Sinner, Korda will be his first opponent in Monte Carlo. Berrettini immediately out. Djokovic advances and will meet Musetti, Alcaraz withdraws

Will be Sebastian Korda to challenge Jannik Sinnernumber 2 in the draw and in the world, in the second round of Monte Carlo Masters 1000. On his debut on the clay of the Principality, the 23-year-old American, number 27 in the world, eliminated the Spaniard with a rapid 6-1 6-2 Alexander Davidovich Fokinafinalist in 2022. The match is scheduled for tomorrow.

Sinner: “I don’t wash the dishes and I’m in too much of a hurry. Mum doesn’t see my matches, difficult months on clay”

08 April 2024

Sinner-Korda, two precedents

Two precedents between Sinner and Korda, both played on the fast outdoor. In 2021 in the round of 16 of the Washington tournament the 22 year old from South Tyrol won with a double tie break. The revenge for Korda (1 ATP title in Parma in 2021, 5 lost finals) came two years later in the quarter-finals of the Adelaide tournament, with the American victorious 7-6 6-1.

Berrettini immediately out

Nothing to do for Matteo Berrettini. Fresh from his success at the Marrakech tournament, the 27-year-old Roman – who rose to number 84 in the rankings – was beaten on his debut by the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, 66th in the world, with a score of 6-3, 6-1 in an hour and a quarter.

Alcaraz retires, Sonego on the scoreboard. Easy debut for Djokovic who will now meet Musetti

The tournament Montecarlo don’t stay lucky for Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard number 3 in the world, who has not yet won a match in the Principality (KO in the first round in 2022, absent a year ago) withdrew due to a problem with his right arm. In his place he is fished out on the scoreboard as a lucky loser Lorenzo Sonego who had been defeated by the Spaniard Bautista Agut in the last round of the qualifiers. Sonego will face the Canadian Happy Auger-Also, 35 in the ATP ranking. Problem-free debut for Novak Djokovic. The number one in the world ranking beat the Russian in two sets, with a score of 6-1, 6-2. Roman Safiullin, n. 41, in an hour and 11 minutes of play. The Serbian will face now Lorenzo Musetti: the Tuscan, number 24 in the world, beat the Frenchman Arthur Son (36) with the score 6-3, 7-5.