MONACO (AP) — Two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas superior to the second spherical of the Monte Carlo Masters after Laslo Djere of Serbia retired injured on Monday.
The Twelfth-seeded Tsitsipas was main 6-3, 3-2 when the unseeded Djere pulled out with an unspecified damage. Djere walked as much as the online through the changeover and shook palms with Tsitsipas.
The large-serving Greek received the title in 2021 and went on to the French Open ultimate that 12 months. He adopted with one other Monte Carlo trophy in 2022 however went out on the quarterfinal stage final 12 months. Tsitsipas subsequent faces Nicolas Jarry of Chile or Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina.
Ninth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov had little bother beating native participant Valentin Vacherot of Monaco, concentrating on his opponent’s weaker backhand in a 7-5, 6-2 win. The Bulgarian is chasing his second title of the 12 months.
Dimitrov subsequent performs Matteo Berrettini — who on Sunday received the Grand Prix Hassan II in Morocco — or Miomir Kecmanovic.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a break level in beating Italian qualifier Luca Nardi 6-2, 6-3, though issues ought to get harder within the second spherical towards third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz.
Nevertheless, Auger-Aliassime holds a 3-2 profession file towards the Wimbledon champion and two-time Grand Slam winner. Moreover, Alcaraz has been training with strapping to his proper forearm.
Alexei Popyrin of Australia subsequent faces defending champion Andrey Rublev after beating French qualifier Corentin Moutet 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.
No. 14 Ugo Humbert rallied to beat Federico Coria 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and No. 15 Karen Khachanov saved two set factors earlier than downing Britain’s Cameron Norrie 7-5, 7-6 (3) in a contest that includes 9 breaks of serve.
Sebastian Ofner of Austria received towards Britain’s Dan Evans 6-1, 6-4 and can play fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev, a French Open semifinalist in 2022.
Indian qualifier Sumit Nagal rallied to beat Matteo Arnaldi 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to arrange a gathering with seventh-seeded Holger Rune, final 12 months’s runner-up.
Roman Safiullin received his opener and faces top-ranked Novak Djokovic on Tuesday, whereas Arthur Fils, Francisco Cerundolo and Alejandro Tabilo additionally superior on the first clay-court Masters of the season. The event is among the first massive warmups for the French Open, which begins on Could 25 at Roland Garros.
Djokovic is trying to win Monte Carlo for the third time however first since 2015.
The highest-ranked Serb hasn’t made it previous the quarterfinals since then, and he may face Rublev within the quarters.
With file 11-time Monte Carlo champion Rafael Nadal out injured, second-ranked Jannik Sinner is changing into the participant to beat.
The Australian Open champion from Italy is 22-1 with three titles in 2024, together with the Miami Open, the place he dominated Dimitrov within the ultimate.
Sinner takes on American Sebastian Korda or Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Wednesday.
The presence of Alcaraz and former U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev means the prime 4 males’s gamers are all in motion, with byes into the second spherical.
