Recap, highlights, and quotes from Gael Monfils' win over Taylor Fritz in the third round of the Australian Open.

Fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz continued to display his top form on Thursday at the Australian Open, routing Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 in second-round action. In his two victories, Fritz has lost a total of eight games.

Taylor Fritz, the highest-seeded American man at the Australian Open, needed just 82 minutes to defeat Cristian Garin on Thursday and advance to the third round.

Frenchman Monfils is only the second player aged 38 or over, after Roger Federer, to make the last 16 in Melbourne since 1988. He is enjoying quite the start to 2025 after becoming the oldest ever winner of an ATP Tour singles title in Auckland last weekend.

Monfils has won 127 grand slam matches – the most of any French player in the Open Era. He will face Taylor Fritz in the third-round at the Australian Open 2025

Gael Monfils stunned fourth seed Taylor Fritz on Saturday to become the second-oldest man ever to make the last 16 at Melbourne Park.

Monfils upset fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the third round at Melbourne, Australia. When Monfils made his Australian Open debut in 2005, Fritz, now 27 years old, was 7.