Jannik Sinner He made his debut this Wednesday at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 and he did it in a big way. The Italian sealed his spot in the round of 16 after defeating American Sebastian Korda 6-1, 6-2 in an hour and a quarter.
This is his first match of the year on clay. after a successful American tour where he reached the semifinals at Indian Wells and won the Miami Open title.
His next opponent is, this Thursday, the German Jan-Lennard Struffwho beat Borna Coric.
Even more convincing is the victory of Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek put aside the slump in results he had been going through for months to score a resounding victory over the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6-1, 6-0 in just one hour.
Alexander Zverev will be his opponent in the round of 16 in undoubtedly the match of the day this Thursday in Monte Carlo.
Novak Djokovic is in the round of 16 as wellvictory unattainable Andrey Rublev.
The reigning champion of the tournament bid farewell after a clear loss against Australian Alexei Popyrin for the double 6-4 in an hour and forty minutes.
Popyrin will look for his place in the quarterfinals this Thursday against another Australian, Alex de Minaurwho had to return in his match against Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (2-6, 6-2, 6-3).
In other matches of the day, Russian Karen Kachanov left Argentine Fernando Cerúndolo out of the tournament, very erratic in service and with many unforced errors (14), by 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3; and Italian Lorenzo Sonego, who entered the draw due to the absence of Carlos Alcaraz, eliminated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Source: La Verdad
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