Tennis: Gael Monfils beats Stan Wawrinka for his eighth ATP title at World Tennis Tournament

Gael Monfils claimed his first title for 13 months at the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, following a hard-fought and entertaining final against Stan Wawrinka. In the first Rotterdam final for 11 years to feature two unseeded players, the French world number 33 triumphed 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in an hour and 44 minutes. While 2015 champion Wawrinka is on the comeback trail after double knee surgery, Monfils had been taking painkillers all week to ease a left wrist injury. But both men overcame their troubles with a crowd-pleasing display of high-quality tennis, Monfils remaining patient and focused - which has not always been the case in his career - to seal the title in Rotterdam, three years after losing in the final to Martin Klizan.