Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils are two of essentially the most proficient tennis gamers to have by no means gained a Slam, at the least within the final 10-15 years. Within the newest episode of the Monfils Speak Present, they have been each very trustworthy about this statistic.
“We did not win a Slam just because we weren’t ok. We had the expertise to go far however to not win them. It is a honest and trustworthy reply, that is the way it occurred,” Tsonga defined.
Monfils as an alternative talked about Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
“The Huge 4 have been higher than us. They made you look unhealthy. I keep in mind towards Nadal in Monte Carlo, for instance, I performed the most effective match of my life on clay and he beat me 6-0 within the third set,” he defined.
Speaking about his future in an interview with the newspaper L’Èquipe, Monfils analyzed: “I hope to nonetheless be aggressive, I am doing every little thing I can. I do not know once I’ll cease. There are various athletes who proceed to compete at a excessive degree even at 40 years outdated.”
Jo-Wilfried retired in 2022 and stated goodbye to tennis on the French Open, his house Main, whereas Gael will play his twenty first season on the ATP Tour after turning skilled in 2004. Tsonga ended his profession by profitable 18 tournaments and shedding his solely Slam last reached in 2008 on the Australian Open, surrendering to Novak Djokovic.
Monfils, for his half, has gained 12 trophies in his cupboard, with out triumphing in an ATP Masters 1000 or a Main. He stopped twice within the semifinals: in 2008 at Roland Garros and in 2016 on the US Open. Monfils can have at the least another yr to attempt, however he ought to produce one thing distinctive.
