Monte-Carlo Masters: Struff reaches last 16
Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Borna Coric 7-6 (2), 6-1 on Tuesday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between American Sebastian Korda and Italian Jannik Sinner, the second seed, in the next round
German Jan-Lennard Struff advanced to the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters by beating Croat Borna Coric 7-6 (2), 6-1 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Tuesday.
Struff, ranked No 25, will play the winner of the match between American Sebastian Korda and Italian Jannik Sinner, the second seed, next.
In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, the 33-year-old German won against Argentinian Sebastian Baez (1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2).
Coric, ranked No 33, defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 16 seed (6-1, 6-1) in the first round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Holger Rune vs. Sumit Nagal
- Gael Monfils vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Casper Ruud
- Sebastian Korda vs. Jannik Sinner
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Ugo Humbert
- Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Andrey Rublev
- Alex De Minaur vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Arthur Fils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Alexander Zverev (5) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 6-2