Monfils confident about chances in 2015

Gael Monfils said Sunday he was confident of playing strongly in the tour next year after beating Roger Federer at the Davis Cup and winning three times at a fast-paced tennis tournament in the Philippines.

The Frenchman then rushed to Manila to beat world number six Andy Murray and Australian Lleyton Hewitt at the inaugural International Premier Tennis League tournament.

The crowd favourite Monfils, the world number 18, clowned his way to dispatching Hewitt and on Friday and Murray on Saturday in one-set matches at the IPTL event in Manila.