You can’t really go wrong on the Wednesday of a tournament when you have Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic back to back on the scenic Rainier III centre court.

For Alcaraz, though, there were certain questions.

For Djokovic, who reports had still dealing with that stye in his right eye that affected him on the final weekend in Miami, it was another opportunity to pop a Masters 1000 gone down the drain

Djokovic has “only” won Monte Carlo twice – in 2013 and 2015, ancient history as his career coincided with Rafael Nadal winning it … constantly. His finals appearances are even older: 2009 and 2012. He has played it nearly every year – this is his 18th – and only lost to Nadal three times there. So it’s complicated.

Alcaraz has only played it once before – back in 2022, when he lost his opener to Sebastian Korda.

(Monte Carlo is six hours ahead of EDT).

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Rolex Monte Carlo Masters
Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Category: ATP 1000 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates:  April 6 – 13, 2025
Prize Money: €6,128,940
Draws: S56 – D28

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Final results

 

Singles, third round

Canadian content

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def [3] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 63 64

 

Upsets

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def [14] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 36 63 63

 

Seeds advancing

[2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 36 60 61

[4] Casper Ruud (NOR) def Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 62 61

[7] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 64 76 (2)

[8] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Tomas Machac (CZE) 36 60 63

[9] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def Alexandre Muller (FRA) 76 (6) 57 62

[12] Arthur Fils (FRA) def. Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 62 64

[13] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) def Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 16 75 62

[15] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def [WC] Valentin Vacherot (MON) 46 63 61

 

Other results

[Q] Daniel Altmaier (GER) def. [WC] Richard Gasquet (FRA) 75 57 62

Nuno Borges (POR) def. Pedro Martinez (ESP) 75 67 (4) 64

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 76 (2) 63

 

 

Doubles, second round

Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Ben Shelton (USA) def [3] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 26 76 (4) [10-7]

[WC] Romain Arneodo (MON) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) def [5] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 63 46 [10-8]

 

 

[1] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Mate Pavic (CRO) def Sadio Doumbia / Fabien Reboul (FRA) 63 36 [10-7]

[7] Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) def. [WC] Petros Tsitsipas / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 61 76 (5)

 

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ATP Monte Carlo – Tuesday, April 8, 2025 final results

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