Monte Carlo Masters: Jan-Lennard Struff shocks Casper Ruud, Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas win through

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.

100 in the ATP rankings, breezed through the first set before overcoming Ruud in a tighter second set to reach only his second-ever ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final, registering his first top 10 win since June 2021. Ad Ruud arrived in Monte Carlo fresh off the back of a title win at the Estoril Open last week, but struggled in southern France’s windy conditions, and he leaves Monte Carlo with a 10-7 record for the season. ATP Monte CarloRuud gets revenge on Van de Zandschulp, Zverev, Sinner also winYESTERDAY AT 11:56 Struff will play fifth seed Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals following the Russian’s 7-6(4) 6-2 victory over Karen Khachanov.

Elsewhere, Jannik Sinner saved a match point to beat Hubert Hurkacz in a fiery top-10 battle. Sinner trailed Hurkacz by a set and a break at 3-6 1-2, and came back from the brink of defeat when trailing 5-6 in the second set tie-break. Once he battled back from match point, Sinner rallied to a second-set triumph to level the match, before snatching the decider to advance to the last eight.

“It was a very tough match,” said Sinner after the match. “Playing against him, I knew already from the beginning that it was very tough to get into the rhythm. “I think he served incredible in the first one-and-a-half sets, and when I broke him the first time the momentum changed a little bit.