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Fri Aug 12 09:38am EDT

Video: Monfils plays end of point without a racquet

By Chris Chase

No racquet? No problem.

In the middle of a point Thursday night against Viktor Troicki, seventh-ranked Gael Monfils lost the handle on his racquet, leaving him empty-handed for the remainder of the point. A lesser (show)man might have given up there and waited for the inevitable winner from his opponent. Not M. Monfils:

By continuing with the point, Monfils closed off the left side of the court for Troicki and forced him to hit a slightly-more difficult volley to the right. Granted, it was a low percentage play. Not as low as giving up though.

Monfils went on to win the match in a third-set tiebreaker, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6.

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