Monte Carlo Masters
The first two sets of the Monte-Carlo Masters final were classic chess matches. Lorenzo Musetti played a cleaner first set and won 6-3. Carlos Alcaraz cleaned up his game in the second set and won 6-1. Before the third set, fans were on their feet, applauding both players for the entertaining match thus far and […]
For those of us who thought the match of the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament was the quarterfinal between Arthur Fils and Carlos Alcaraz, we were wrong. It was the see-saw tug-of-war semifinal between Lorenzo Musetti and Alex de Minaur. Both men looked like they could win the match, and it was unclear who would pull through […]
Carlos Alcaraz needed over two hours to defeat compatriot and good friend Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. This was a match of contrasts. After the sluggish start in previous rounds, Alcaraz got off to a good start with a service break for Davidovich Fokina. However, Davidovich Fokina hung in the first set and gave himself opportunities to […]
Lorenzo Musetti personified resilience in his Monte-Carlo Masters quarterfinal match with three-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas. A quick first set with Tsitsipas cruising along ended at 1-6 for Musetti. He did not give up. Musetti revamped, retooled, and began firing his shots, winning the second set 6-3. In the deciding third set, Musetti found a groove […]
In a match befitting a final, Carlos Alcaraz edged out Arthur Fils in a three-set quarterfinal thriller at the Monte-Carlo Masters. This was the first career meeting for the early twenties tennis stars, and if it is any indication of what is to come, tennis fans should be thrilled. Alcaraz again started sluggish and found […]
Ben Shelton is the last American man remaining at the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters. Though he lost in singles in the first round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Shelton is playing doubles this week with an Indian tennis legend, a man twice his age. Shelton, 22, plays doubles and mixed doubles as often as his schedule permits, […]
With Alexander Zverev, the Monte-Carlo Masters top seed, out of the tournament via an upset by Matteo Berrettini, the attention shifted to the second seed, Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz is making his first appearance at the Monte-Carlo Masters in three years, missing the 2023 and 2024 tournaments with injuries. His first match was against a formidable […]
The transition from hardcourt to clay court season happens in the blink of an eye. It can take players time to adjust to the peculiarities of the new surface. That was not the case for Indian Wells Champion Jack Draper. He soundly defeated American Marcos Giron in his first round match at the Monte-Carlo Masters […]
The European clay court season kicks off in earnest this week with the ATP 1000 Monte-Carlo Masters tournament. For Rafael Nadal fans, this is going to be a painful time of year until they get used to Nadal’s retirement because he owned this leg of the tennis season for decades. He was a 12-time finalist […]
