Gaël Monfils's legion of fans is daring to dream big, but the evergreen Frenchman is focused on other priorities than lifting the trophy at Melbourne Park.
The 38-year-old Frenchman has produced some of the best tennis of his career during the past week, highlighted by a four-set win over world number four Taylor Fritz .Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will all be on show during day eight of the Australian Open . Follow live.
He completed a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 , 6-4 victory in just over three hours to book a date with Fritz's countryman Ben Shelton in the fourth round. "To be honest with you, not even a dream to win the tournament," Monfils said following his defeat of Fritz."My dream is to have an unbelievable family. Tennis is cool. Of course, you want to have goal, dream, whatever. But my dream is out there."But having arrived on the tour as a boom teenager, he acknowledges he is now wiser than he was earlier in his career.
He noted Monfils hit Melbourne in superb touch following his triumph in last week's Auckland ATP 250 event."He had a five-setter in the first round. Today's match was physical. It was hot.
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