Monte-Carlo Masters: Struff through to last 16
Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Alex De Minaur 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Jan-Lennard Struff, Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2023 – © Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff moved into the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters by winning against Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday.
Struff, ranked No 100, will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, next.
The German beat Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.
During the first round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, De Minaur, ranked No 19, won against Andy Murray (6-1, 6-3).
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
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Karen Khachanov
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Luca Nardi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Casper Ruud
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Alexander Zverev: wednesday
- 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
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