The best tennis players in the world will stop over in Monte Carlo: the principality appears as the venue for the third ATP Masters 1000 and, curiously, some players who are located in the first ranks at the international level are not part of the tournament. The crosses arranged in the calendar.
Monte Carlo Masters 1000: those who withdrew from the tournament
The first seed, of course, is the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who took first place from Carlos Alcaraz and who defends just 10 points compared to his production last year. A different scenario is up to the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipaswhich is the second best placed as a result of the loss of the young Spaniard due to arthritis in his left hand: he must retain the 1000 units that he was able to harvest in 2022.
The Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (7th) also decided to retire due to a knee injury, but perhaps the most resonant absence is that of Rafael Nadal (14°). The Monegasque, who was preparing to compete and who was a priori one of the great candidates to win the title, stated that he is not “in a position” to face a challenge of this magnitude since he is recovering from severe discomfort in the iliopsoas.
Rafa Nadal withdrew from the Masters after not being able to recover from an injury. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)By: AP
Monte Carlo Masters 1000: how are the crosses of the main draw
The draw for the round of 64 players took place last Friday and thus the main draw of one of the most important tournaments of the month was formed.: the Croatian Borna Coric (20th) fell in his debut against the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (59th), who comes in lifted after having been sanctioned for doping and recover with the consecration in the ATP of Santiago.
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The Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (48th) lost to the Spanish Jaume Munar (83rd) and the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (12th) won against Laslo Djere (58th).
Then, the Australian Alex de Miñaur (19th) will take the field to be face to face with Andy Murray (57 °), one of the great legends of tennis.
In addition, it will be the turn of the first of the Argentines who will say present in the competition: Francisco Cerúndolo (33rd), who has been showing enormous progress and who stands as one of the most important promises in our country, will have a brave save against Cameron Norrie (13th), who will seek to climb into the top 10 of the world ranking. The Spanish Davidoch Fokina (24th) will face off with Kharen Khachanov, seeded ninth in the tournament.
Cerúndolo has a great international projection. (Photo: AFP)
Alexander Zverev (16°), who knew how to be among the top three internationally but who had a resounding fall, will play against Kazakh Aleksander Bublik (56th). The Italian Lorenzo Musetti (21st) will face the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (40th) and the American Frances Tiafoe (15th), on whom the Americans placed all their expectations, will face Jiri Lehecka (41st).
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Diego Schwartzman (36th), who is not going through his best present and who will seek to come back in Monte Carlo, will have a tough game against the Belgian David Goffin (45th). It will also be the turn of Sebastian Baez (32nd), who could advance to the stage if he beats the British Jack Draper (61st). The Frenchman Richard Gasquet (42nd), one of the longest-serving players on the circuit, will face the Austrian Dominic Thiem (111th).
The Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (50th), who has been surprising in his last matches, will face the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles (43rd). Roberto Bautista Agut (28th), also from the Iberian Peninsula, will be face to face with the Swede Mikael Ymer (53rd).
Novak Djokovic will seek to stay at the top of the ranking. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo/File PhotoBy: REUTERS
The Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (88th), already in the final stage of his career, will take the field to play his match against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (35th). Finally, the Italian Matteo Berrettini (22nd) will face off against the American Maxime Cressy (36th) and another American, Ben Shelton (39th), will face the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (26th).
Monte Carlo Masters 1000: who entered the second round directly
Already in the second round, the Serbian Novak Djokovic (1st) awaits, who would just have major clashes in the quarterfinals; the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4th); the Danish Holger Rune (8th); the Italian Jannik Sinner (9th); Andrey Rublev (6th); the Norwegian Casper Ruud (5th); the American Taylor Fritz (10th) and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3rd). The final will be on April 16.
