Gael Monfils Wins Open de Moselle
September 28, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Tennis
Yesterday, France’s Gael Monfils took on Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber and took home the crown at the Open de Moselle after earning a 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 6-2 victory in just over two hours.
It was a pretty exciting match since they were the top seeds and this is just Monfils’ second lifetime final victory and his first this season.
image: Zuma Press
“[I am] very happy about winning this second title; I’ve been waiting for it for a long time,” said Monfils. “Being in France, this title is even more special to me, as I won it here in front of my family and friends.”
“I was a little bit lucky that I won the second set because he had all those break points,” said Kohlschreiber. “But I think I played well in my games, I fought a lot and if you fight and hang in there I won the second set. The beginning of the third [set] was even and then he started to play two, three really good games and the match was unfortunately over.”
Congratulations, Monfils! Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come!
