OPEN SUD DE FRANCE: Monfils Into Semifinals After Defeating Nieminen
Saturday, February 4, 2012
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Frenchman Gael Monfils in quarterfinal match against Finland's Jarkko Nieminen |
Gael Monfils, who is currently No. 13 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings and third seed at the Open Sud de France, hit nine aces and lost six points on serve in a convincing 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in just 54 minutes. Monfils will next face countryman Gilles Simon for their semifinal match.
Monfils reached the Qatar ExxonMobil Open final (lost to Tsonga) in the first week of the 2012 ATP World Tour season. Nieminen dropped to an 8-3 season record, which includes lifting his second ATP World Tour title at the Apia International Sydney (defeated Benneteau) last month.
source: atpworldtour.com
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