Gael Monfils sweeps Marcos Baghdatis to reach US Open quarters

ByABC News
September 4, 2016, 4:20 PM

— -- Gael Monfils' sizzling summer rolls on with a quarterfinal run at the US Open.

The 10th-seeded Frenchman swept Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday to improve to 18-2 in matches he's played since a first-round loss at Wimbledon.

That stretch includes the highest-level tournament title of his career at Washington.

Three days after his 30th birthday, there were still classic Monfils moments in this one, including an attempt to tie his shoe in the middle of a point.

But he has yet to drop at set at this US Open.

The 31-year-old Baghdatis hadn't reached a Grand Slam round of 16 since the 2009 Australian Open.