Monfils and Tsonga reveal why they failed to win Grand Slam titles

In an era completely overshadowed by the legendary Big 4, the French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils (55°) knew how to stand up to the best players in the world for more than a decade, competing as equals to become faithful entertainers of the ATP circuit.

Despite winning 18 titles at the highest level, the former world number 5, who almost won the title at the 2008 Australian Open by advancing to the final, failed to win in tournaments. Majorexhibiting his reasons on the Talk Show channel: “SWe simply did not win a Grand Slam because we were not good enough. “We were good at going far, but not at winning them.”

“It’s a sincere and honest answer. Then we can extrapolate what we should have changed or what should have been improved, but that’s how it happened,” continued the Le Mans-born, silver medalist in doubles at the 2012 London Olympics, who He hung up his racket in 2022.

For his part, the 38-year-old Parisian, who reached the sixth place in the ranking and had the pleasure of reaching the semifinals at the 2008 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open, highlighted the dominant role of the Swiss Roger Federer, the Spanish Rafael Nadal , by the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the British Andy Murray: “The Big 4 was better than us. “They made you look weak.”

“Against Nadal In Monte Carlo I played the best match of my life on clay and he gave me a 6-0 in the third set. He is the bestI gave it my all and it physically killed me. It is incredible, Sampras was the greatest legend of our sport for winning 14 Grand Slams, Nadal won 14 only at Roland Garros,” concluded ‘La Monf’, who closed the season with 25 wins and 21 losses, highlighting the semifinals reached in the ATP 250 from Doha and Mallorca.