The Polish Hubert Hurkacz separated the Spaniards Albert Ramos ng Monte Carlo Masters 1000 After winning the third round of 7-6 (2) and 6-2 and stand on quarter finals for the first time, where he will face the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
In an unprecedented duel, Hurkacz, who has yet to advance to the second round in his two previous appearances in the Monegasque tournament, showed up against a rival who sank after losing the first set in the tie break.
Ramos, who this year won the fourth title of his career in Cordoba, all on clay, kept his pulse on the fourteenth player in the world until the tiebreaker. However, Hurkacz was stronger, made fewer mistakes and won the moto.
The loss of the set affected Ramos, a finalist in Monte Carlo in 2017, who was overtaken by Rafael Nadal, and his rival took advantage of it. He was 4-0 in the second set and put on the track a victory that didn’t escape him and that he closed out after an hour and 29 minutes.
Pole, who has yet to win a clay-court trophy, will seek the semifinals against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov who beat Norwegian Casper Ruud 6-3, 7-5.
Spanish tennis remains in the hands of only Alexander Davidovichto beat the Belgian David Goffin for 6-4 and 6-1 and measure the American Taylor Fritztenth seed.
Pablo Carreno fell against the Germans alexander zverev for 6-2 and 7-5. Ramos, now, is overtaken by Hurkacz.
Source: La Verdad
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