Category: Gael Monfils

Power Ranking 2016: All Hail King Novak VI of Melbourne

Tennis Power Ranking 2016: Australian Open Novak Djokovic – Novak takes the 2016 year by the throat by winning his 6th Australian Open title and by winning Qatar.  He has 2250 ranking points in the bank for 2016.  More importantly, his 8 hard court Grand Slam titles have him sitting ahead of Sampras’ 7 and…

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Australian Open 2016: Milos Raonic vs. Gael Monfils Quarterfinal Prediction

Greatest lost point ever? [13] Milos Raonic (CAN) vs [23] Gael Monfils (FRA) This is the match of the day among the male and female quarterfinalists.  Milos has played incredibly well in 2016 taking a title in Brisbane by knocking off Roger Federer, running through 3 rounds in Melbourne, and beating 2014 Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka…

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Australian Open 2016: Day 8 Men’s Predictions

This fairly intense exhibition match went to Raonic Predicted Winners in BOLD [4] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs [13] Milos Raonic (CAN) – This is the match of the day.  Each man won a tune-up event, and each man has played well to reach this point.  I am torn.  I think experience will help Stan, but Milos has…

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Paris Masters 2015: November 2nd Match Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD Two of these matches are already in the books.  Sorry for my late posting. Dominic Thiem (AUT) def. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 62 57 62 Bernard Tomic (AUS) def Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 62 [WC] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. [Q] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) H2H Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. Benoit Paire (FRA) H2H – Hometown…

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US Open 2015: August 31st Men’s Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD in What Should be an Awesome Day of Tennis for the Fans Great photos of @DjokerNole and @cilic_marin by Melchior DiGiacomo for @Tennis_Now celebrating his 45th @usopen pic.twitter.com/rF4sYYFKjq — Novak Fan Club (@NovakFanClub) August 30, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Joao Souza (BRA) – This is not the easiest first round…

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Montreal 2015: ATP August 10th Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD 1st Round @CoupeRogers : Borna Coric vs (10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga pic.twitter.com/jRANDXbLZN — Borna Coric Fans (@BCoricFans) August 8, 2015 The defending champion faces a promising youngster in Montreal on day 1 [9] Gilles Simon (FRA) vs. Andreas Seppi (ITA) – This should be a fun match and well worth the price…

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Wimbledon 2015: July 2nd Gentlemen’s Singles Predictions

7-time champion @rogerfederer records 35th match win of 2015, beating #Dzumhur at @Wimbledon. http://t.co/ZcIWPUF9BY pic.twitter.com/Py41IMOYVk — ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) June 30, 2015 Predicted Winners in BOLD [2] Roger Federer (SUI) v Sam Querrey (USA) – Querrey has had a number of nice results on grass in his career and has a big serve/forehand combination….

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French Open 2015: June 1st Men’s Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs [13] Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 46 – TO BE COMPLETED – I will stick with Federer as I picked on Sunday.  This could go either way, but I think if Roger volleys a little better than he did on Sunday he wins.  Monfils let Federer back into the…

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French Open 2015: May 31st Men’s Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD This is a great slate of matches, but I could see getting 3 or even all 4 of these matches wrong [4] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [14] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) – My gut says Tsonga wins this match, but Berdych beat Tsonga in a fairly straight forward manner in Madrid.  Berdych has…

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