Merciless Monfils hands Tsitsipas lesson in Sofia

Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece's emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The experienced Frenchman, who has slipped to 33 in the world rankings after a series of injuries, looked in ominously good form as he took his place in the last four without dropping a set this week.

The 32-year-old eased through the first set after breaking Tsitsipas's serve at the first time of asking and comfortably won the tiebreak in the second.

"I was very aggressive today," said Monfils. "I tried to dictate [the tempo] and I did my job at the end. Today I served very well, this is my best serving day so far."

On Saturday Monfils will meet Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev who dismantled Slovakian Martin Klizan in...

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