MELBOURNE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - ‌Tennis showman Gael Monfils bowed out of his 20th and ‌final Australian Open on Tuesday with a mix of pain andregret ‌as he fell to an injury-hampered6-7(3) 7-5 6-4 7-5 defeat in the first round to local qualifier Dane Sweeny.

The 39-year-old Frenchman had flashes of his trademark flamboyance and somehow made ‍a game of it despite being severely restricted ‍in his movement amid a ‌heady atmosphere at Kia Arena.