hello and thanks forjoining us. here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury, whilst world number iii cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset looked a possibility when cameron norrie s serve was broken by the well 33, the first time of asking, looks like we were francisco cerundolo strolled through the first set. the number 11s it was always up against development instead with identity and who took the second set to wrap up victory an hour and 12 minutes. next up isa an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with matteo berrettini who made light work of the ame
hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset a possibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed against it as the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with belletini who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian
here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury; is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset impossibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with martello who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and th