It's heartwarming to see a player who, despite being one of the greatest artists of the sport, never managed to get to the top, get such a deserved important win. Even if he loses next round, he still got the triumph his career deserves.

God I will miss Gael when he’s gone! Fantastic job!

These are the moments I live for in tennis. Why French players at RG will always be a special atmosphere

What a game Monfils played. And for the haters talking about the cramps, he’s trying to avoid them between points and there’s even a shot you can see the muscle all cramped up.

felt like I was watching a grand slam final. the emotions!

Gael is immortal. The match was for history, I will remember the fifth set for the rest of my life. This goes into the Top 10 matches of all time. 🔥🔥🎉🎉

legendary game, it teaches us that there is no limit to human capabilities, despite the injury and the seemingly terrible situation, monfils did the impossible, and proved that he still remains the best, thank you for everything legend!

LEGEND. Nothing better than being able to see what kind of person someone is judging "only" by what they show on the court. Actor like Djokovic, frustrated kid like Tsitsipas or a formidable human being who never stopped being a child like Gael.

AwakenBeerus has an incredible talent for capturing the essence of sports matches, so I highly recommend him

I was cheering at home for you Gael, seeing you so full of emotions and winning was one of the greatest Tennis moment I ever had! Saluti Campione! 🇨🇵🇮🇹

My god the comments here are sad. This was absolutely electric

Monfil's best shot is his cramps.

Great level of tennis from both players. Pity the crowd was so disrespectful towards Baez...

In spite of his underachievements, he has been one of the most talented players on tour for the past 15 years and one of the most entertaining to watch. Real tennis fans know that there will never be another Gael Monfils, salute.

Really touching! Congrats Monfils

One thing is for sure - one of the most entertaining tennis player to watch! I always love watching him play, no doubt!

It seems to me that most of you have never played any sport at a professional level. I played football at a fairly high level and during some tough games such cramps could occur. I could barely walk... but when I got the ball? The responsibility, adrenaline and passion just took over and gave me a few meters of sprint. As soon as I passed the ball, the cramps were back. We have a saying: The ball cures everything when it's attached to your foot. I think Gael felt the same way during this game. Both players gave an extraordinary performance and this match will go down in history as one of the best! Well done Gael and Baez, it was a joy to watch!

One of tennis' great entertainers.

What a legend. Love Monfils man.

Man that John McEnroe outtro always catches me off guard

Victory fo life💯🔥

It's possible that Monfils will be the or at least one of the players i will miss the most for the future. I grew up watching him playing alongside the Big 3. He's so underrated... An incredible human being. An incredible tennis player. An incredible role model. Definitely the most incredible athlete the tour has seen maybe...ever? Memories are Gold, and i will never forget who Monfils was and i will show my kids videos of his greatness (God mode Monfils) Soon will be blow after blow with Monfils, Wawrinka, Nadal, Djokovic, all retiring... Thank you Gael for who you've always been. You will never know who i am in your life, neither what i wrote here, but i know and i appreciate having had the opportunity to feel incredible emotions in my life thanks to you.

Qué grande Gael, qué espectáculo de deportista. Disfrutémoslo mientras siga jugando. Ale Gael

I LOVE this Guy!!!

He is such a humble man. Met him personally when we made partnership with him. Was so happy when he won it. Big heart!

Monfils and Joker are my favorite tennis players 💕😁🎾🏆

I have seen the whole match, one of the most dramatic and entertaining match, I`ve ever seen...and I watch tennis now for more than 40 years. Baez has to ask himself, why he didn`t brought the match home, because Monfils was TKO the whole last set. Concratulation to Gael Monfils, I hope we all may see much more tennis matches with him. He`s already the champion of Roland Garros 2023, if he wins the title or not.

This is incredible...

Gael looked 🔥 last night. He's like a fine wine. He gets better and better looking with age.

One last dance from LeMonf. Beautiful.

Wow .. Amazing .. Monfils ... 🤩🤩🤩

The Fognini Monfils type characters might not be slam champions but boy they’re entertaining to watch.

Клянусь, я плакал после каждого выигранного очка Монфилса, он проявил мужество и волю к победе, я поставил на него 500 долларов и не продал ставку, даже когда счет был 0-4 в решающем раунде, я верил в этого парня, он настоящий мастер своего дела, с харизмой и невероятным мастерством. Когда он начал хромать, он улыбался и стрелял в 2 раза сильнее. Это невероятно, теперь мой любимый спортсмен - Гаэль Монфилс!

Incredible atmosphere. Nothing like a French crowd belting out le Marseilles

This is not tenis but theatre with one very good acter. and the crowd which beliueves in miracle....

Fantastic! a thousand like Monsieur Gael Monfils.

Lion heart Gael.

I have always been surprised by the ability of some players to be able to play, run and hit, when just before they couldn't even walk...

Quelle beauté

This man never won a slam, or even a masters. But he will go down in history as one of the greats? Why? Because he has always known and always demonstrated on court that winning on it's own isn't everything. You have to love it, too. I've never seen anyone play with more joy than Monfils. He has always been a joy to watch, has always given the audience what it wants. He never let percentages or stats get in the way of a great match and having fun on court. This match was, imo, less about desperately trying to win fkr winning's sake, but for the people who support him and want him to succeed. He didn't play for himself, he played for his fans whom he clearly loves. And above it all, he showed that sometimes you can win by wanting it so bad and never giving up. If this man never plays again, the tennis world already owes him a huge debt foe the joy and fun he has brought us over the years. Go lightly, king.

Super, Gael!

Monfils always entertains the tennis world.

Yay, bless him. Must have been agony. Poor bugger. Love him!!

Monfils. How much I love him. He's an example for so many players in this sport. Never giving up. Always pushing. So many great matches he's had. It would be a loss for tennis to see him go. Enjoy these moments.

Troppo simpatico Monfils!!

This is the reason why I like Rolland-Garros

That was entertaining, but Monfils clearly exaggerated with his alleged cramps. If you have a cramp, you can't run around like a deer during the match and play half-dead between the points. Respect to baez for remaining so calm. Monfils will now be eliminated in the second round for sure.

Просто жесть) На характере

"You cant run if you have cramps" lol, some people are really out of touch with reality and their bodies

Супер= Гаэль!!!!!!!!!!!

Too bad he faces Rune in the next round. Would have been great to watch him play a few more matches.

To all those people who are justifying the antics "Have you not heard about adrenaline ?" Lol. Calm down. You don't limp after the point to get the crowd to cheer for you more and then run around like it's normal during the point or just when you are about to hit the winner. If it's adrenaline, you won't go up and down in a matter of seconds. After cramping or being passive, if it's adrenaline, you just take off and stay there for a while or until you win/lose. What Monfils did here or does often isn't illegal but is just gamesmanship which is fine and as an opponent you should be able to deal with everything that your opponent throws at you. Kyrgios is an obvious one where he is constantly chatty and makes you lose focus. There's Fognini who is similar to Monfils in terms of antics. And the crowd likes them because it's entertainment of a different kind!

Allez Monfils!!! Alot of player haters here. I aspire to be like Monfils

Monfils and his infamous leg.

Never seen Federer or Nadal such a theatral roles! I always like Monfils but not anymore....you have to respect when your opponents serve at least!

Entiendo al publico, pero hay que respetal el rival. Si corres para llegar a una dejada es absurdo que luego al terminar el punto vayas cojeando. Un señor Baez. De todas formas, siendo argentino,,, no deberia quejarse del comportamiento del publico,, en argentina son peores.

Those limps were definitely so exaggerated

Quel bonheur de voir un joueur français qui ne pleur pas après ses crampes au bout d'une heure (Lestienne), qui triche (Gaston), qui picole (Paire). Juste un joueur qui se bat, qui s'éclate et qui fait le show!

La chaaaaaaaatte sur le dernier revers, Monfils ...grosse comme Asssssss mon frère \ / LOLLL

Gael actor of the year

Unfair for Baez who tried and tried with the time and crowd against him, Gael totally supported, different results if any other neutral place

Incredible but he was moving decently when the ball was actually in play but as soon as the point stopped he started limping and selling his injury a little bit too much. If the cramps were actually that painful you couldn't run onto the ball like Gael did. Just an observation. I think his condition wasnt as bad as he was showing it to be

"to book a duel with Norwegian sixth seed Holger Rune" → that doesn't sound right ? 🤨

Today Monfils became only the 2nd man in the last 20 years to turn the Chatrier into a raucous Stade de France. Well done, my son!

Hey, I'm not crying...🥺

You can be as proud as it gets when you got mofils to the point of cramping and barely walking

Why Gael cannot walk but Run easily during the point?

"Tiebreak would be the right outcome doesnt it?" "It SURE does...." -The outcome:

Loved that match in every way. Stop blame the crowd for supporting a 36 year old hero. Imagine Baez playing in 14 years in a Brazil arena. Edit: Argentina xD

Although big fan of Monfils and very glad he managed to clutch the game, this crowd is easily the worst....making noise when baez was trying to serve on such critical points as well as cheering even before the point was finished is absolutely disgusting...but seriously what can you expect from a crowd that booed Nadal on his fist ever slam there....truly despicable

Медведев уже вылетел с RG после первого круга, поэтому не факт , что Руне не проиграет Монфису. И мы такие офигевшие будем после победы Монфиса в следующем круге RG. Чудеса случаются!

Good to see Paris having a good time and another old dog with a little something still in the tank 👏

good old "wounded duck " tactics

I don't like the crowd cheering after every missed serve... and need a reference from the referee...

Monfils the great and super disrespectful French crowd.

The crowd was cruel and ever so biased!

Remarkable performance; but Monfils ist a " Showman", too

This is everything else but tennis.

Marriage and parenthood did wonders to Gael, he looks handsome

Что он хотел доказать. А следующий матч он будет играть?

Looking at condition Monfils at end of march, he can barely walk, we can be assured he isn't doping.

Now just imagine if Gael had taken his career a little more seriously where he'd have ended up.

Baez top Sir.

tanto sforzo x nulla---al prossimo fuori........per le sceneggiate sono perfetti...

I was so thrilled when I saw the result then I watch this and I don't know anymore... Monfils was obviously acting in those last few points pretending to be cramping then chasing down impossible balls once the point starts.

Showman🤔

легендарная игра, она учит нас тому что нет предела человеческим возможностям, ни смотря на травму и казалось бы ситуацию с которой невозможно отыграться, монфис сделал невозможное, и доказал то что он и сейчас остается лучшим, спасибо тебе за все легенда!

French cinema

Don't worry people, in a couple of days there won't be any French player left so the crowd will behave.

He clearly was putting on an act- lol cramp and still wins the match- this must have been fixed!

all the salty commenters 😂 have fun getting out your gambling debts

Crowd got no class. Baez you played with heart go on

Disgusting crowd, you can support your compatriot but please be quiet when the opponent is serving or misses the first serve

LOOOL

Holger Rune is danish not norwegian!! Wake up!

My respect goes to Baez for putting up with so much BS. A class act of a man among a classless opponent and crowd.

I feel sorry for Baez. It's really hard to play against a injured player, and the audience is very unsportsmanlike to cheer after a miss. I know the audience wants to cheer for their home favorite, but still not cool.

When I thought nobody would be more unsporstmanlike than the crowds in Madrid... Congrats Paris.

Rune will end this shortly

Герой....нашего времени!