The fourth seed Nor Casper Ruud also dropped out of the tournament. The finalist from Miami was not enough for the experienced Bulgarian rival Grigor Dimitrov, who won 6: 3, 7: 5 and scored his third clay win this year. According to the ATP website, he had so many of them last season.
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“At the same time, the transition to another surface was not easy, but so far it is going well here. Casper is an excellent player, but I made the right decisions and did not complicate it much,” said Dimitrov, semifinalist of the Monaco tournament in 2018.
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After the unexpected elimination of world number one Novak Djokovic, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich also succeeded in the next round. In the round of 16, he defeated the Belgian David Goffin 6: 4, 6: 1, the conqueror of the Czech national team member Jiří Lehečka.
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The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who crossed the defiant Serb Lasla Djere, continues to defend the title. The world five advanced to the quarterfinals after winning 7: 5, 7: 6. “I had to be vigilant. He plays well on clay, he will return a lot of balls. I really had to screw it up,” said Tsitsipas after the match with the 62nd player in the ATP rankings. Another rival of the Greek tennis player will be the Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
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| MONTE CARLO (clay, subsidy 5,802,475 euros): |
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| Singles – Round 3: |
| Tsitsipas (3-GREECE) – Djere (SRB) 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 1) |
| Dimitrov (Bulh.) – Ruud (4-Nor.) 6: 3, 7: 5 |
| Fritz (10 -USA) – Korda (USA) 7: 6 (7: 4), 7: 5 |
| Schwartzman (12-Arg.) – Musetti (It.) 2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 |
| Davidovich (Sp.) – Goffin (Belg.) 6: 4, 6: 1 |
| A. Zverev (2-Germany) – Carreno (13-Sp.) 6: 2, 7: 5 |
| Hurkacz (11-Pol.) – Ramos (Sp.) 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 2 |
| Sinner (9-It.) – Rubljov (5-Rus.) 5:7, 6:1, 6:3 |
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