French Open 2023: Emotional Gael Monfils roars back from 0-4, 30-40 in fifth set to book Holger Rune clash
Home favourite Gael Monfils roared back from 0-4, 30-40 in the deciding set to reach the second round of the French Open with a stunning late-night win over Argentina’s Sebastian Baez. Monfils, 36, was on the brink of an early exit as he stared down a break point on his own serve in the fifth set for 0-5, but saved it before mounting an epic comeback to pull level at 4-4 on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Ad But the drama was not over.


