Monte-Carlo Masters: Monfils makes second round, sets up Medvedev clash
Gael Monfils edged out Aleksandar Vukic 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday evening and will play No 4 seed Daniil Medvedev in the next round
Gael Monfils at Monte-Carlo in 2024 (Antoine Couvercelle/Panoramic)
French wildcard Gael Monfils moved into the second round of the Monte-Carlo Masters by edging out Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Tuesday evening.
Monfils, ranked No 40, will play No 4 seed Daniil Medvedev next.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other first-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-4, 7-5
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Matteo Berrettini (WC): 6-3, 6-1
- Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
- Sebastian Korda beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-1, 6-2
- Roberto Bautista Agut (Q) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (11) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Federico Coria (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Jaume Munar (Q): 7-5, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Cameron Norrie: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Arthur Fils beat Yannick Hanfmann (LL): 6-0, 6-2
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (12) beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 3-2 ret.
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Valentin Vacherot (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Daniel Altmaier (LL): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Sumit Nagal (Q) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
- Sebastian Ofner beat Daniel Evans: 6-1, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Alexei Popyrin beat Corentin Moutet (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Taylor Fritz (13): 6-4, 6-4
- Borna Coric beat Alexander Bublik (16): 6-1, 6-1
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Sebastian Baez: 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
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