Unseeded 21-year-old 6' 4" Gael Monfils of France reached the semifinals of Roland Garros on Thursday by winning the "battle of the hotties" by defeating #5 seed David Ferrer. Monfils becomes the second black tennis player(from France!) to reach a Major Final in 2008 after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga accomplished the same feat at the Australian Open, where he went on to lose the final against Novak Djokovic. Monfils will have to defeat World #1 Roger Federer, who also won on Thursday (in 4 sets) against 2007 Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez.
Gael Monfils Reaches French Open Semis
Unseeded 21-year-old 6' 4" Gael Monfils of France reached the semifinals of Roland Garros on Thursday by winning the "battle of the hotties" by defeating #5 seed David Ferrer. Monfils becomes the second black tennis player(from France!) to reach a Major Final in 2008 after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga accomplished the same feat at the Australian Open, where he went on to lose the final against Novak Djokovic. Monfils will have to defeat World #1 Roger Federer, who also won on Thursday (in 4 sets) against 2007 Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez.