Rublo Andrey Rublev vs La Monf Gaël Monfils | UTS Frankfurt by Builder.ai Highlights
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024
- Gael “La Monf” Monfils and Andrey “Rublo” Rublev have completed one of the most entertaining matches on the UTS Tour this season, with Rublo extinguishing La Monf’s hopes of making the Final Four, booking his own spot on Sunday at UTS Frankfurt.
It was a clash that began as tense as possible, with Monfils needing to win 3-0 to have a chance of moving through to the semi-finals, and Rublev requiring just the one quarter to advance.
After a zoned-in La Monf couldn’t find a win in the opening quarter, the Frenchman put away thoughts of victory, instead turning on half an hour of sheer entertainment that saw squash shots, nets being kissed and more grunts than a Maria Sharapova match.
On the very first point, La Monf took issue to something distracting him off to his left on the court, insisting that the chair umpire intervene. Monfils was awarded a replay after Rublev agreed-only for the Frenchman to miss his serve and lose the replay.
Rublo raced out to a quick start, getting up 7-2 while his opponent was finding his range. It seemed Monfils could only hit winners or unforced errors, with the 37-year-old blasting beautiful backhands up the line, but also giving away far too many free points.
Nonetheless, La Monf reigned in his game and drew close to Rublo at 8-6, with plenty of running and focus as he looked to keep his UTS Frankfurt hopes alive. It wasn’t to be, however, as Monfils fell behind 18-10 heading into quarter point after missing his next point counts for three card.
In a precursor of what was to come, Monfils blasted perhaps the most spectacular shot of the tournament on quarter point. Rublo’s coach had cried out, “Hard, into the body”, ahead of the Russian’s serve, to which La Monf responded by standing all the way back against the wall to return.
With Rublo slicing his serve out wide at pace, Monfils belted the ball back with interest, playing a shot that any squash player-or baseball pitcher-would have been proud of, making a winner despite the ball passing less than a metre away from his opponent.
With Gael Monfils’ fate at UTS Frankfurt decided after losing the opening quarter against Andrey Rublev, the match took a notable shift.
All of a sudden, the players were giggling together between quarters, with both looking to book their spots in the tournament highlight reel. Rublo got the party started with an enormous forehand inside out, to which Monfils immediately responded with his own helicopter forehand for a winner.
While La Monf was crushing balls, pulling his t-shirt over his head, screaming out during Rublo’s serve, grunting more than Sharapova in a heated baseline duel and generally getting inside his opponent’s head, there was some quite brilliant UTS played.
Outside of two excellent shot-makers pummelling winners left, right and centre, highlights definitely included La Monf serenading the net cord after it aided him in winning a point and Rublev making one of the quotes of the tournament: “Me, I’m Pinocchio, I can’t dance.”
Monfils spent most of the final quarter attempting to induce Rublev into a dance battle, with the Russian finally conceding and treating the Frankfurt crowd to a few choice moves.
“He was in my head, he made me smile, made me laugh. Then I was missing, then I wanted to punch him. This entertainment was impossible with Gael, he’s a legend of our sport,” declared Rublo after the match, aptly summarising what had just occurred.
Chapters:
0:27 - First quarter
03:32 - Second quarter
06:52 - Third quarter
10:03 - Fourth quarter
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Love seeing the other side of Tennis players in these formats, showing their personality, great show and shots ! Never thought I'd see Gael with Rublev laughing that much, great content
this is dumb
Rublev’s personnality it is one of the most genuine on tour
Он чмо,даже здесь серьезный как конченный
Great format! This fits Gael's game and personality! Very entertaining! Rublev seems to have a blast as well!
That kind of format is just amazing! La Monf put the show on as always but first time i see Rublo laugh and have fun like this.😂 So refreshing and hilarious with some great shots!! I'm gonna watch them all now 🥰
You have to upload the full match and all the player interviews - shows how great UTS concept is !
I love them both, rublev allways and almost every shot he gives like full throttle!
Super format ! J’ai eu le sourire du début à la fin. Et puis ça joue vraiment au tennis avec en plus un coup d’anthologie 😮 j’avais déjà vu Rublev en mode cool et smile avec Dimitrov, là ça confirme que ce joueur est vraiment sympa. Bon La Monf’… fidèle à lui même : énormissime showman 🤩
La Monf is just made for UTS !!! Vas-y Gael mets le feu LOOLLLL
One of the best sports show man ever
Seen the players smile dance relax is very entertaining, it is Gael’ tournament! Rublo is such an amazing person and player
Rublev is a great guy.
just a clown
Gosh this was the funniest and craziest tennis match of my entire life 😂
2:06 that's a rare unicorn my friends, Rublev with a smile 🤩
That was such a fun match, I absolutely loved seeing them just having fun, I laughed so many times 😁❤️ Especially enjoyed seeing Andrey's smile and jokes, Monfils brought out this funny, more relaxed side of him 😁🧡
La Monf to steal Cedric "The Entertainers" nickname!!! Funnest match I've ever seen. Period! Thank you guys!
Love to see this kind of tennis 2 friends playing ❤❤🎾🎾🎾❤️Monfils.
I like the bell sound, the chats between players during rest time, music, laughter and casual. Hopefully cheer and chant are allow during play. Please bring this to Adelaide
Ha ha, this was hilarious! Lovely to see them relaxed and having fun ❤❤
Best match in UTS History
Love seeing, looking gorgeous and so happy laughing all the way through
몽피스 처럼 재밌고 멋지게 테니스 치고 싶어요~! 😊 루블레프도 멋져요~
✨💯% I love #LaMonfGaëlMonfils great positive vibe 👏🏽👍🏽🥰What a great vibe that #RubloAndreyRublev showed🤗💯✨
My favourite player!!!
man that looked so much fun
Two classy guys...
Well done Andrey 👏❤️
Rublev and Monfils ❤
Rublev just beatboxing thinking his mic wasn’t working was jokes
Gael’s winners speed is unbelievable.!His average is 110 MPH😮
Amazing 🤩
Dance off competition on the Court. This is fun. Rublo and La Monf....
monfil's wife bigly mad at that kind of sportsmanship.
I loved it
Gaël and House of Pain !
Epic ❤
What's more impressive is that they have managed find empty weeks in ATP calendar :D
May be thanks to Davis cup.
Does anyone know if the UTS tournaments are profitable financially?
These guys cost an arm and leg to participate.
maybe 1 millions Euro, each.
Please come to Paris!
lmao UTS was made for Monfils
Svitolina gonna woop his a** for being so friendly with the russki )))))
you know he ain't getting it for at least a month now.
Monfils is on fire❤
UTS Grand slam please hahaha.
is the net is very saggy?
What is this or what was it for and when?
Бұл тенистің қай түріне жатады Олимпта?
Can we have the full match?
I love the triple arrow celebration by Monfils. Was he copying Israel Adesanya?
Олимпбетте осы событияға қойғандар бар ма?
Two sportsman
Faire du spectacle le show man, il est fort monfils mais gagner des tournois ! là, plus personne !
When was this match?
Mais quel cirque
what kind of goofy format is this? an exhibition match?
UTS 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Thumbs up 😊
what am i watching what format is this
It's okay but hoped it's not only show.
It is a showdown but also a competition it’s only a different tenis format.
Jackson Melissa Moore Sandra Harris Brian
KYRGIOS WOULD DESTROY IN THIS EVENT
Je vois pas l’ intérêt….
@ultimatetennisshowdown1774, I hardly comment…last night I was commanding how you guys didn’t follow the silly trend of showing a white flag for Russian 🇷🇺 players…disappointedly I see it today. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄. 🙄🙄🙄🙄. Spare us please!
Lmao
Ridicule...faire des exhibitions quand on a rien gagné...
The total prize money for the UTS's fifth event was $1.665M, with each match having a purse of $111,000 and the winner getting 70% and the loser earning 30%. Their earnings aren't as much as the regular ATP events but each match is only 32 minutes long.
Kinda scripted, but ok
It’s just good fun mate
You cannot script a tennis match
INUTILE Monfils ...trop de l intéressant
Such contrasting characters. Monfils is the born entertainer on and off the court. Rublev is the bland one-dimensional character, much like his game!
Troll.
Huh Rublev was hilarious
Этот скучный одномерный персонаж тебе закатает велосипед за 30 минут!! Ни одного очка не возьмёшь!!🤣🥎🤣
@@_SasaBrand_ He's serious even in an exhibition. Monfils is trying to be fun, while Rublev is agitated at losing points (nervous laughs/talks), wanting to win points like it's a Grand Slam.😂That's why he's bland-boring. He must relax!
Not into this ' razzmatazz ' style.