Monfils enters SFs of Dubai Tennis Championships

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Patna : World No 23 Gael Monfils, 32, France, entered the semi-finals of Dubai Tennis Championships, an ATP World Tour 500 points played on hard courts, at Dubai, UAE, defeating World No 113 Ricardas Berankis, 28, Lithuania, in the quarter-finals on February 28, 2019.

Monfils, who had on February 17, 2019, won the ATP Rotterdam Open title, beat qualifier Berankis in three-sets 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 in the quarter-finals. Monfils fired 7 Aces in the match to 2 by Berankis, who committed 6 double faults to 2 by his rival. Monfils broke Berankis’ service 7 times while the latter broke his service 3 times. Monfils won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by Berankis.

Berankis had defeated World No 15 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, in the first round. Monfils had upset World No 10 and 3rd seed Marin Cilic, 30, Croatia, in the first round.