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Hes arguably the most naturally gifted tennis player on the circuit, yet Gael Monfils has little to show for in what has been a topsy-turvy career. The 30-year-old entertains his fans but regularly frustrates coaches and experts of the game due to his very unique take on tennis. Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 13, 2016, 6:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass But when the Frenchman is on song, you just cant take our eyes off the man they call La Monf. Monfils has qualified for ATP World Tour Finals for the first time and arrives at Londons O2 Arena as the elder statesman of the eight players on show this year. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. After the most rewarding season of his professional career, the man from the outskirts of Paris, is ready to show spectators what theyve been missing - an ultimate showman - and a genuine dark horse contender for the season-ending tournament. The livewire Frenchman is ready to put on a show at Londons O2 His elasticated reach and incredible leaps will no doubt leave mouths wide open in a group containing Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic.The US Open semi-final rematch against Djokovic is the one match in the group everyone will have their beady eye on. Players to win Tour Finals on debut: 1998 Alex Corretja 1978 John McEnroe 1974 Guillermo Vilas 1971 Ilie Nastase 1970 Stan Smith Monfils tried every trick he had to upset the Serbs rhythm at Flushing Meadows - without success - and hes only too aware that he will have to change his game plan if hes to record his first every victory over Djokovic in 14 attempts.I cant wait to take to the court and play my game, said a beaming Monfils during a press conference at the O2 on Friday. I have to face Novak and definitely this offers me one more chance to beat him for the first time. We take a look at the players that might cause an upset in Paris. Here we look at the showman that is Gael Monfils Ive played him twice this year and I think I will definitely have to change my game plan, but I will be ready for him.Monfils has demonstrated a desire to win by securing his first Tour title in two years with victory in Washington.He has excelled on the Tour this year, but has often been the nearly man, losing finals in Rotterdam and Monte Carlo as well as reaching semi-finals in Toronto, the US Open and more recently in Japan.A year ago he was ranked 22, having just hired Mikael Tillstrom as his new coach, so a climb of 16 spots shows a marked improvement under the Swedes tutelage. Monfils speaks to the media at the O2 Arena Sky Sports tennis analyst Annabel Croft has praised the work Tillstrom has done with Monfils: Hes harnessing the talent and rawness, but still allowing a bit of that flair to flourish and also make him more consistent as well.Monfils has long had the talent to place himself among the worlds elite in the sport, but he now feels has the mentality not just to go deep, but to win major titles. Monfils Tennis Profiles: Gael Monfils The work we put on with my team this year has been good, said Monfils. The change that we made was good and I had to make some sacrifices, but it was worth it.When you make a sacrifice, you can never know the value to measure it. It showed me that everything I made this year was good and helped me to continue in that way. Monfils and Vasek Pospisil both played shots without looking in this entertaining rally at the Toronto Masters One thing is for sure, Monfils the man is more in tune with himself and ready to prove to the world that he is a genuine contender in the last tournament of the season, so beware of a Gael force heading to the banks of the River Thames.Check our game-by-game coverage from all group matches at the ATP World Tour Finals in London - including Gael Monfils - on skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis. Also See: Monfils profile Tour Finals: Panel predictions Shots to watch at the O2 World Tour Finals on Sky Sports Zach Parise Jersey . And while taking highly-touted Simon Fraser offensive lineman Matthias Goossen second overall on Tuesday night will definitely help in an area of need for the club, it was a swap of draft picks that may prove to be his most shrewd move. 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For one, the Jays havent scored more than five runs in 13-straight games. Of course, in the spring, the full everyday line-up is rarely together for more than a couple of games a week and even then, only a few innings at a time. Ryan Goins, for all he is capable of doing with the glove at second base, is only hitting .168 at last glance. Brandon Morrow, counted on so heavily this season, has had trouble commanding his four-seam fastball and has seemingly been dropped to the number-five slot in the rotatioon. On the flip side of that, Drew Hutchison has looked so good that he has been elavated to the number-two position in the rotation between R.A Dickey and lefty Mark Buehrle. Closer Casey Janssen started camp with should soreness, but he apppears to be doing well, throwing on the side and assures everyone he will be ready for opening day, despite not having seen any game action yet. J.A. Happs sore back seems to be coming around and hes been slotted in again as the number-four starter. The Jays Grapefruit Circuit record is only 7-10, but those records are rarely an indication of how a team is going to do in the regular season. A year ago, the Jays were 16-17 in Florida, yet only won 74 games for the 2013 campaign. St. Louis won the National League pennant after going just 16-15 in the spring. The Boston Red Sox played .500 ball in the sunny south at 17-17 in its first year under skipper John Farrell and then went on to beat the Cardinals in the World Series. In 2012, their final year with Farrell as manager, the Blue Jays went a scorching 24-7 in Dunedin, tops in the Majors, with a run differential of plus-79, yet they went on to stumble to just 73 wins during the season. The Detroit Tigers, though, werent too far behind the Jays at 20-8 and they made it to the World Series against San Francisco. The Giants had been 18-15 that spring and went on to win their second Fall Classic in three years. In 2011, the Kansas City Royals went 25-7, while the Seattle Mariners were 22-11. The Royals still havent made the playoffs since winning the World Series in 1985 and the Mariners havent made the playoffs in a dozen years. The most exciting aspect of spring training is watching the breakout performances of young players, as is with the case of the Jays Drew Hutchison this spring. The rest of it is just about hoping your team can open the season healthy and can come close to living up to expectations. - Injuries could play a part in the American League West race and, in turn, the Wild Card. Two of the Oakland As starters are down with arm troubles. Jarrod Parker has forearm stiffness, which can be a precursor to ellow trouble, and the 25-year-old righty already had one Tommy John surgery in 2009. A.J. 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The Philadelphia Phllies, of course, lost Roy Halladay to retirement. Now their number-one starter, Cole Hamels, is dealing with left shoulder fatigue. Though hes starting to feel better throwing on the side, there is no guarantee Hamels will be ready for Opening Day. - I guess you could call it a Panama "Root Canal" for the New York Yankees over the weekend. While on their special goodwill tour of Panama, the home of their now retired future Hall of Fame closer, Mariano Rivera, the Yanks were no-hit by the Miami Marlins. It happened on Saturday at a jam-packed Rod Carew Stadium. The Marlins Brad Hand started off by throwing five perfect innings and striking out six. Steve Cishek came in for a scorless sixth-inning before A.J. Ramos blanked the Yankees in the next two innings and then Arquimedes Caminero finished off the no-no in the ninth. - We talked about a lot of the pitching injuries, but this one appears to be both serious and mysterious. Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias, a key pick-up from Boston in a three-way deal last season, has a severe case of shin splints in both legs caused by a problem with his feet. He could miss a large chunk of this season, maybe even the entire season, leaving Detroit without a legit number-one shortstop. - Its not exactly a Babe Ruth-ian differential, but the Baltimore Orioles Chris Davis had indeed a special season in the home run department last year. Daviss MLB-best 53 homers was nine better than American League runner-up Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and 17 up on the National League co-leaders Pedro Alvarez of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the D-Backs Paul Goldschmidt at 36. The last time that happened was 2010, when the Blue Jays Jose Bautista slugged 54 homers, 15 more than AL runner-up Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox at 39 and 12 more than NL leader Albert Pujols, then of the Cardinals, at 42. 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