Novak Djokovic continues his reign over Gaël Monfils, extending his undefeated streak to 20 consecutive wins. The Serbian tennis star showcased his dominance with a routine victory at the Brisbane International.
In 2004, in the small town of Santa Margherita di Pula in Sardinia, Italy, two teenage tennis players, met in the quarter-final of a nondescript ITF 'futures' tournament. The elder of the two, a 17-year-old Frenchman named Gaël Monfils, won that encounter, in what is the third-tier tennis competition, in three sets, 6-4, 6-7 (7/5), 6-2.A year later, the pair met again, this time in the main draw of the US Open.
This time, over five gruelling sets, the younger of the two won, a Serbian playing in his first US Open.In the intervening 20 years, the pair have played 19 more times at ATP level.The 24-time grand slam winner's 20th-straight victory over Monfils on Thursday, a routine 6-3, 6-3 in an hour and 12 minutes at the Brisbane International extends his record for having the most lopsided head-to-head record against any single player at ATP level to a soul-sapping 20-0.But at the end of the match, as the Serbian maestro mocked playing a violin and then, new for this victory, a saxophone with his racquet, it was clear not even Monfils could tap out a rhythm to the Serbian's irrepressible beat.'We played quite a few matches at junior level and now on the tier one professional circuit, and I've had a good score against him over the years.' It's almost cruel, Djokovic inflicting his own personal brand of purgatory for some unknown sin perpetrated by Monfils. Djokovic's superiority over his peers has already been confirmed, but such ritual humiliation against an eminently capable opponent, with a career high of six and 12 career ATP titles, is almost sadistic. 'We had some really tough battles. He had a couple of matches where he was one point away … It just happens,' Djokovic sai
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