Taro Daniel is a good player, he defeated Novak Djokovic - Monfils
Gael Monfils admitted that he will not have an easy first-round opponent. The Frenchman said: "Taro Daniel is a good clay player. Don't forget he won against Djokovic. Okay, Djoko was not doing so well at the time, but he has won in big matches. So second round I might be playing against a French player. It's never easy in a French tournament. And don't forget that my first seeded player is Verdasco, who plays very well. I lost my latest matches against him. He is there. He, for the first match, he will be very present. As you heard, okay, if you play Thiem, Rafa, or Djoko in the fourth round, it's not necessarily easy. I think the draw means I will have to play well and increase progressively my game and my level, but as of the first match, I want to get reassured and feel I'm there, and I can fight a good match. The second match, I will be playing a French -- I might be playing a Frenchman, and you have to be very good. And for the third round, I have to be ready for Fernando if it's him because it will be a very difficult match."
On Dustin Brown, Monfils added: "I feel that Dustin is a person who's suffering very much in his body. I guess that's what happened. It's not easy for him to continue playing every time. He loves playing. He loves playing tennis. He's getting a lot of pleasure out of tennis. He's rather atypical because he's extremely aggressive with some crazy shots sometimes. But he defends well, and he attacks even more. Every time he tries to get the grip of the game, and with some genius shots. He fights well to get back into the game, and he has dropped his game recently, but I believe he's fighting to get back into it, and it would be great for him to be able to do that."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2QoNHx0
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