Simon thumps Monfils in SF

Gilles Simon reached the semi-finals of the Thailand Open 6-4, 6-1u00a0yesterday as he defeated fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils, who was feeling the strain after missing four months with injury.

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The fourth seed who won the 2009 edition, will play a semi-final against top seed Janko Tipsarevic after the ATP number 9 beat Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

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