Gael Monfils became the sixth player to qualify for this year’s ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday.
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The 30-year-old Frenchman officially qualified on Thursday after Dominic Thiem fell to Viktor Troicki at the Erste Open in Vienna. Monfils will join Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori in the field. Two spots are still on offer, with Thiem and Tomas Berdych currently holding them down, but facing resistance from Marin Cilic (still alive in Basel draw) and David Goffin (lost in Basel today).
“It feels great to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time in my career,” said Monfils, according to ATPWorldTour.com. “It is a great way to finish my best season on the tour and I look forward to competing against the other best players of 2016. I heard a lot of great things about the event, every match is like a final and I always love to play on a big stage.”
Monfils has been in stellar form for much of the season. He reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the semifinals at the U.S. Open. He also reached a final at the Monte-Carlo Masters and won the biggest title of his career at Washington, D.C. this summer.
‘ The Frenchman has gone 44-15 on the season, and he’s currently ranked one spot off his career-high ranking at No.8 in the world.