Tien and Monfils score wins for the ages in Melbourne

Australian Open 2025

Dates: 12-26 January Venue: Melbourne Park

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Gael Monfils rolled backmost the years with a fabulous show to oust 4th effect Taylor Fritz and scope the Australian Open 4th round.

The 38-year-old Frenchman, known arsenic a showman connected the court, thrilled the assemblage successful a 3-6 7-5 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 triumph implicit his 27-year-old opponent.

After serving an ace to spot retired triumph - his 24th of the lucifer - Monfils danced successful solemnisation earlier pumping his thorax and roaring to each basal wrong the Margaret Court Arena.

It continues a affluent vein of signifier for Monfils, who became the oldest victor of an ATP Tour singles rubric with triumph astatine the ASB Classic successful Auckland earlier this month.

Victory implicit US Open runner-up Fritz means Monfils is the 2nd oldest antheral since 1988 to scope the Australian Open 4th round.

Roger Federer is the oldest, having reached the semi-finals astatine Melbourne Park successful 2020 aged 38 years and 5 months.

"I person a beardown content I tin inactive bash immoderate damage," Monfils said.

"He started beardown but I felt I could determination large today."

Monfils' triumph came earlier his woman Elina Svitolina's third-round necktie against Jasmine Paolini connected the aforesaid court.

"I deliberation I warmed up the tribunal for her," Monfils joked to the crowd.

"She plays the satellite fig 4 truthful it volition beryllium pugnacious for her but I anticipation she volition smash this one."

Monfils volition play either American 21st effect Ben Shelton oregon Italian 16th effect Lorenzo Musetti successful the 4th circular connected Monday.