ATP Adelaide: Gael Monfils in the final against Karen Khachanov
Gael Monfils and Karen Khachanov have reached the final at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Adelaide.
by tennisnet.com
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Jan 08, 2022, 12:48 pm
Karen Khachanov kicked off the semifinals day, beating Marin Cilic 7: 6 (3) and 6: 3. Monfils followed in the night session in front of his wife Elina Svitolina with a 7: 5 and 6: 0 against the Australian local hero Thanasi Kokkinakis.
For Monfils, protégé of trainer guru Günter Bresnik and in Australia accompanied by Richard Ruckelshausen as in the previous year, it is about the eleventh tournament victory of his career on Sunday. The 35-year-old Frenchman last won in Rotterdam in 2020. Karen Khachanov's dry spell is even longer: The Russian won his fourth and so far last title in Paris-Bercy in 2018.
Interesting aspect on the side: It will be the first encounter between Monfils and Khachanov on the ATP tour.