Ehe Monte Carlo Masters 1000 will have a new champion. Stefanos Tsitsipaswinner of the last two editions, has stayed in the quarterfinals of the tournament after losing to Taylor Fritz 6-2, 6-4.
Tsitsipas thus extends his bad moment of play since he reached the final of the Australian Open. Fritz represents the complete opposite of the Greek. The American has become an all-terrain tennis player.
In the semifinals awaits you Andrey Rublevexecutioner of the surprising Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 and 7-6 (5). At the top of the frame, Holger Rune ended Daniil Medvedev’s winning streak.
Medvedev, winner of 26 of their last 27 matchespaid for the fatigue of the round of 16 match with Alexander Zverev in which he had to raise two elimination balls.
Rune, who came fresh from not having played the previous round due to the withdrawal of Matteo Berrettini, prevailed by 6-3 and 6-4. Tsitsipas headed for Barcelona, but not Medvedev, who has been erased from Godó and is another sensitive casualty along with Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreño and Sebastian Korda.
