Suffers defeat on injury return Monfils lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the round of 32 of the Hamburg Open with a score of 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday. Impact Monfils, who was playing his first match after a gap of nearly a month, converted just one break point, three fewer than his opponent. He won 53 percent of the service points as well. In comparison, Davidovich Fokina won 62 percent of the points while serving. It was the first occasion in the last five competitions this season where Monfils suffered a defeat in his first fixture.
MAY 22 • ROTOWIRE