The tennis player Novak Djokovicthird standard and number five in the world, has lost in two sets (3-6, 4-6) against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo And he says goodbye to the masters of Montecarlo, the first appointment in the brick dust this season.
The Serbian cannot start worse its season on land and falls in a loud way to number 32 of the ATP ranking. The Balkan tennis player has grimded with the first service, only 54% success, and the little aggressiveness shown. In the two sleeves he could hardly take advantage of a break point of the three he had in front of the three of his rival.
Djokovic He stays again without the possibility of adding the 100 Masters 1,000, one of the few challenges left to the winner of 24 Grand Slams. Since 2015, Serbian is not able to reach the last round of this tournament. On this occasion, he also falls defeated before a tennis player who has never won in the two clashes they have had.
For his part, Carlos Alcaraz frightened the initial doubts, which led him to lose the first set, and in a forceful way, of less to moreended up overwhelming the Argentine Francisco Cerúando (3-6, 6-0 and 6-1) To reach the round of 16 of Montecarlo Masters 1,000, in which the German Daniel Altmaier awaits him.
All sensations gathered in the staging in Montecarlo of number three in the world, which pursues number two after the precipitous elimination of German Alexander Zverev In his first commitment. Uncertainty and some disappointment first. Breath, explosion and trust later.
Alcaraz began erratic, with some lack of adaptation to the clay surface. Without assuming the exchange of blows. Precipitated and unprecedented. But as soon as he settled, accelerated and showed the enormous difference between a winner of four Grand Slam titles and a good player, drummer, twenty -second in the ranking and growing that ended up assuming, resigned, his inferiority.
An exhibition left in the third set that ended up developing the South American exemplary the level of confidence of the Murcian, who did not play in the Principality since 2022, when he fell in the first round against the American Sebastian Korda. The following two years, due to injury, could not be part of the tournament painting.
He successfully started his journey through the clay season the champion in Róterdam this year and that last year he demonstrated his brick powder skill when he won all his games except the final of the Paris Olympic Games. It was silver. Previously, he achieved his first Roland Garros.
In that line, Carlos Alcaraz moves, who had not tread a track for three weeks. Since he fell in the first round of Miami Masters 1,000. A reverse who raised suspicions about his moment, his future.
Alcaraz started the race towards the second place of the podium that left Zverev free with an irregular staging, surpassed by the enthusiasm of closing it, who had won on the previous two occasions In the circuit although none on clay. It was a weeks ago on a hard track, in Indian Wells, and another before, last year, in grass, in Queens.
Cerúndo, a clay specialist, fight and talent, he had not managed to win a set to Spanish. He did it in Montecarlo after straightening a bad start. Closing it, who ran into a 2-1 and the serve against, settled, felt at ease and He won four pull games To leave the sleeve sealed.
The Argentine was with advantage, which never in his previous two participations had overcome the second round of Montecarlo. The Bonaerense enjoyed his moment, who in First Ronda won Fabio Fognini and that this year was a finalist in Buenos Aires, where he lost with the promising JOAO FONSECA. The Spanish was not right. Thirteen unpleasant mistakes, more than double his rival, explained his bad game.
It is the most meritorious of 2025 of the Argentine, who was later surpassed. He left aside the doubts Alcaraz and recovered his best game. He did not give options and rolled his rival on the next set. He put things in order of Spanish with A 7-0 partial that gave him the second partial and the advantage in the third, the final. He gave the feeling that he was trying to resurface, but Alcaraz was already in unstoppable, fast leg and successful mode.
Those left at key moments led to the final surrender of the South American and the classification of Alcaraz for eighths. There you will meet the German Daniel Altmaierfrom the previous one that defeated the Frenchman Richard Gasquet by 7-5, 5-7 and 6-2.