10/04/2024 20:32hs.
He Monte Carlo Masters 1000 ended with its fourth day of activity in a dark day for Argentine tennis players after the falls of Tomas Etcheverry (31°) y Francisco Cerúndolo (22°). With only two matches suspended due to rain that remain to be completed, seven of the eight round of 16 matches of the Monegasque tournament have already been confirmed.
The upper part, with Djokovic inside and Alcaraz conspicuous by his absence
Novak Djokovic (1st) more than fulfilled his role as the top favorite for the title, as he demonstrated in his debut against the Russian Roman Safiullin (41st) whom he defeated 6-1 and 6-2. On the other side he will have the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (24th), who is coming at a steady pace and has already defeated Taylor Fritz (13th) and Arthur Fils (36th) on the way without losing a set.
Whoever celebrates the duel between Nole and the tano will face the winner of the clash of compatriots between the Australians Alex de Miñaur (11°) and Alexei Popyrin (46°)who hit the ground running and beat the Russian Andrey Rublev (6th) in the second round.
On the way to reaching the quarterfinals, the Italian burst in strongly Lorenzo Sonego (57th), lucky loser who entered through the window due to the loss at the last moment of Carlos Alcaraz (3rd). The lucky tennis player defeated the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (35th) in his second round debut in straight sets and now he will have to face the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (15th), who beat Federico Coria (89th) in the first round.
Closing the upper part of the painting is the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (8th), who is in a great moment after winning the Estoril Open in Portugal and will have a brave stop against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (10th), who had a debut without many problems against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (45th), whom he beat 6-2 and 6-4.
Casper Ruud goes with Hurzkacz.
The lower part, with promises of good games and others to finish
The rest of the round of 16 of the tournament in Monaco is completed with what promises to be a great game between the German Alexander Zverev (5th), who is another of the debutants in the second round, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (12th), which this Wednesday defeated the skinny Etcheverry 6-1 and 6-0.
The winner will play with the Russian Karen Khachanov (17th), which ended Argentine participation in the tournament after beating Cerúndolo 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3, or with neither more nor less than Daniil Medvedev (4th), who beat Gael Monfils (40th) in his debut and is still looking for his first title of the year.
Daniil goes for everything in Monaco.
At the bottom is another of the great stars of the season, it is the Italian Jannik Sinner (2°), that after staying with the Masters 1000 de Miami He will want to get into the top eight against German Jan-Lennard Struff (25th), who in the debut defeated Sebastián Báez 1-6, 7-6 (3) and 6-2.
The novelty appears with one of the matches that will define the last two participants of the round of 16. It has to do with Holger Rune’s second round matches against the Indian Sumit Nagal (who comes from qualifying) and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, which were suspended due to rain and will finish playing this Thursday.
Holger Rune couldn’t finish playing because of the rain.
Runeseventh favorite and finalist last year, won 6-3 and 2-1 when rain appeared on the center court of the Monte-Carlo Country Club and the players went to the locker room. Dimitrovninth seed, won 6-4 and 2-1 to the Balkan player.
The round of 16 matches will be played this Thursday from 6 a.m., with transmission by ESPN and Star+.
Main draw of the Monte Carlo Masters.
2024-04-10 23:32:51
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