Gael Monfils played what is expected to be his final match at the French Open in Paris on Monday night, losing in five sets to fellow Frenchman Hugo Gaston as an emotional Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd, including his wife Elina Svitolina, roared and then wept him off the court.
Monfils, 39, had already announced that this would be his last season on tour and his last appearance at Roland Garros, the stage where he first won the boys' title in 2004 and later reached the semi-finals in 2008.
