VIDEO: "La Monf" Gaël Monfils wins his first UTS in New York

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Gael “La Monf” Monfils defeated Alexander “The Bublik Enemy” Bublik 3-1 in the final of UTS New York, coming from behind to win 10-20, 17-13, 17-14, 15-14 on Friday at Forrest Hills Stadium in New York.

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00:00On all tennis t-shirts

00:02What a start from Gail Monfils

00:32That's it

01:02Tennis ball gymnast

01:04At full strength, Gail Monfils

01:06I mean his defensive work this week has been sublime

01:09That was just too good for Bublik

01:15Looks a bit bothered

01:20Wasn't there though

01:22Round 4

01:25The beginning

01:33You know, remember we talked about how annoying journalists can be

01:39So can tennis players

01:41Tennis players are quite annoying as well

01:43Well very much I would say

01:45Oh good good, well I'm glad

01:47Me too

01:48Well done on that one, great chat once again

01:50Ciao

01:52Didn't seem to bother him too much

02:02Round 5

02:21It's an angler's party right now

02:24Round 6

02:43That's creeping in, that is

02:45Yes

02:52Well the New York crowd loved that one

02:56Electric speed

03:03It's show time

03:09Monfils squirted that ball a bit too much

03:16Again

03:18Let's go

03:2010, 7, 8

03:45Oh that's so good

03:48Great touch

04:01Monfils locked and loaded

04:05What a rally from Monfils

04:11Facing the pressure point against the bonus card

04:14That's it

04:27He made it

04:29That's going to be millimetres

04:31That is going to be so close

04:33And he needs the crowd

04:4410, 9, 8

04:51What a shot

04:53Lucky Monfils

04:55They liked it

04:58He is dialed in

05:00Such a great athlete

05:06I'd give up on the nerve topic entirely

05:10Well that was not a nervous warhead

05:12That was an absolute cracker

05:33Time

05:39Let's go

05:41Oh look at the reaction, look at the response

05:43From John Monfils

05:45And the racket is being demolished

05:481, 2, 3

05:51And we will head to the tennis back

05:53It's the first broken racket from Dublin in New York

05:57Who's going to get it?

06:01It's hanging by a thread

06:03Oh that's a good gift though

06:06That's why you sit courtside

06:08To see Gerard Monfils react like that

06:10To get a racket souvenir

06:23Oh that was a tricky pick up

06:25And it proved too much

06:27For the Buick enemy

06:29Gerard Monfils was one quarter down

06:31He's now 2-1

06:33Now he is 2-1

06:35And in the lead, one more

06:37And he is the New York champ

06:39He wants to hear it

06:41From this great city

06:431, 2, 3

06:591, 2, 3

07:01Alexander Dudley getting the crowd going

07:04That's for sure

07:131, 2, 3

07:20Here we go, push, push

07:25Stay alive and move us into sudden death

07:27Here we go everyone

07:29Strap yourselves in

07:32He's gone low

07:34And that means

07:35Gerard Monfils

07:37Is the UTS New York champion

07:41What a week

07:43For the Frenchman

07:45He has been absolutely incredible

07:48Putting on a show

07:50In the United States of America

07:52He's defeated André Ruble

07:54He's taken down Stefanos Tsitsipas

07:59And he's beaten Alexander Bublik

08:01In this incredible final

08:06Forest Hill Stadium

08:08Has witnessed an absolute tennis treat

08:10This evening, Friday night

08:12And it's Friday night lights

08:14For Gerard Monfils

08:16The vintage celebration

08:18From the Frenchman

08:20What a weekend

08:22That man is...

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