Fognini, Monfils advance in France

Former French Open semi-finalist Gael Monfils, who has struggled for form after a string of injuries marred his 2012 season, has been given a wild card for the grand slam claycourt event, organisers said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Frenchman, who reached the last four in 2008, has dropped down the rankings to 119 from a high of seven in 2011. Compatriot Virginie Razzano, who stunned current World No 1 Serena Williams in the opening round last year, has also been handed an automatic entry. The ...

The leonine Frenchman Gael Monfils darted this way and that Monday night, showing mesmerized Houston fans why he's considered one of tennis' most relentless retrievers, and made his debut a success. The only problem was he did so at the expense of ...

Houston, TX Frenchman Gael Monfils posted an opening-round victory on Monday over American James Blake at the $455,000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. In a battle of former top-10 players, Monfils defeated Blake 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 at River Oaks ...

HOUSTON: Top seed Nicolas Almagro fought back to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 in Thursday's second round at the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston. Almagro grabbed the decisive break in the eighth game of the deciding set and ...

Gael Monfils has been handed a wildcard to the Monte Carlo Masters after a year that has been wrecked by knee problems. The Frenchman's ranking has dropped to 99 and he has not played since a first-round defeat by Marcel Granollers in the Open 13 ...

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (Sports Network) - Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and heavy French favorites Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet were a trio of second-round winners Tuesday at the $3.465 Monte Carlo Masters, the ...

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (Sports Network) - Heavy French favorite Jo- Wilfried Tsonga was a second-round winner Tuesday at the $3.465 Monte Carlo Masters, the third ATP Masters 1000 event of the season. The sixth-seeded former Australian Open ...

Fabio Fognini broke his Nice hoodoo to set up a second-round clash with Gael Monfils in the Open de Nice Cote d'Azur. Fognini, making his fourth appearance in Nice, had never previously won here but recovered from a poor opening set to live up to ...

NICE, France — Sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy overcame a sloppy first set to beat Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of the Nice Open Tuesday. Fognini won just three points on his countryman's serve in the first set, but ...