"I'm not losing faith. I just need one" says Monfils on Grand Slam quest after losing to Berrettini

Gael Monfils played a brilliant event in Melbourne but found himself unable to muster a full comeback over Matteo Berrettini.

The Frenchman lost the first two sets but battled back to win the next two. He ultimately collapsed in the 5th set which left him very disappointed. It was a similar story to his run at the US Open where he lost in the 5th set against Jannik Sinner. He talked about those matches after the loss:

“I will take a lot of positive things. Again, I put [myself in a] situation to beat a Top 10 player at the past two Slams in a row, so the past two times, really bad in a way. I keep learning from that, but I feel like it's been always tough for me. It's still tough for me, but somehow I'm not losing the faith."

Monfils admitted that he really wants to win a grand slam before calling it quits saying:

“I need one time... I won't win 20, but one time, just one time I need. I'm working for this. I still believe I can do it. It's hard. It's been 20 years that I'm not doing the good thing, but who knows? This year it might click.”

Monfils fancies a very good season for himself admitting that he worked really hard and feels great physically:

“I’m working hard. I feel I played good. I was lucky to win a 250, but as I said, I'm gonna click, for sure, maybe go [to] a semi-final in a Slam, maybe more, play better in the [ATP] 500s, play better in the [ATP Masters] 1000s. It’s just [the] beginning of the year. It's a long season. So [I] will have some time for sure. I will go back at home with a positive energy [from] Australia this year.”