Wimbledon - Men's 3rd round:
Lleyton Hewitt ( AUS , 15 ) beat Gael Monfils ( FRA , 21 ) 6-3, 7-6, 6-4
Next opponent : Djokovic .
Novak Djokovic (SRB , 3) beats Albert Montanes ( ESP, 28) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Gael Monfils , despite three balls of the second set, was given short in the third round of Wimbledon by Australian Lleyton Hewitt . If it has generally been dominated by the steady former world No.1 , Monfils may have some regrets about his three balls set in the tiebreak in the second round, where he has been too wait . " Of course I could be a little more aggressive on two or three points ", Has he admitted . For the rest he believes he is "good game" accepting the superiority of a player who "More benchmarks " him on grass.
"It was a game with hard hits very flat and it moves really well" Monfils said about Hewitt , former Wimbledon champion (2002 ), winner Roger Federer in the final at Halle , ten days ago , and is the active player who has the most victories (101) on turf ".I expected a tough game , Gael is a fantastic athlete with a great service . I made a big step towards victory by winning the second set, " said Hewitt who has yet defended a break point at 4-4 in the third set before entering the service Monfils .
The Australian will meet the world No.3 Novak Djokovic in the shock knockout . A stage of the competition Hewitt reached for the seventh consecutive times and that Monfils is still waiting to discover at Wimbledon . "It goes a little better, I found my bearings and I move better on grass even if it is not yet the mad joy . But it was a beautiful experience, I was present , Monfils has concluded that awaits now that Guy Forget said Tuesday his selection for the match FranceSpain into Davis Cup to hear his program next week . CIs an attractive poster , I want to be but that does not depend on meHas he said . There are plenty of French people who play really well right now . Is very open."
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