Gael Monfils Sliding on hard court like it's clay

Monfils' shoes must be smoothed out on the soles or something because they barely squeak when he's sliding.. this is from his 2nd round match vs Igor Andreev at the 2010 US Open. www.the-tennis-store.com

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[doofynetgraouw]

and you wonder why he's having knees and ankles issues ..

[LeaderLiquid]

His knees thank him very much.

[MrGonzarafa]

He's a Fucking Tank

[HornyGates]

@Summon256 He didnt do anything spectacular at the net, stop saying crap oo

[dichidi1]

@dichidi1 as amazing as he always does,because he is not only a great athlete and a showman,he is also a very talented tennis player,always playing with his heart and battling for every point and managing to pull off some spectacular plays like no other player...let's hope he keeps getting better...and,of course,allez Gael !!!

[dichidi1]

@doofynetgraouw it's actually because of his disease...he suffers from a rare disease,i don't know what it's called,but it affects his joints,and so every 1 or 2 years i think his knees and ankles swell up so he can't play for like a month,and he can't do anything about it,and neither can doctors...it's a shame...monfils is a great player,though.i hope he'll be able to get over these unwanted problems that are keeping him sidelined and missing tournaments and i'm hoping he'll keep playing

[MrErnest0]

it's not that difficult to do this, I can do it with some ease, any decent ITF player can do it, now his 10 foot slides on clay are very difficult to do, most pros can only go up to 6 but he's just monstrous

[bwenzel00]

lol he shouldn't have done that

[Oryem]

aren't those hard courts really smooth though

[herpderp1201]

he uses the kswiss big shots, and their traction sucks. He's also insanely fast so he can slide like that