Six seeds in action on Tuesday in Monte Carlo.
Including – back to back – Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Who had no trouble getting through.
You just don’t see this with the bloated Masters 1000s, where the halves of the draw alternate days until very much later into the tournament.
Just another reason why the “old-school” version is so much better for the fans.
(Monte Carlo is six hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 5 – 12, 2026
Prize Money: €6,309,095
Draws: S56 – D28
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Final results
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Singles, second round
[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def Sebastian Baez (ARG) 61 63
[2] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. Ugo Humbert (FRA) 63 60
[5] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def Cameron Norrie (GBR) 76 (5) 26 62
[8] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def [WC] Gaël Monfils (FRA) 64 64
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Doubles, second round
[1] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def. Marcelo Melo (BRA) / Alexander Zverev (GER) 76 (5) 61
[4] Christian Harrison (USA) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def. Jiri Lehecka / Jakub Mensik (CZE) WALKOVER
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Singles, first round
Upsets
[PR] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def [15] Luciano Darderi (ITA) 76 (4) 57 61
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Seeds advancing
[9] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 64 63
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Illustrious veterans
[WC] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def. [LL] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 40 retd
Marin Cilic (CRO) def. [Q] Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 61 63
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 64 26 63
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Other results
Terence Atmane (FRA) def. [LL] Ethan Quinn (USA) 61 64
Corentin Moutet (FRA) def [Q] Alexandre Muller (FRA) 64 61
Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def Jakub Mensik (CZE) [LL] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 62 61
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Doubles, first round
[6] Kevin Krawietz / Tim Puetz (GER) def Robert Cash / J.J. Tracy (USA) 63 75
[8] Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) def [WC] Stefanos Tsitsipas / Pavlos Tsitsipas (GRE) 62 64
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Francisco Cerundolo / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) [ALT] Austin Krajicek (USA) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) def. Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Michael Venus (NZL) 16 63 [10-7]
Andre Goransson (SWE) / Evan King (USA) def Flavio Cobolli / Luciano Darderi (ITA) 64 64
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