Monfils Takes On Diaz Acosta; Mensik & Michelsen Feature | Auckland 2025 Highlights Quarter-Finals

Such a good combination of forehands, nice look at... Oh brilliant, absolutely clubbing those forehands at the moment. It's not good enough against a player who moves as well as Monfils does. Yeah it was risky again, plenty of time to get full. Enough of a gap for Monfils to just almost caress that forehand up the line. A little bit more sprinting in but this time Diaz Acosta was ready and waiting. Monfils returns to the semi-finals in Auckland. Another strong performance from the 38 year olds and it means he moves into a 73rd tour level semi-final. Solid stuff from Monfils. Rajiv himself did. Oh yes, it's a tasty pass. There is the first break. Players, yep he's made it. Really impressive set of tennis from Alex Mickelson but he's found a way to break. He's really taken this second set by the struff of the neck. It's a big serve to wrap it up. Really good set after how one-sided the opener was. Well a combination of a bit of a shocker of a service game. Oh just brilliant. That's magical. It is a first ATP semi-final for this young American Nishesh Basavareddy. What a week he's having here in Auckland. Another massive victory after taking out Tabilo yesterday. He adds Mickelson to his list of victims. So having missed his chance to break in the opening game, Beggs offers a break of serve in the direction of his opponent in game number two. There indeed is the double break of serve. In the opening game it looked like he was going to be put under a lot of pressure from Zizou Beggs but the errors have flown from the racket of the Belgian. Oh it's outstanding and no wonder the celebration from Zizou Beggs. It's another outstanding drop shot and that completes quite the dramatic turnaround. Again the superior weight of shot from Zizou Beggs. Like going over the net. It's good enough. Karpay-Espen decided the time was right to move forward. What delicate hands. What a gorgeous little shot from Karpay-Espen. Well the second serve was short and it got the treatment and Beggs is a game away from a first tour semi-final. And Zizou Beggs breaks through in Auckland. It's a first tour semi-final for the Belgian. The qualifier wins a fifth match at the ASP Classic. Pause. Reset. Misses the target. An impeccable two-hander. So well done. He was able to get the He still didn't put away the volley. That was a higher ball. Too much. Wide it goes. And he gives a break again. That was as good as you can do it. Have some of that. Phenomenal. Outstanding. I mean out of this world. He is king of the comebacks. What a fight that was and what a brilliant victory again for Nuno Borges. The Portuguese outgunning Jakob Mensik ultimately. This time in three sets rather than the five of New York last year.