Carlos Alcaraz defeated an injury-stricken Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 to win the Monte Carlo ultimate Sunday and safe his sixth Masters 1000 profession title.
Alcaraz cruised to his first Monte Carlo trophy and 18th tour-level victory. The 21-year-old Spaniard will attain No. 2 on the planet rankings following the triumph in Monaco, passing Alexander Zverev, who misplaced within the second spherical.
Musetti began displaying indicators of a proper leg damage within the third set and acquired therapy whereas down 3-0. Taking part in in his first Masters 1000 ultimate, the 23-year-old Italian had hassle transferring and maintaining with Alcaraz towards the tip of the match.
“This isn’t the way in which I need to win a match. I actually really feel sorry for him,” Alcaraz mentioned. “Simply actually completely happy to have received the Monte Carlo for the primary time. It has been a very troublesome week, with a whole lot of troublesome conditions. I am actually happy with myself how I handled every part.”
Alcaraz has struggled at instances this yr and was coming off an opening-round loss to David Goffin in Miami.
It was Alcaraz’s third consecutive clay-court ultimate after successful the French Open and ending with a silver medal on the Paris Olympics final yr.
Alcaraz was taking part in in his twenty third tour-level ultimate. He had wanted six match factors to place away Spanish compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (2), 6-4 within the semifinals Saturday.
Musetti, whose solely two tour-level titles got here in 2022, broke Alcaraz’s serve twice to win the primary set, however Alcaraz got here again robust with two breaks of his personal within the second to even the match. Musetti was by no means a lot in competition within the decider.
Musetti, ranked thirteenth and a bronze medalist in Paris final yr, defeated Alex de Minaur 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) of their semifinal. He had ousted defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarterfinals.
The ultimate was moved ahead by three hours as a result of heavy rain was forecast for the night.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
