Monfils Making Another Run In Toronto

Gael Monfils continued his sizzling hard-court season on Thursday with a 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-4 win against Belgian David Goffin at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. The Frenchman has now won eight matches in a row, dating back to his championship run last week at the ATP World Tour 500 event in Washington, D.C., which was Monfils’ biggest title yet.

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The 29 year old will look to make it nine straight victories against home favourite and fourth seed Milos Raonic or American qualifier Jared Donaldson. The two play their third-round match later Thursday on Centre Court.

Monfils, No. 10 seed, matched his best run in Canada by knocking off seventh seed Goffin. Monfils fell behind 4/0 in the first-set tiebreak but won seven of the next eight points to grab a one-set lead. Goffin stormed back in the second set, though, and looked to be on his way to taking the third set when he had a break point at 4-4. But Monfils erased it and held, and on his second match point, Goffin slapped a backhand that caught the net cord and bounced back.

Monfils, No. 14 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, last reached the quarter-finals in Canada in 2011 (l. to Djokovic).