We are down to the business end of the 2023 Monte Carlo Masters with some shock quarter-final results ensuring there will be a new name on the trophy on Sunday evening.
Paul Hassall was at the Monte Carlo Country Club on Day 7 to take in the four matches on Court Rainier III and pick out some of the main takeaways from the action.
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How wrong he was. There would be no ‘three-peat’ nor a potential Rafael Nadal-style monopoly of the tournament going forward as he instead suffered a chastening defeat, only his third ever at the MCCC, against an opponent who has suggested very little clay-court prowess previously in comparison.