France’s Gael Monfils celebrates profitable his first-round match towards Argentina’s Sebastian Baez| Photo Credit: Reuters

An exciting five-set victory took a toll on Gael Monfils, whose withdrawal from the French Open handed No. 6 Holger Rune a walkover to the third spherical.

The 36-year-old Frenchman mentioned he has a strained left wrist and might't proceed.

He battled Sebastian Baez for practically 4 hours on Court Philippe Chatrier earlier than beating the Argentine 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 in a first-round match that ended at 12:18 a.m. native time Wednesday.

The victory was Monfils' first at tour degree this yr, because the veteran was getting back from heel surgical procedure.

“Actually, physically, I'm quite fine. But I had the problem with my wrist that I cannot solve,” he mentioned. “The doctor say was not good to play with that type of injury. Yesterday was actually very risky, and then today definitely say I should stop.” Monfils reached the semifinals on the French Open in 2008 and made it to the quarterfinals on three different events.