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MIAMI – Alcaraz vs Monfils is one of those popcorn matches tailor-made for a night session (even though it will be the middle of the night back in their respective homes in Spain and Switzerland).

Still, as Monfils and his generation fade out, these opportunities are going to be rare.

And Monfils is actually playing pretty good ball these days, as he has his sights sets on qualifying for the Paris Olympics.

In the end, it had some highlight moments, but the outcome was never in doubt.

(Miami is on EDT)

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Miami Open
Location: Miami, Fla.
Category: ATP Tour 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 20 – 31, 2024
Prize money: $10,659,033
Draws: S96 / D32

Monday, March 25, 2024
Final results
Men’s singles, third round

Upsets

[23] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def [16] Ben Shelton (USA) 64 76 (5)

Seeds advancing

[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. Gael Monfils (FRA) 62 64

[4] Alexander Zverev (GER) def [31] Christopher Eubanks (USA) 76 (4) 63

[8] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def [28] Sebastian Korda (USA) 76 (5) 67 (5) 63

[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. [24] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 76 (3) 64

[11] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 61 60

[15] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. [20] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 61 57 76 (5)

Other results

Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 75 63

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