French Open - Monfils on verge of French pull-out

Eurosport - Thu, 21 May 08:57:00 2009

Gael Monfils is on the verge of withdrawing from the French Open because of a knee injury.

TENNIS 2009 Monfils - 0

"If I had to decide today, the answer would be no," the world number 11, who reached the semi-finals at Roland-Garros last year, said.

"I clench my teeth but my knee is still hurting. I'll make my decision at the last minute.

"I have six days left as I have asked to play on Tuesday. I still believe a miracle will happen."

Monfils was speaking after losing 6-4 6-0 to Marcos Baghdatis in an exhibition game at the Guinot Mary Cohr Masters in Paris.

According to French federation doctor Bernard Montalvan, the 22-year-old suffers from an inflammation of the kneecap which could require surgery and a long period of rehabilitation.

Guinot Mary Cohr Masters: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer play in a French Open warm-up event: From 12.30pm on May 20-22 LIVE on British Eurosport 2 (Sky 412, Virgin Media 525); Also available on your PC via the Eurosport Player - click on the link under the picture to subscribe

Reuters

Comment 1 - 8 of 8

Sort comments by: Most recent

  1. what a shame lets hope sliderman dont pull out

    From thunder b, on Thu 21 May 9:36AM

  2. what a shame lets hope sliderman dont pull out

    From thunder b, on Thu 21 May 9:30AM

  3. IT'S A SHAME FOR GAEL. HE IS SO CLOSE TO THE TOP­ 10...
    WITH SO MANY POINTS TO DEFEND AS LAST YEAR­ SEMI-FINALIST AT RL HE WILL DROP MANY PLACES IF HE­ SKIPS THE EVENT. BUT HEALTHY IS FIRST GAEL...

    From Vítor, on Wed 20 May 11:47PM

  4. Very tough on Monfils. Unfortunate that injury struck­ the guy just when he had broken into the top ten. It­ also coincided with the clay court season and he's­ proven himself to be a more than useful operator on­ this surface. Hopefully, he'll make a speedy­ recovery. Cheers

    From rhymes450, on Wed 20 May 10:25PM

  5. SQUEE - uncalled for. Try the BNP website - your kind­ of people shouldn't be posting on a sport blog!

    From Felipe, on Wed 20 May 10:02PM
  6. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    POST 2 Sale raciste,va au diable!/go to hell you b l o­ o d y racist!

    From rc_allcock, on Wed 20 May 9:46PM

  7. What a shame.

    From yemi, on Wed 20 May 8:28PM

  8. I'mma miss u a lot . Pls dont risk anything. Just­ skip the RG to stay fit.

    From Goddy, on Wed 20 May 6:35PM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account