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The first ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the European clay swing is well under way in Monte Carlo with Novak Djokovic leading the field. The world No.1 got his title bid up with a straight-sets win as he aims to build fitness and steal a march on the absent Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz ahead of the clay-court finale at the French Open in May.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic looked rusty as he started his clay-court season with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win against qualifier Ivan Gakhov at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic made a winning return to competition in the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday but was made to work by his 198th-ranked Russian opponent as two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced when his rival retired injured. Djokovic is back on court after failing to get a waiver to enter the United States for last month's Indian Wells tournament and Miami Open due to his anti-Covid vaccination stance. The world number one was in danger of losing the opening set against Russian qualifier Ivan Gakhov before easing through 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 in 1hr 47min.
Novak Djokovic made a winning return to competition in the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday but was made to work by his 198th-ranked Russian opponent as two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced when his rival retired injured.
Novak Djokovic briefly ran into a spot of bother as he fought his way into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters with a 7-6(5) 6-2 victory against Russian qualifier Ivan Gakhov on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic says he is "motivated" to make a better than usual start to the clay-court season in Monte Carlo as he tunes up for a 23rd Grand Slam bid at the French Open.
Alexander Zverev believes that Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer have a different mindset when coming back from injuries, he has exclusively told Eurosport. The German is coming back from his own injury, which he suffered in the semi-finals of last year's French Open, but he said that part of the reason that two of the greatest to ever play tennis are so good is how they return from injuries. Ad «Rafa and Roger [Federer] are different.
The 2023 clay season is here. With the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami Open done and dusted, it’s time to move onto the next stage of the calendar, which features three ATP 1000 events in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome, before the French Open. Ad Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz look as though they will be the leading contenders across the dirt, but who tops the power rankings? What about Rafael Nadal? And who else could make their mark across the next two months of the season? Roland-Garros‘I don't want to sound arrogant’ — Zverev says he could have beaten Nadal if not for injury2 HOURS AGO 1.