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18 April 2021 12:03pm Following a win against Daniel Evans of Britain Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Andrey Rublev for the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title. The Greek star and his Russian opponent are not only fighting for the glory of the title; the winner will also head the FedEx ATP Race To Turin leaderboard for a place at the Nitto ATP Finals on Monday. Sixth seed Rublev has already beat current leader Novak Djokovic stating that what helped him succeed in his first Masters 1000 final was “ke...

Greek star adds his name to marble roll of honour in Monaco Stefanos Tsitsipas was born into a family with a great sporting heritage. His grandfather, Sergei Salnikov, was a gold medallist in football at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, but it was another sporting family member who acted as the inspiration for one of his greatest triumphs on the ATP Tour. This week, Tsitsipas had the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of his mother and former tennis professional, Julia Salnikova. It w...

Published on: Saturday, April 17, 2021 By: AFP Novak Djokovic plays a return during his match against Daniel Evans. MONTE CARLO: Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday following an “awful performance” in a 6-4, 7-5 defeat by Dan Evans, while 11-time champion Rafael Nadal powered into the quarter-finals. World number one Djokovic was broken five times by the Briton in their last-16 clash and suffered his first loss of the year, having won the Australian Open for th...

Nadal bounced out of Monte-Carlo Masters by inspired Rublev 2 minutes read Sports Desk, Apr 16 (EFE).- Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal ran into a buzz saw Friday in the quarterfinals of the Monte-Carlo Masters, falling 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to in-form Russian Andrey Rublev. The 11-time champion had convincingly won his previous two matches over the world No. 8 on hard courts and was not expected to have any serious difficulties on his beloved clay, particularly after having started the tournament w...

April 17, 2021 MONTE CARLO, PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO (AFP) – Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday following an “awful performance” in a 6-4, 7-5 defeat by Dan Evans. World number one Djokovic was broken five times by the Briton in their last-16 clash and suffered his first loss of the year, having won the Australian Open for the ninth time in February. The 33rd-ranked Evans, who dumped out this month’s Miami Open winner Hubert Hurkacz in the previous round, wi...

Russian star to play Tsitsipas on Sunday Andrey Rublev booked a place in a first ATP Masters 1000 final on Saturday after he stopped Casper Ruud of Norway 6-3, 7-5 at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. There was no let down for the sixth-seeded Russian, a day on from his victory over 11-time former champion Rafael Nadal. Rublev improved to an ATP Tour-best 24-4 match record on the season by hitting 21 winners past Ruud for victory in 80 minutes at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. “It is an amazing...

Rublev, Tsitsipas qualify for Monte-Carlo Masters final 1 minute read Sports Desk, Apr 17 (EFE).- Andrey Rublev set up a Monte-Carlo Masters final clash against Stefanos Tsitsipas after straight-set wins over Casper Ruud and Daniel Evans respectively as both continue their search for a maiden ATP Masters title. The Russian, who stunned the 11-time Champions Rafael Nadal in the last-8, secured his first ATP Masters final appearance with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Ruud, who knocked out holder Fabio Fo...

Evans to take on Goffin and Ruud to face Fognini  Fridays quarter-finals are set at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Rafael Nadal will be in fresh form against Andrey Rublev after needing just 55 minutes to get past Grigor Dimitrov. Rublev, on the other hand, took two hours and 44 minutes to take out Roberto Bautista Agut. Nadal gave up just two games to the Bulgarian, who was off his A game and hindered by a rotten tooth. “Grigor missed much more than usual for him,” Nadal said. “We ha...

Briton continues dream run, plays Tsitsipas on Saturday Daniel Evans backed up his win over World No. 1 Novak Djokovic with a hard-fought victory over David Goffin on Friday for a place in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals. The World No. 33, who had come into the Monte-Carlo tournament on a 10-match losing streak on clay courts, overcame Monaco resident and No. 11 seed Goffin 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 42 minutes. “I played good today," said Evans. "I felt a bit more pressure to...

Nadal steamrolls Dimitrov to reach Monte Carlo quarterfinals 2 minutes read Sports Desk, Apr 15 (EFE).- Spain’s Rafael Nadal made quick work of a second straight opponent at the Monte-Carlo Masters, routing Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of that French Open tune-up event. The third-ranked Spaniard was firing on all cylinders at the start of the contest, overwhelming his Bulgarian opponent with his high energy and potent heavy-topspin forehand blasts. Di...