,” explained the Number a Frenchman, who injured during his second round face against Adrian Mannarino, the day before.
“A lot of physical and mental fatigue”
The 35-year-old Paris had not hidden in press conference, before the tournament, which he arrived in a small form: three times he repeated that he did not feel “not at best” and had explained that it felt “a lot of physical and mental fatigue”.
This package is synonymous with end of season for monfils, since it has not been selected by the captain of the France team, Sébastien Grosjean, for the final phase of the Davis Cup (November 25-5 December ) Novak Djokovic, he will face the British Cameron Norrie (13 e ) or the American Taylor Fritz (26 e