Monte-Carlo Masters: Lehecka reaches last 16

Czech Jiri Lehecka won against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (4), 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday afternoon.

A fine season continues for the Czech – he has now won 16 (16-7) matches in 2023, already three more than he managed across the whole of 2022.

Lehecka, ranked No 42 and currently 15th in the ATP’s Race to Turin standings, will face the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the No 8 seed, and Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka next.

In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, the 21-year-old Czech beat Finnish lucky loser Emil Ruusuvuori (6-1, 7-5).

Dimitrov, ranked No 25, defeated American Ben Shelton (6-1, 3-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.

Monte-Carlo Masters, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Taylor Fritz vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
• Jannik Sinner (7) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-0, 3-1 ret.
• Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-0, 6-0
• Nicolas Jarry beat Alexei Popyrin (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (4) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-5, 7-6 (1)
• Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Alex De Minaur (14): 6-3, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-1 ret.
• Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Jack Draper: 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Ivan Gakhov (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Jaume Munar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2