Guillaume Marion, Media365, published on Wednesday April 10, 2024 at 9:50 p.m.
While the rain further disrupted the program for the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo this Wednesday, Casper Ruud and Hubert Hurkacz still managed to reach the 8th finals.
Still as comfortable on clay, Casper Ruud did not tremble this Wednesday when he entered the fray on the Rock. Indeed, a few days after reaching the semi-finals in Estoril, the Norwegian logically dominated Alejandro Tabilo in two sets (6-2, 6-4) and 1h23 of play. In the 2nd round of the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo, the man who was a finalist at Roland-Garros for the last two years generally defeated the Chilean (45th in the world) and will therefore be there in the 8th finals. In the next round, Ruud will now challenge Hubert Hurkacz, who has just been titled on the Portuguese ocher surface. For his second match in this Masters 1000, the Pole put up a great battle against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut and finally won in two sets (7-5, 7-6) and 2h07 of play. The duel between the two men will be one of the great matches to follow this Thursday.
Rune and Dimitrov will have to wait
On the other hand, Holger Rune and Grigor Dimitrov will have to return to the court to validate their ticket for the round of 16 in Monte-Carlo. Indeed, the rain took its toll again this Wednesday and disrupted the end of the program, while the last two matches on the day’s menu were in progress. So, if the Dane and the Bulgarian were well on board, they will have to finish the job this Thursday. Opposed to the Indian Sumit Nagal, the world number 7 was at 6-3, 2-1 before having to stop, while the recent finalist of the Masters 1000 in Miami led 6-4, 2-1 against the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic. Interrupted at first, the two meetings were finally rescheduled shortly before 9 p.m. for this Thursday. In the event of qualification, Rune and Dimitrov would then face each other in the round of 16. A long day awaits for the two men, who could have to play twice this April 11.
2024-04-10 19:45:00
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