Height offers tennis players a significant edge in serving, with towering players like Reilly Opelka and Giovanni Mpetshi ...

Monfils was struggling with a back injury at the start of the fourth set as Ben Shelton advanced to the quarter-finals ...

A whirlwind of drama, excitement and unpredictability engulfed the first seven days of the Australian Open, as record crowds ...

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When Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, 21, was edged out by Gael Monfils over five sets in the first round of the Australian Open, he declared. “Sometimes on the bench I say to myself, He is not 38.” ...

However, his matches at Melbourne Park have been far from straightforward, with a total of over 12 hours spent on court and his first-round meeting with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard lasting five sets.

Plus, Grand Slam champs Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu's divergent paths cross again in the third round. Before each day's play in Melbourne, we'll preview three must-see matches.

Monfils, 38, entered the tournament fresh off becoming the oldest ATP tour title winner in Auckland, and ousted his world No. 31 countryman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in a five-set thriller in the ...

And after taking five sets to dismiss his big-serving comaptriot Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round, Monfils swept past the unseeded German Daniel Altmaier 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 to reach the ...

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