Novak Djokovic suffers shock defeat to Lorenzo Musetti in Monte Carlo
Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Monte Carlo Masters following a shock 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 defeat to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the last 16.
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Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Monte Carlo Masters following a shock 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 defeat to Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the last 16.
Novak Djokovic was knocked out in the last 16 of the Monte Carlo Masters by Lorenzo Musetti in three sets on Thursday after the world number one struggled badly on serve.
Lorenzo Musetti picked up one of the biggest wins of his career Thursday, defeating No. 1 Novak Djokovic 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the Monte Carlo Masters for his first-ever win over the Serbian player and second-ever against a top-five player.
World No. 4 Casper Ruud was the victim of an upset in a 1-6 6-7(8) straight-sets defeat to Jan-Lennard Struff in the Monte Carlo Masters round of 16. The German, ranked No.
MONTE CARLO : Jannik Sinner was made to toil by Hubert Hurkacz as the Italian seventh seed saved a matchpoint to seal a 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1 victory at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday and book his spot in the quarter-finals.
A budding rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner is «good for our sport», according to Novak Djokovic, who enjoyed watching the two youngsters battle it out as he watched the sunshine swing from afar. Djokovic was unable to compete at Indian Wells or the Miami Open after being denied entry to the USA due to his Covid-19 vaccination status.
L ast week, shortly after Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner played the point of the year so far – exchanges of 80mph cross-court forehands; Sinner hooking the ball back from behind him; Alcaraz falling and recovering; the kind of exquisite drop shots and physics‑defying sliding we’ve come to expect from both; and, finally, a triumphant Sinner whipping up the crowd after a fruitless dive from Alcaraz left the Spaniard sprawled and breathless on Miami’s Hard Rock court – their colleagues took to social media in adoration and disbelief.
CHARLESTON, S.C.: Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur won the championship rematch with Belinda Bencic at the Charleston Open on Sunday 7-6 (6), 6-4 for her third career WTA title. Jabeur, seeded second in the season’s first clay-court event, defeated the fourth-seeded Bencic of Switzerland, who had won the event title a year ago in three sets and started strongly in seeking a second straight trophy. Jabeur turned things around while trailing 5-3 in the opening set, a rally that included a between-the-legs return and saving two set points to win the tiebreak.