Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils are two of probably the most proficient tennis gamers to have by no means received a Slam, not less than within the final 10-15 years. Within the newest episode of the Monfils Discuss Present, they have been each very sincere about this statistic.
“We didn’t win a Slam simply because we weren’t good enough. We had the talent to go far but not to win them. It’s a sincere and honest answer, that’s how it happened,” Tsonga defined.
Monfils as a substitute talked about Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
“The Big 4 were better than us. They made you look bad. I remember against Nadal in Monte Carlo, for example, I played the best match of my life on clay and he beat me 6-0 in the third set,” he defined.
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Jo-Wilfried retired in 2022 and mentioned goodbye to tennis on the French Open, his residence Main, whereas Gael will play his twenty first season on the ATP Tour after turning skilled in 2004. Tsonga ended his profession by successful 18 tournaments and shedding his solely Slam remaining reached in 2008 on the Australian Open, surrendering to Novak Djokovic.
Monfils, for his half, has received 12 trophies in his cupboard, with out triumphing in an ATP Masters 1000 or a Main. He stopped twice within the semifinals: in 2008 at Roland Garros and in 2016 on the US Open. Monfils could have not less than yet another 12 months to strive, however he ought to produce one thing distinctive.
